Buck lost a scur...bloody mess (pics)

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Frankly, I don't think goats have much feeling in their heads. I like to think of it as "elbow skin." Go ahead...try it...pinch the crap out of your elbow skin and tell me how bad it hurts..

I wonder how many people are pinching their elbows after reading this, I know I did

I think I made a bruise!!

 

[cmjust0]

Frankly, I don't think goats have much feeling in their heads. I like to think of it as "elbow skin." Go ahead...try it...pinch the crap out of your elbow skin and tell me how bad it hurts..

I wonder how many people are pinching their elbows after reading this, I know I did

I don't know, when we changed the bandage after a week, he was fine until we came to the telfa pad the vet had placed directly on the bone, he didn't want us touching it and cried when it came off. I just thought maybe exposed nerves?

LA LA LA...CAN'T HEAR YOU...LA LA LA LA LA LA LA

(...didn't I JUST SAY that's how I rationalize things?!? STOP IT!... )

 

[Chickenfever]

I don't know, when we changed the bandage after a week, he was fine until we came to the telfa pad the vet had placed directly on the bone, he didn't want us touching it and cried when it came off. I just thought maybe exposed nerves?

LA LA LA...CAN'T HEAR YOU...LA LA LA LA LA LA LA

(...didn't I JUST SAY that's how I rationalize things?!? STOP IT!... )

I do think you're right about them having decreased feeling on the head, why else would they want to ram their heads into everything Is that better

 

[cmjust0]

I don't know, when we changed the bandage after a week, he was fine until we came to the telfa pad the vet had placed directly on the bone, he didn't want us touching it and cried when it came off. I just thought maybe exposed nerves?

LA LA LA...CAN'T HEAR YOU...LA LA LA LA LA LA LA

(...didn't I JUST SAY that's how I rationalize things?!? STOP IT!... )

I do think you're right about them having decreased feeling on the head, why else would they want to ram their heads into everything Is that better

That'll work!

 

[RockyToggRanch]

My poor buck has scurs and knocks them off every few months. What a mess. I sprayed with blukote. Covered his eyes first.


Now my buckling that I wanted to keep for breeding....has scurs. Both were disbudded by different vets. Not only scurs, but his horn buds seem to be growing too. I will learn to disbud before next spring!

 

[StormyMoon]

Frankly, I don't think goats have much feeling in their heads. I like to think of it as "elbow skin." Go ahead...try it...pinch the crap out of your elbow skin and tell me how bad it hurts..

I wonder how many people are pinching their elbows after reading this, I know I did

I don't know, when we changed the bandage after a week, he was fine until we came to the telfa pad the vet had placed directly on the bone, he didn't want us touching it and cried when it came off. I just thought maybe exposed nerves?

Ok I did and then I read down to this post and I felt so silly lol
You would think it would feel like having a tooth knocked out and nerves , air touching it ouchhhhhhyyyyyyy!!! I could be wrong what do I know ...

Im glad he is getting better though.

 

[babsbag]

I have a buck that supposedly had loose scurs, or so I was told. The seller had disbudded him and told me the scurs would fall off. When they got to about 5 inches long I decided to have them removed by my vet. They were NOT scurs. I was told that the horns kinda grew together like a unicorn horn. She removed them by basically sawing off the top of his skull. It was horrible. Open to his sinuses. Then it got infected. What a mess.

For bandaging I used a sanitary pad with the sticky strip and stuck a lenght of guaze to the sticky part and then tied in under his chin. Then used vet wrap. It worked great and I could do bandage changes with no help. The pad made a great bandage. He was a pretty good patient, and it had to have hurt.

He is not all the way healed yet, but it looks as if he still has horns growing. I cannot believe that with all the tissue that was removed there could possibly be any horn left, but either it is horns or a really really tough scab. Poor guy. Hopefully I can keep them short without hurting him.

It was a horrible ordeal and I will never wait this long again. I didn't know what a loose scur was supposed to look like, but I know now what it isn't supposed to look like. Never dehorn a goat. Disbudd. I can't say that loud enough.