castration tools

[greybeard]

I went to visit one of my neighbors and he was castrating a stray tomcat-- by sticking it head first into a rubber boot and then went to work with a knife on what was left sticking out .
Told me he got tired of all the litters from strays and had began to castrate every male that came in his yard no matter what species.
I said 'bye' --got in my truck and left.

 

[Isomade]

I went to visit one of my neighbors and he was castrating a stray tomcat-- by sticking it head first into a rubber boot and then went to work with a knife on what was left sticking out .
Told me he got tired of all the litters from strays and had began to castrate every male that came in his yard no matter what species.
I said 'bye' --got in my truck and left.

:lol: was he chasing you with his rubber boot as you drove away?

 

[cow pollinater]

I went to visit one of my neighbors and he was castrating a stray tomcat-- by sticking it head first into a rubber boot and then went to work with a knife on what was left sticking out .
Told me he got tired of all the litters from strays and had began to castrate every male that came in his yard no matter what species.
I said 'bye' --got in my truck and left.

I watched my grandad and uncle get nice and drunk and try that once... that cat fell out of the boot about halfway through the whole proccess and my my grandad kept yelling "HANG ON! HANG ON!" while my uncle had him by the tail and the cat went up his shoulder and over his back and he was drunk enough to hold on.

 

[Fire Sweep Ranch]

Here is a timely article on why we need to casterate and the different ways. Also talks about vaccines to use for which method you use.

http://www.thestockexchangenews.com/201 ... astration/

 

[Anonymous]

I went to visit one of my neighbors and he was castrating a stray tomcat-- by sticking it head first into a rubber boot and then went to work with a knife on what was left sticking out .
Told me he got tired of all the litters from strays and had began to castrate every male that came in his yard no matter what species.
I said 'bye' --got in my truck and left.

I had started a thread awhile back where I was going to cut the new cat we had gotten. My mind was all set to use a boot. Eventually you all talked me out of the idea and it cost me 70 bucks at the vet.

 

[TexasBred]

I had started a thread awhile back where I was going to cut the new cat we had gotten. My mind was all set to use a boot. Eventually you all talked me out of the idea and it cost me 70 bucks at the vet.

Hook my wife is the expert cat castrator. She will pick up an old tom, give him a very small sub-q shot of "knock out drops" and cut him....take him back and lay him back under the same bush he had been sleeping under. When he finally wakes up all he does is like his butt and wonder what's different.

 

[Nite Hawk]

LRTX1
You mentioned putting water in the barrel to quieten things down.
I would seriously be tempted to let some of the squealers "blow a few bubbles" for a bit to shut them up, and hope I didn't drown them, as they can make quite a racket.
About putting a cat in a rubber boot, some people roll them up in a gunny sack ( if you can find one now days with all the plastic sacks around) and then shove their head in a boot. Tends to disable their front paws /claws a bit..
Nite Hawk

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Fire Sweep - good article - I'll use it in my next newsletter - thanks.

 

[chipsahoy]

Hook my wife is the expert cat castrator. She will pick up an old tom, give him a very small sub-q shot of "knock out drops" and cut him....take him back and lay him back under the same bush he had been sleeping under. When he finally wakes up all he does is like his butt and wonder what's different.[/quote]

Cool, what is "sub-q shot of "knock out drops"?

 

[slick4591]

Subcutaneous = sub-q. Meaning an injection just under the skin and not in the muscle.

 

[chipsahoy]

can just anyone buy "knock out drops"?

 

[Lucky_P]

Jeanne,
Until I lost a 4-month heifer to tetanus this fall (don't know what her injury was), the only case I'd had in my own herd was in a 400-lb bull that I knife-cut, back when I was still in veterinary school.
So... it can happen; much more likely with a band, but cutting 'em isn't without some risk of tetanus, not to mention some I've seen that bled out - either externally or internally.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Now that Ken's gone, my nephew & I have been banding the day they are born. But, we have not been giving a shot for tetanus. Kinda hard to get any protection giving the shot same day??

 

[greybeard]

Hook my wife is the expert cat castrator. She will pick up an old tom, give him a very small sub-q shot of "knock out drops" and cut him....take him back and lay him back under the same bush he had been sleeping under. When he finally wakes up all he does is like his butt and wonder what's different.

Cool, what is "sub-q shot of "knock out drops"?[/quote]
I was told recently to use a length of 6" pvc pipe instead of a boot--long enough they can't reach the other end with front paws.
Guy said he had too many turn around in a boot and the leather gave them something to grab hold of while PVC is too smooth to give them a grip.
I used burdizzos on one. Sqaulled some, but it worked.

 

[Lucky_P]

Jeanne,
You could give tetanus antitoxin(TAT) at the time of band application - or, incorporate a bacterin/toxoid containing tetanus toxoid into the cows' pre-breeding/precalving vaccination protocol, so anti-tetanus antibodies will be passed in the colostrum.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Thanks - I'll check on getting some TAT.

 

[tsmaxx47]

use a bander and get them at a couple days old - don't use tetanus shots

 

[kucala5]

use a bander and get them at a couple days old - don't use tetanus shots

Same for us.

 

[kricketfarm]

I either cut or if i band i use the old bander with the little green bands. It works on anything you can get a band on. And i have seen some that used these bands like a califonia bander that did not get tight enough and that is a very big mess.

I have always used the little green bands and never had any issues. Quick and easy!