Disbudded horns grow back

[chickenrunnin]

Good Morning
I have a concern I would like to share and maybe get some ideas on how to deal with this. My saanen doeling was disbudded before I purchased her and had partially grown back. They are growing sideways and one is very flimsy and she bruises it quite often. I would hate for her to get it caught on something at this stage and have it ripped from her head. They are about 2 inches long. The sturdy one is I am sure going to be fine other than the direction it is growing. Below are the pictures. All thoughts and ideas would be marvelous. As a child growing up, all of ours were disbudded and had never grown back. So I am at a loss for ideas on how to fix this.

 

[ksalvagno]

I think there are ways to band them but someone with more experience will probably pipe in.

My 2 girls both started growing their horns back after being disbudded. The owner had me watch and when they seemed like they were growing, she disbudded them for me again. Worked like a charm and they haven't grown back since.

 

[kimmyh]

I would contact my vet, and have them removed. Banding is also another option, but given how the base looks, I'd probably opt for the vet.

 

[Roll farms]

I'd go w/ the vet as well, and make sure they're UTD on CDT vaccinations before they do anything.
A good friend of ours lost her first goat to tetanus after getting scurs removed. The vet had just "assumed" the doeling was vaccinated (she wasn't) and my friend was devestated when she died.

 

[trestlecreek]

How old?
If the one horn is flimsy, it is a scur and I would not worry about it. It will pop off from time to time. No big deal. We just put on some wonder dust to stop any bleeding/infection.
For the horn that is solid, it may also be a scur. I would watch the growth.... if it continues to grow, I band.
I am very careful and do not like re-burning,..

 

[chickenrunnin]

she is almost six months. I dont want to reburn. To me that is like circumsizing a one year old. Not fair. I have seen several how to dos on the internet. I will talk to my vet friend and see if he could direct me on how to band it. That seems like the most logical method at this point. I have seen a few on the internet that have pulled a horn off, and I couldnt imagine the headache they must have. I suffer migraines, I could imagine it would be similar. If I can spare her the pain, then we must move forward.

 

[broke down ranch]

The main thing you need to worry about with this one is the growth pattern. We had a Saanen billy that was not properly disbudded and both of his horns ended up being normal length except the left horn curved and curled down so it was trying to grow back down into his skull so every so often it would have to be cut off. I think you should check with a vet to see how much permanent removal would be.

 

[trestlecreek]

When I look again at her horns, they both look like scurs to me.
For now, I would just watch the growth and see what happens. Hard scurs can stop growing and then become loose later in life.

Banding is easy to do, but the band will bother them for about 24hours, so I avoid banding unless it is absolutely necessary.