In the photo above is Snow, our biggest billy goat, taken about 3 weeks ago. His left horn was about to become ingrowing but our attempts to saw it off came to nothing. Snow was simply too big and strong to hold him while trimming the horn. We decided he needed a trip to the vet where he could be sedated and then trimmed. We booked him in for the procedure yesterday.
When we arrived at the paddock to collect him to take him to the vet, we found he had dislodged the horn stub and lost it! We decided to take him to the vet anyway as he had another horn stub which would eventually become ingrowing if left to itself. The procedure to trim the horn took all of about 10 seconds. It took Snow over an hour to come round from the sedative.
Hopefully it will not be for another two years or so before we have to o the job again.
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