Castrating newborns

[Sd1030]

Kt i have resesrched it alot and i do like the idea of cutting over banding because the healing process starts sooner. My biggest fear is having one bleed out, which is why i was thinking that doing it at birth would help eliminate that possiblity. Id think the cut/snatch method would be the way to go but im new at this so i could be wrong.

 

[dun]

Ok, I cant get y feeble mind what I am seeing here. I cuta lot of calves and never had anything like that.
If you will reasearch it a little I think you will find that castrating is actually easier than banding no matter the size. It is easier on the person doing it is the difference.

We hada bunch of calves like that the last time we cut instead of banded. All sired by the same bull, all about 1 month to a month and half old and the scrotums were to fatty to fit in the cheerios bander. The gunk hanging down/out was fatty stuff. Got a Tri-Bander and haven;t had any issues since.

 

[kenny thomas]

Kt i have resesrched it alot and i do like the idea of cutting over banding because the healing process starts sooner. My biggest fear is having one bleed out, which is why i was thinking that doing it at birth would help eliminate that possiblity. Id think the cut/snatch method would be the way to go but im new at this so i could be wrong.

Oh, I totally agree doing at soon after birth is the best way. In one of our cattle classes someone ask the speaker, the head vet at Va Tech, when he castrated and implanted his own calves. He said he waits till they hit the ground to castrate or band but its ok to implant as soon as the head clears.

 

[Bigfoot]

This is precisely why we try to band within the first couple of days. This little guy was born while my husband was out of town & I'm not big enough to hold down the calf/band by myself; ended up waiting until we worked the herd a couple months later. A neighbor (long-time rancher) that was helping assured us it was better to cut at that age (he did the cutting for us) & the fatty tissue actually helps it heal faster, along with a hefty dose of LA300. The calf is fine but I think it's way more traumatic to cut, hate seeing it, worried about potential infection & will NOT do it again. Lesson learned.

Interesting you should post that picture. My dad had some calves cut a few weeks ago. A couple of them, just didn't look like anything I had ever seen before. Scrotums swelled, and within a few days, something was hanging out. Can't say I have ever seen either situation before. Long story short, I had been wanting a caltrate, or xl bander for a while, so I ordered one. I banded over top of the hot mess, and the calves look normal now.

 

[Angus Cowman]

Would rather cut them than band them
At that age
I can cut one faster than banding and there is no blood at that age
Plus momma will keep them licked clean
Spray a shot of blu kote on them and let em go

 

[TCRanch]

Ok, I cant get y feeble mind what I am seeing here. I cuta lot of calves and never had anything like that.
If you will reasearch it a little I think you will find that castrating is actually easier than banding no matter the size. It is easier on the person doing it is the difference.

We hada bunch of calves like that the last time we cut instead of banded. All sired by the same bull, all about 1 month to a month and half old and the scrotums were to fatty to fit in the cheerios bander. The gunk hanging down/out was fatty stuff. Got a Tri-Bander and haven;t had any issues since.

Dun, that's why I took the pic & sent it to the vet; have had calves castrated before but never had the fatty tissue hanging out like that. Interesting you mentioned the bull - any calves previously cut were sired by a different bull so there may very well be a connection.

 

[Ojp6]

Ok, I cant get y feeble mind what I am seeing here. I cuta lot of calves and never had anything like that.
If you will reasearch it a little I think you will find that castrating is actually easier than banding no matter the size. It is easier on the person doing it is the difference.

You notice it even more with big bulls weighing over 7. Seem to lose a quite a few more when you band than when you cut but we had a guy get hurt pretty bad trying to cut one so we ended up banding because you spend a lot less time behind the bull that way.

 

[skyhightree1]

Nothing gets cut here - Either banding or nothing