If you remember, I had my little bucks banded to castrate them. Typically, it’s safe, easy, and not likely to have complications. They all looked like this as things were dying and drying up.
Red nursing Harley
A couple of days ago, I noticed that my first little boy was completely free of his extra parts. That’s how it usually happens. They just fall off.
Elmer
Well, Tuesday ended up being a bit unusual. It started with me finally making my phone call to the vet to get an appointment for my little Bob cat. He had been in another fight and I knew he had torn a claw. It wasn’t getting better. The vet pulled the claw off and gave him an antibiotic shot.
Bob
That evening, while I was walking in pasture, I took a picture of Red. I thought I saw wet on his dried up parts. Well, the skin had come down and revealed he still had living tissue. Now about three inches was exposed. I called the vet. He sutured things and removed what was left of the scrotum. The vet said he’d never seen anything like that either, so I did feel better.
After the vet’s visit, Red is all better now, but I never want to have to see any of my babies go through that again. Poor boy.
For the record, I love and appreciate my vets, but I’d like to go a week or lots more before I have to call them again. I’m sure the feeling is mutual.
I hope you’ll come back to join me for Friday’s Hunt tomorrow. I have the items for this week at the top of my side bar.
Teresa
Eden Hills 