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castrating "mis-banded" cattle
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<blockquote data-quote="raykour" data-source="post: 1153245" data-attributes="member: 16801"><p>Thanks for all the great advice. These are things I needed to consider. When I did my initial assessment, there is some accessible tissue on the sides of the scrotum that is still thin and would be easy to cut through, but I have to have a big enough hole to slide a fairly large testicle out. I am fairly certain that there is only one testicle in there, because I could follow the cord up pretty far and didn't encounter anything else in the area. </p><p></p><p>My husband is the one actually doing the cutting, so I suppose we will get them in the chutes and really get to looking at them to figure out the appropriate way to remove the testicle. I can also give them a bit of xylazine so as to make it a not so painful process. However, with the advice I have been given here, it after my husband gets to looking and doesn't think it is a good idea, we will just abandon ship and tell the owner she needs to have a vet do it. </p><p></p><p>My cows have been out with the bull since April and should all be bred, I just don't really want 2 bull calves harassing or riding the heifers still with their mothers or going exploring at the neighbors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="raykour, post: 1153245, member: 16801"] Thanks for all the great advice. These are things I needed to consider. When I did my initial assessment, there is some accessible tissue on the sides of the scrotum that is still thin and would be easy to cut through, but I have to have a big enough hole to slide a fairly large testicle out. I am fairly certain that there is only one testicle in there, because I could follow the cord up pretty far and didn't encounter anything else in the area. My husband is the one actually doing the cutting, so I suppose we will get them in the chutes and really get to looking at them to figure out the appropriate way to remove the testicle. I can also give them a bit of xylazine so as to make it a not so painful process. However, with the advice I have been given here, it after my husband gets to looking and doesn't think it is a good idea, we will just abandon ship and tell the owner she needs to have a vet do it. My cows have been out with the bull since April and should all be bred, I just don't really want 2 bull calves harassing or riding the heifers still with their mothers or going exploring at the neighbors. [/QUOTE]
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