I just noticed these the other day on Nash. He didn't want me messing with them of course, but when I did, they came off with some hair. They are nowhere else, and IO doesn't seem to have them. Are these just bug bites? Irritation? Should I just get both dusted?
Yes, they can get STDs, I'm sure they can get crabs, but it would probably be in the form of fleas and lice? but they can get chlamydia and syphilis I know for sure
My bucks end up with the bottom of their sacks looking like this around this time of year, they don't seem bothered by it and I do think it has something to do with rut because during the off season, they are normal looking. I've used triple antibiotic salve on them and it seems to help but it collects debris because it's sticky. Parasitic infection would be lice or mites BUT you would see other areas of the body infected before you saw the testes get infested. Chlamydia, yes...syphylis no. Chlamydia infection will cause abortions in does.
yeah, I've seen it too -- sometimes a waxy thickening along the bottom of the scrotum. You could wash it betadine solution or use an antifungal treatment.....
Yup, Parsley is doing the same thing. I put some bag balm on it and he acts like I am molesting him and he is horrified and humiliated but it seems to help. Not sure if it is bug bites or rut related but it seems to bother me a LOT more than it bothers him.
It gets worse the longer the rut lasts! Looks awful too but I agree with you WarPony, it seems to bother me more than them! Also, my boys have a bench inside their barn to jump up on, they seem to whack their business on the edge of the plywood quite often and that seems to make it look worse.
