Hi, me again! I'm just full of questions these past few days. Anyways, I had a local goat breeder disbud a 2 wk old nigi doeling for me. The doeling is now 5 wks old and the scabs just now came off and I am noticing a dark point starting to barely break thru the skin! Is this going to be a scur??? I have a feeling it is, but I've never dealt with this before. Just to be sure she doesn't scur can I reburn this bud even though she's 5wks old? I have never done it before But I ordered the disbudding iron yesterday from Jeffers. Hopefully it gets here soon and I can take care of this, but how long do I hold the iron on it since its already been burned once before? Any advice on this is much appreciated!
I don't take horns ...so I am not much help...but... I know there are those on here ...that can.... :wink:
I just bumped up my disbudding post, it has pictures so you can see the right way to do disbudding. If she does have horns coming through I would burn again. If you have banamine I would give her some since the older they are the worse they take it.
Usually from a vet...here...not sure if Canada has it or not... Banamine comes in a liquid and is injected.... :wink:
In the US you have to have a prescription for Banamine. It's a great pain relief/fever reducer for livestock. It's definitely worth having on hand.
It won't be terrible - just make sure you burn down to the white (you will see the horn separate a bit from the base and that's where you see the white)
