What to file goats horns with?

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9 month old dis budded buck has a scur growing forward toward his head. I can fit a finger between his head and the horn. What do you use to file it? I have read that I can cut about 1/2 inch off without too much blood bug I think, I would rather file for now.
 

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I saw Dr. Brenda use the gigli wire on a couple of goats on the "Incredible Dr. Pol". It was very fast.
 

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I saw one on amazon for $15

Hopefully I can youtube a demonstration. I have the milkstand and a husband to help. I wonder about him moving. Can one safely remove an inch without hitting the blood vessel?
 

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My husband thinks it will go past his face but I think we should take care of it before we lose valuable space to maneuver.
 

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You should be able to take an inch off. If the scur is wiggly and loose it could easily knock off (like if he banged it on a fence or tree)and you may get some blood but no big deal. This kind is easy. The ones that are hard and like real horns... as in my bucks case... do not wiggle and are hard as can be are the ones that can have a major blood vein. If cut to low you may need to cauterize.

This first time you may want to run him to your vet and watch how the vet does the gigli and where a safe place on the scur is then you can continue this as long as you need too.

Dr Brenda from the Dr Pol show should have sedated that goat there was way too much blood and that was IMO ridiculous to put the goat through that. I love the Dr Pol show but they don't know much about goats. Goats aren't cattle. They lanced a CL lump and contaminated everything. :ep
 

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Why not just band the scur? That is what I do with my goats. I have tried to cut a horn and the goat was fighting and screaming and I was not getting anywhere with cutting. Banding is easy. Just make sure the band is as close to the skull as possible. Do it once and it is done. Not like having to cut over and over again.
 

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Why not just band the scur? That is what I do with my goats. I have tried to cut a horn and the goat was fighting and screaming and I was not getting anywhere with cutting. Banding is easy. Just make sure the band is as close to the skull as possible. Do it once and it is done. Not like having to cut over and over again.

This works well? I have seen that mentioned when I was googling but I also saw some say that it didn't work.
 
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