Urgent!

[goatgirl92]

OK i really need help with this. My baby goats were dehorned using the hot iron about 4 weeks ago. the lady gave tetnas shots to them both and said call back in three weeks. i still havent gotten the chance to call. just now when i went out to feed them, i saw that the buck's left horn spot was bleeding pretty badly. it wasnt gushing or pouring but it was all over the spot that was dehorned. i checked the doeling and her left one is peeling with a little bit of under the peels. Is this normal?? they never bleed when she dehorned them and i have never done this before. any information, good or bad would be very very helpful. Goatgirl

[Laura Workman]

Relax. It's completely normal. When their heads are burned, they form a scab. Eventually, the scab can just fall off, but more commonly, it gets scratched off or knocked off, hence the blood. You can spray a little antiseptic on it if it makes you feel better. but it will heal up fine in any case.

[Milking Mom]

Ditto.....I have one that keeps taking her back foot and reaching around there and scratching hers and making it bleed. Wash it off and spray some Furall (yellow spray) or some other wound spray on it. It will eventually heal.

[goatgirl92]

Thanks!! So how long does it take till the skin starts to grow back?

[Starsmom]

It can take several weeks. My doe never grew her hair back on one of the spots. The other one covered fine, but her right one has a little bald spot. It's ok, not noticeable at all unless you are scratchingher head, which she loves.