10 wk old bucks and anesthesia?? Opinions please.

[Emmetts Dairy]

Had my two bucklings disbudded by my vet this year. My husband was injured and could'nt do it. So anyway....vet did a terrible job and now I have two boys with nice scurs. And due to the vets tight schedule..here we are..10 wks old and no re do yet!!! UGGGHHH Very upset with my currents vets scheduling issues..becoming to much for me to work with. I have no issue paying for the vet services just annoyed with the slow services he's been providing...definately time for a new vet for sure..that one I know.

I called another vet in the area for a second opinion and come to find out he was raised on a dairy goat farm and currently owns his own herd of goats now. How lucky is that!! lol...but he will definately re do the boys no problems..but wants to put them under anesthesia to do it becuase of the ages. I have never had a goat go under anesthesia but hear its not easy for ruminants to go under. We'll easy to go under...hard to come out of. I want this done badly, as not to deal with those scurs for very obvious reasons. What do you all think. Im just concerned about them going under.

Thanks for your opinions...

 

[Goatherd]

I recently had my adult buck wethered (18 months old). Took him into the office for the surgery. The vet anesthetized him and did the surgery quickly. He took some time to rally, which she explained was normal. When he did, he was groggy and out-of-it for quite a while. Personally, I think that was good since he had undergone what I'm sure was traumatic to him physically.
He was very docile for quite a few days after that and it took him about a week to become his old self. For what it's worth...

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

Thank you..I appreciate your input. I was curious how they came out of it. Its good info to know. Im just a bit nervous for them. And I have never had one go under for anything..thankfully!

 

[helmstead]

If the vet is knowledgeable specifically about goats, it should be fine. They put them under very lightly with gas usually and use locals rather than the anesthesia to get the job done.

Hopefully, since he's putting your guy under, he's actually going to open the skin and remove the scurs, then close the skin? Not just reburn?

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

The new vet is very knowledgeable about goats. Which makes me feel better about him already! He came out to us to see what he was up against with the scurs and he did mention something about removing some skin to get better access to the growth and cells left. So hopefully this guys got a good grip of what he's doing.

Thanks Kate..appreciate the input. Starting to feel better about my decision to change vets!! I think he'll do better by my herd.

 

[helmstead]

Cool!

Some of the prettiest, clean heads I've seen were babies who were disbudded by a knowledgeable vet around 3 days old. They just put them in a restraint, used a local, peeled the skin back and removed the bud, then closed the wound. (this according to the description of the owner of the goaters)

Too bad we all don't have vets that can do that, and do it well! I'm sure it wasn't terribly cost effective, but I mean, pretty and smooth heads on those goats.

 

[DonnaBelle]

As long as the vet knows what he's doing, they can be put under with success.

I would switch vets for sure.

They're just like human doctors, some are great, some are just passable.

DonnaBelle

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

They're just like human doctors, some are great, some are just passable.

DonnaBelle

I agree totally.

 

[julieq]

Our vet uses anesthesia for disbudding the kids or taking scurs off adults. And recently to surgically remove a squamous cell cancer on one of our does. We've never had any problems.

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

Im glad to hear the positive input! Thanks julieq!