Author Topic: When to castrate ? (Read 18576 times)

supplies for smallholders · « **Reply #30 on:** January 14, 2011, 07:17:05 pm »

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robert waddell · « **Reply #31 on:** January 14, 2011, 07:30:20 pm »

and what about scotland?

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oaklandspigs · « **Reply #32 on:** January 14, 2011, 09:32:17 pm »

Quote from: supplies for smallholders on January 14, 2011, 07:17:05 pm

........Dont I always ?

You do !

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oaklandspigs · « **Reply #33 on:** January 14, 2011, 09:37:13 pm »

Quote from: lillian waddell on January 14, 2011, 07:30:20 pm

and what about scotland??

Will look that up when I get a mo ! Trouble is that it is harder to get the law in Scotland. Maybe if you rejoined us?

Tudful Tamworths · « **Reply #34 on:** January 14, 2011, 11:13:56 pm »

Regardless of the boar taint debate, which could make up a whole new topic, what this comes down to is whether castration without anaesthetic is ethical or not.
Surely, the bottom line has to be, does castration without anaesthetic cause unnecessary suffering? (male readers cross your legs now - oh, sorry, you already have!).

I'm not opposed to the procedure being carried out properly, in hygienic conditions and, of course, under anaesthetic, but someone doing half a dozen at a time in the barn, with a possibly grubby penknife (as I've seen it done) is another matter. How can anyone endorse the practice of causing an animal such severe pain at just few days old? Carry on castrating in your own way, if you feel it's right, but I think it's barbaric and nothing will change my mind.

Eve · « **Reply #35 on:** January 14, 2011, 11:46:34 pm »

Exactly!

robert waddell · « **Reply #36 on:** January 15, 2011, 12:45:30 am »

i reffer back to my college days three ways to castrate with the bardizo(two nicks with pliers on the vain going to the scrotal sack)
with scalpel and antiseptic and a variation on this theme with scalpel to open the bag and the testicles removed with the teeth now the last one is the old Shepard's way and of course the good old rubber ring
as to the suffering is that not why it has to be the vet after7 days old

Stevie G · « **Reply #37 on:** January 15, 2011, 02:44:26 pm »

Its all very interesting Guys, but what applies Outdoors does not necessarily apply indoors.
Castration can be done from the day they are born(especially indoors), but if it is not an necessity then I do not do it.
It is all to do wth the contract you have, and not alot else!!!!!

oaklandspigs · « **Reply #38 on:** January 15, 2011, 05:03:26 pm »

Quote from: lillian waddell on January 14, 2011, 07:30:20 pm

and what about scotland??

Comes under The Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Regulations 2010

Schedule 2

Castration Controlling reproduction or general animal management.

Conditions—

1) Castration may only be performed by means other than the tearing of tissues.

2) Where pigs are older than 7 days of age the procedure must be performed under anaesthetic and additional prolonged analgesia and only by a veterinary surgeon.