[Jacob-list] Problems with Castrating

[Meg Steensland]

Hi I have a vintage college sheep and goat textbook (1984 I think) that mentions a way of castrating involving shoving the testicles back up and then banding the empty scrotum - this allows the animal its hormones so it is still a full ram, but he should be dysfunctional for actually breeding ewes.  But he should still behave lke a ram, so don't do this if you just want a fiber guy.  Anyone tried this?
   
  The one-testicle, short scrotum ram should not be able to breed ewes-doesn't mean he won't try tho.

ARTHUR PARTRIDGE <aztreaz at earthlink.net> wrote:
  >The question I have is about the other one with the one testicle). He has

>nice wool, but I don't want him breeding my ewes. Any advice?

>Also, how can I avoid this next year? Would another method help?

>Thanks, 

>Beryl Schwartz

>Stockton, Utah

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It might not be too late to castrate again. We castrated ram lambs at 8
months, so the horns could develop fully, and they did. It will require a
vet though because it is a larger surgical area and requires a local
anesthetic to reduce pain and discomfort. I helped hold the ram lamb and
she surgically castrated. I was charged $50, she is a neighbor so she
waves the farm call charge. The ram lamb walked strange for a few days and
is just fine.

I have my vet surgically castrate every spring, so there is nothing left
that shouldn't be there. Of course, my vet is my neighbor and seems to
wait at the fence with her scalpel ready every spring.

Cathy
Moscow, Idaho



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