One of my does was disbudded a week ago. The vet put cotton in the 'holes' and told me to take them out after a few days - we did that yesterday and there was some fresh bleeding. I gave her a shot of penicillin and also slathered polysporin on it. The bleeding seemed to stop. This morning, though, when I went to see her, there was more bleeding through one of the 'holes'....I put more polysporin on, but I'm concerned about how to better stop the bleeding and infection. Any suggestions really appreciated. Thanks.
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Hi Deborah
Re; the other breeder, this was a guy who was into it for a very brief period and ending up selling his small herd to the woman I got a few of my goats from. She is quite terrific and has been very helpful and supportive to me as I'm learning.....
Hi Deborah
Thanks for this - we just had her at the vet. She had a slight infection, which the vet rinsed out, put some anti-bacterial spray on and gave her an additional antiobiotic shot.....and said she'll be fine.....I really appreciate your taking the time to respond as I'm loving the goats and just don't want to be seeing them in any pain or discomfort!
D.
So, it's a dehorning then, not disbudding. Disbudding is simply burning the hornbuds on a newborn. Removing horns is a much bigger deal, so now I understand the holes. No, there really isn't anything you can do about the bleeding. Hopefully you're in an area where flies are not a problem right now. Maggots (fly strike) could be a big problem. As for infection, a topical ointment should be enough. Bleeding, which vets call "draining," is a good thing. It actually helps keep the wound washed out. That's why they don't like to stitch up hardly anything.
I hope you told the breeder about this. I'm assuming they're new and probably have no idea they botched the job so badly. I've never even had a doe with tiny scurs, so they really did not know what they were doing. (The boys are another story.)
A couple years ago, someone bought a goat from me, and they couldn't find a vet to disbud the kids when they were born, so they tried to do it themselves after reading about it online. They did what they thought was sufficient and then called me, because they didn't see the copper ring they had read about. After a couple of long phone conversations, and them trying again, they finally agreed to bring the kids to us. They had done nothing other than torture the poor kids with a disbudding iron that wasn't hot enough to do anything other than burn the kids' skin. It was really sad, but I was glad we could help them.
Debbie Nightingale said:
This goat is about 18 months old. She had been disbudded by a previous owner, but badly so one side had a scur and one had a horn that was starting to grow into her head......so the vet recommended disbudding.
This goat is about 18 months old. She had been disbudded by a previous owner, but badly so one side had a scur and one had a horn that was starting to grow into her head......so the vet recommended disbudding.
I'm not really sure what you're saying. I've never seen nor heard of cotton being a part of disbudding. There are no holes -- unless a goat is considerably older and already has horns. I've also never seen bleeding from disbudding at such an early stage. Perhaps a month down the road when the scabs fall of, there might be a tiny amount of blood on one spot, but certainly nothing to get my attention. How old is this goat?
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Re; the other breeder, this was a guy who was into it for a very brief period and ending up selling his small herd to the woman I got a few of my goats from. She is quite terrific and has been very helpful and supportive to me as I'm learning.....
Thanks for this - we just had her at the vet. She had a slight infection, which the vet rinsed out, put some anti-bacterial spray on and gave her an additional antiobiotic shot.....and said she'll be fine.....I really appreciate your taking the time to respond as I'm loving the goats and just don't want to be seeing them in any pain or discomfort!
D.
I hope you told the breeder about this. I'm assuming they're new and probably have no idea they botched the job so badly. I've never even had a doe with tiny scurs, so they really did not know what they were doing. (The boys are another story.)
A couple years ago, someone bought a goat from me, and they couldn't find a vet to disbud the kids when they were born, so they tried to do it themselves after reading about it online. They did what they thought was sufficient and then called me, because they didn't see the copper ring they had read about. After a couple of long phone conversations, and them trying again, they finally agreed to bring the kids to us. They had done nothing other than torture the poor kids with a disbudding iron that wasn't hot enough to do anything other than burn the kids' skin. It was really sad, but I was glad we could help them.
Debbie Nightingale said: