Sawgum":31pkm65b said:
No blood to speak of going through it, It bled very little (From the tail) when it did pop off. It was supposed to take a while to come off after banding but came off when the band was being tightened. It took me by suprise when it fell off between my feet and I must admit I jumped. I half expected it to start crying or something.
I think what happened was there was a chunk of manure wrapped around the tail, and shut off the blood flow (tis why its so egg shaped), and became infected, rotted through what was left of the bone -- when you described how it came off, is exactly how a calf's tail came off a couple of years ago, only my calf didn't get the huge blub shape.