Carol J. Elkins
Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:19:41 -0800
I am not a horned breeder, so I can't answer Jennifer's questions. Can someone else help out here? Carol At 06:53 PM 12/16/2007, you wrote: >Hi, >I am the head of hoofstock at the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo. I have a >3 year old hand raised blackbelly ram that has started having issues >with 1 horn. It is a very nice spiral but it is too close to his >face. At first it didn't look like a problem as it grew, but now it >has grown too close to his eye and face. Can it be trained away >after it has gotten like this? The spot is halfway down the spiral, >so trimming it would be tricky. How close to the end is the blood >supply? He is also a typical handraised ram in a close area so it is >always a fight to do anything with him. >Thanks in advance >Jennifer Koehler _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info