Beekissed
Herd Master
I read all the books, perused the pics, even had helped do the same thing on weanling pigs....but nothing prepared me for doing my own lamb.
First, the testes did not "milk" out of the scrotum like everyone described...I had to practically dig them out, which I'm sure was excruciating to the lamb.
I never really got them isolated out of the scrotum until I had the cords in my hands...every time the lamb twitched the testes would disappear back into his scrotum.
I finally, in desparation, just cut as close to the bottom of the testes that I could visualize....bad move.
The bleeding wouldn't stop.
We applied ice before the procedure and after, pressure for long periods, tea bags even...didn't have any blood stop or cayenne pepper. Finally applied a pressure bandage and waited.
All the while, this poor, beautiful lamb is weakened and in shock.
This is a day of which I am not proud. I think the bleeding has finally stopped but he is weak and doesn't seem to want to nurse. I bolused him with some honey, water, unpasteurized ACV and will wait. That is really all I can do....a vet call would be more than he is worth, monetarily.
He is now resting and only time will tell.
Never, ever, will I cut a lamb for castration again. Banding from now on...what in the world was I thinking????
This is what happens when amateurs mess around with livestock....
First, the testes did not "milk" out of the scrotum like everyone described...I had to practically dig them out, which I'm sure was excruciating to the lamb.
I never really got them isolated out of the scrotum until I had the cords in my hands...every time the lamb twitched the testes would disappear back into his scrotum.
I finally, in desparation, just cut as close to the bottom of the testes that I could visualize....bad move.
The bleeding wouldn't stop.
We applied ice before the procedure and after, pressure for long periods, tea bags even...didn't have any blood stop or cayenne pepper. Finally applied a pressure bandage and waited.
All the while, this poor, beautiful lamb is weakened and in shock.
This is a day of which I am not proud. I think the bleeding has finally stopped but he is weak and doesn't seem to want to nurse. I bolused him with some honey, water, unpasteurized ACV and will wait. That is really all I can do....a vet call would be more than he is worth, monetarily.
He is now resting and only time will tell.
Never, ever, will I cut a lamb for castration again. Banding from now on...what in the world was I thinking????
This is what happens when amateurs mess around with livestock....