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<blockquote data-quote="TR" data-source="post: 494567" data-attributes="member: 22"><p>I had this very question a couple of weeks ago with a 600lb bull calf, and the advice gven there was to take him to the vet and have him do it. I elected to cut him myself because I wanted those things off NOW! He was extremely uh....er...."well endowed" for his age and size, so there was much more blood than what I expected, and he had quite a bit of fat down there too. Needless to say, it was messy and I wasn't comfortable with the result at all, so we ended up hauling him to the vet the next day just to make sure he was ok. Vet said it was fine although not very pretty. </p><p></p><p>The other bull calf that we needed to castrate that was the same weight as this one was only as developed as our 4 month old calves were, so cutting him was zero problem. I think what I've learned through this is that the testicle size plays big in the decision on which method is the best for one of that weight. If I had it to do over again, I would have banded that big boy or followed the advice given and hauled him to the vet. I will say however, throughout this whole ordeal that the stinker never went off his feed, kept pushing around his pen mate, and two weeks later is still heat checking the girls.....and yes, I counted to two! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I think it was much more traumatic for me than it was for him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TR, post: 494567, member: 22"] I had this very question a couple of weeks ago with a 600lb bull calf, and the advice gven there was to take him to the vet and have him do it. I elected to cut him myself because I wanted those things off NOW! He was extremely uh....er...."well endowed" for his age and size, so there was much more blood than what I expected, and he had quite a bit of fat down there too. Needless to say, it was messy and I wasn't comfortable with the result at all, so we ended up hauling him to the vet the next day just to make sure he was ok. Vet said it was fine although not very pretty. The other bull calf that we needed to castrate that was the same weight as this one was only as developed as our 4 month old calves were, so cutting him was zero problem. I think what I've learned through this is that the testicle size plays big in the decision on which method is the best for one of that weight. If I had it to do over again, I would have banded that big boy or followed the advice given and hauled him to the vet. I will say however, throughout this whole ordeal that the stinker never went off his feed, kept pushing around his pen mate, and two weeks later is still heat checking the girls.....and yes, I counted to two! :) I think it was much more traumatic for me than it was for him. [/QUOTE]
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