Greetings Julie; We had our 1 year old ram sent to the butcher, he had horns curling around to close to the skull. If let go, they will grow right into the skull, not a healthy thing. Your vet might go ahead and take the horn off, I have no idea what that would cost. Sandy
On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 18:11:49 -0700 (Pacific Standard Time) "Julie Riha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am asking a question for a friend of mine and for information for > me to > maybe use in the future. How long do scurs get and how long to be > called > horns? My friend has 2, 2-yr old rams. One has "scurs" growing > curling > straight to the back of his head, staying close to the head. The > other one > has "scurs" that grew sideways and curling right into the side of > his head, > right behind the eye. She would like to know how these "scurs" can > be cut > back, how far to cut back or if it has to be done by a vet. The one > with the > "scur" going in behind his eye needs to be taken care of ASAP. It is > just > touching the hair/skin now, a piece of paper can barely fit between > the scur > and skin. This may sound stupid but this is my first experience with > farm > animals and do the scurs/horns keep growing back after being cut? My > 1 yr > old ewe has these little bumps, the start of "scurs." I would rather > she > didn't have them, is there anything I can do to prevent them from > getting > bigger. Our ram has the curling horns and we love the look of that, > but not > the scurs on the ewe. > > Thank you, > Julie Riha > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! =============================================== This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
