Clipping a horn scur? *Pics added*

[RoseFell Farms]

One of our young disbudded goats had a scur grow and curl around.
It is still a bit flexible but I'm afraid it will start cutting into her head.

It's thin, about this thick in width -> |------|
Can I clip it back a bit? Should I file it?

I have never encountered this issue before, extremely odd how it grew.

Thanks in advance.

 

[manybirds]

One of our young disbudded goats had a scur grow and curl around.
It is still a bit flexible but I'm afraid it will start cutting into her head.

It's thin, about this thick in width -> |------|
Can I clip it back a bit? Should I file it?

I have never encountered this issue before, extremely odd how it grew.

Thanks in advance.

some of the thinner ones can be twisted off with finger or pliers (called a scur) but some of them are extremely thick and you have to use a bone saw, a band wont work on this thick of a scur, and cut it off with the bone saw in a bloody and traumatizing ordeal (these are called scur horns). I think i have a scur horn on my little wether but he's still a baby so i'm not sure. I was given a link to a site that has really good instructions

 

[redtailgal]

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[kstaven]

Hard to give advice on this one without seeing it.
Do you have a picture you can post? That may help a lot.

 

[RoseFell Farms]

I can get a picture up this afternoon, it's not incredibly thick but definitely to thick to twist off.

 

[manybirds]

ick.

I've seen scurs on cattle before, sawing them off is a bloody mess. I would imagine it would be the same for goats.

I'd call in a vet for a look-see.

it would probably be easier to do it yourself. you spend a million dollar vet bill (they do pretty much the same thing i recomended the only differance is they have the drugs to nock them out and maybe dull the pain) and there's a chance it will grow back, when you could do the same thing for free.

 

[redtailgal]

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[manybirds]

if it's not the really thick kind i would band it. just (with rounded metal file) file the first layer of horn away and put 2 castration bands in the groove (one in the groove on below it). put a new band on every 30 days until it falls off.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

if it's not the really thick kind i would band it. just (with rounded metal file) file the first layer of horn away and put 2 castration bands in the groove (one in the groove on below it). put a new band on every 30 days until it falls off.

That's what I was going to ask about. I have a buckling that has a scur that we have reburned, but it still came back. I think banding may be the next option.

 

[rascal]

They might knock it off all by themselves... All 3 of my bucks have scurs and now and then one gets a bloody head. Its not major bleeding but just enough to coat the others with a red tinge. Freaks ya out the first time but they turn out fine.