Advice please about a tiny scur on Lulu.

[DonnaBelle]

Lulu, age 7 weeks, has a tiny scur on one bud. It is about 1/8 to l/4 inch wide, about l/4th of the bud. It is small now, should I nip it off now and keep it clipped??

Thanks for any imput.

DonnaBelle

 

[freemotion]

You can keep it snipped as it grows, it is not urgent. I have some bad scurs on my Ginger, and I rarely have to snip them. I just watch them and if they curl back and touch her head, off they come. But she usually knocks them off herself and I don't have to bother. I make it a plan to snip them when I trim her hooves, when they get long enough to touch her skull. She has wide flat one that are a bit wobbly.

Don't snip too close to the head or it will bleed. Take a little off at a time and see how close you can get, or just keep it trimmed a little. No big deal.

 

[DonnaBelle]

Thanks Freemotion for the advice. I will keep an eye on it. We disbudded all three goaties, and so far, Lulu is the only one showing any horn at all.

DonnaBelle

 

[helmstead]

If it's wiggly, you can pop it off (using your finger nails or something) now, and every time you find it growing...it will eventually quit trying to grow. Yeah, it might bleed a little, but nothing to fret over. If it's not wiggly, I'd reburn it when she's closer to 10-12 weeks.

 

[Horsefly]

One of mine has two wiggly scurs. I figured I would band them off when she gets older. It doesn't hurt them to just knock them off?