Horn banding

[cteague]

Well guys and gals, the disbudding didnt work and here is the growth. What do u think about banding them? Are they to small? 2 are this size one is just a little smaller. Or should i just leave them alone since they had so much trama trying to disbud them? Next bunch we will just do ourselves. The one we did worked. These three were took to the vet. $250 for castrations and medicine is all we got done that day.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Perfect size to put a band on
You need to head gate them
Go as low on the horn as you can and file a notch in the horn on the front and back
Put the band on so it sits in the notch
Once you have the band on wrap with duct tape so it doesn't come off

 

[cteague]

Ok. I will sure try it. Hope this works!

 

[cteague]

So do u put the file notch at the base of the horn? Or can it go right above?

 

[Latestarter]

you want the band as low as possible so the notch has to correspondingly be at the very base of the horn... as low and close as you can get it.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Where you file the notch and put the band is where it's going to cut the horn off, so as low as you can get it.

 

[cteague]

Ok. Im gonna do it friday. I have to work tonight and tommorrow. And will be off the whole weekend. That way if something goes wrong i can get help. Will they bleed?

 

[Latestarter]

There shouldn't be any blood initially as you'll be dealing with horn... Later after the bands have cut through and the horns are down to being held on "by a thread" there may be some blood/bleeding, especially if you "cut off" the final bit.

 

[Green Acres Farm]

I have no experience with this, but make sure he is UTD on is CD/T shot. Let us know how it works!

 

[OneFineAcre]

The first pic it had cut about half way through. The last was when it was holding by skin