Death from banding?

**mygoat** · #21 04/16/12, 10:33 AM

I'd never put anything on the bands. Any chemicals will dry out the rubber and cause it to crack. I just keep 'em dry and in the dark. I still have my original purchase of bands from years ago, use 'em every year with no problems. When I castrate I generally don't stretch the band as far as it can go - just far enough to get it over the testes then release it from the tool asap.

Lizza · #22 04/16/12, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by thaiblue12

I always thought we are not the sane ones lol

The other kids are a doeling, sister of the boy who died and an older kid 4 months old who is done with the banding process. I did email her asking about the banding site and what it looked like I also did warn about bloat just in case.

I hope your goats are ok! It has not been a good year for goats, it is a test, we pass and next year it will all be rosy and lots of doelings..... I wish! lol

My girls are good. I have two wonderful vets, both of which talked to me yesterday and one waited at his house so I could get a bio-sponge (never used before) for the entero. My daughter is a pre-vet student and doing a ride along with one of the vets today so I'm hoping to get some more information on fatty liver. This Doe will never be bred again, she is way too much of a pet, she can just live our her life harassing the herd.

Good luck finding out about the little boy, it was late, for some reason I thought it was three wether brothers. Sometimes you'll just never really know unless you actually do a necropsy, it is really just a guessing game. Someone told me once livestock are born just looking for a way to die.

dbarjacres · #23 04/16/12, 07:52 PM

Issues like this are why we ONLY cut our boys. My parents raised steers and I was taught banding was bad as they always cut theirs with nary a problem, and think of the poo that steers are around!

Hope it was just a fluke and the others are all ok.