savingdogs
Overrun with beasties
I have a nigerian dwarf buck that I'm using with my does and reselling in 45 days. I'd like to improve him if possible.
His feet needed trimming badly and he is very dusty/muddy. I think a bath and a second hoof trimming will improve his looks. He also has scurs, one on each side. One is larger and curls under a bit towards his head. I knew about them of course when I went to see him and buy him, but I wonder now if I can improve the situation for him and again, make him more saleable.
He is easy to handle but did not seem to like me touching his scurs, especially the curled one that I was trying to check out. Can I trim these back? I don't have any disbudding tools or anything special but wonder if anything can or should be done for this. Because of the condition of his hooves, I was not confident that he was being cared for very well by his prior owners, although they certainly fed him enough. They just had tons and tons of goats and since I have only four can give him more attention.
His feet needed trimming badly and he is very dusty/muddy. I think a bath and a second hoof trimming will improve his looks. He also has scurs, one on each side. One is larger and curls under a bit towards his head. I knew about them of course when I went to see him and buy him, but I wonder now if I can improve the situation for him and again, make him more saleable.
He is easy to handle but did not seem to like me touching his scurs, especially the curled one that I was trying to check out. Can I trim these back? I don't have any disbudding tools or anything special but wonder if anything can or should be done for this. Because of the condition of his hooves, I was not confident that he was being cared for very well by his prior owners, although they certainly fed him enough. They just had tons and tons of goats and since I have only four can give him more attention.