My poor little bucklings.....one purchased, 2 homegrown. Horns were not removed, then my uncle (the buyer of 2 homegrown bucklings) decided that he did want the horns off. They were born the first and second week of March. They have big horns now. He bought an electic dehorner and wanted me to do this. These are my first baby goats, The purchased goat has spurs. So bright me
, I thought the way to go would be to use lidocaine and numb the horn area, then burn. So, I find out that you can not purchase lidocaine. I had a vet come out just to numb them Cost $50 farm call and $15 per goat = $95.
He was in a hurry, just numbed them and drove off. The 2 smaller ones went down and the smallest one had seizures.
He stoped breathing twice.
I called for the vet to come back and he said sometimes lidocaine will cause muscle weakness, there is no antidote and it would soon wear off. I held this little goat for 45 min. He is now holding his head up but is gurgling when breathing. I think he may have aspirated, I pray that he will not get pneumonia. Needless to say, no horns were burned. They will now keep them. If they can't be done before 2 weeks, then they will not be done by me.
I had tried to get some experienced goat help, but no one had time.
Don't do this
