silly question about whethers

[rellikmalinois]

Silly Question but...
I was under the impression when a buck is whethered his testicles are removed?

I am pet sitting and was told he had a doe, buck, and whether but both boys clearly have large testicles!

 

[AshleyFishy]

How old are they? Might he still have a band on and the jewels just haven't come off yet? Or they could have used a burdizzo, which it will leave the scrotum and the testicles will degrade over time? Hard to tell without pictures

 

[Pearce Pastures]

If his testicles are still large and in charge, and there is no band around them, I'd be asking if he used some other method recently.

 

[boykin2010]

It can be done surgically in which you really won't tell the difference between a ram and whether

 

[Pearce Pastures]

When a goat is surgically wethered, the testicles are removed and the scrotum dries up...definitely would not look the same as an intact male.

 

[rellikmalinois]

thanks for the responses.
I had no idea what a burdizzo was but after reading about it am thinking maybe he had that method of casteration done as his testicles are much smaller than the other. I will get photos of both of them tonight. I believe they are both about a year old.

 

[OneFineAcre]

We did one with a burdizzo when he was 5 months old and his testicles were good size for a while. The thing is as he got bigger they did not proportionally.

 

[Chris Stelzer]

How old are they? Might he still have a band on and the jewels just haven't come off yet? Or they could have used a burdizzo, which it will leave the scrotum and the testicles will degrade over time? Hard to tell without pictures

HAHA the Jewels!