Joined Apr 2009
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cental Pennsylvania
I have a buck that has incredably long hooves again, they were long at the end of summer, so when I darted him to switch pens I filed away at them, I spent almost 40 minutes fileing and did not get them down anywhere near where I wanted.
Last night I noted his hooves were long again, but this time they are even longer than they were this summer, they are acutually growing upwards. My question is, What type of tools do i need to trim hooves, if there is files made for hooves i know the one i used wasnt it, it was just one i grabbed out of the woodshed and it barely took anything off with each pass. Or would it just be better to have the vet come out and do it? This is the only deer out of 20 that has this problem, despite me lowering corn intake and throwing slate around all the feeders he still gets long hooves. If I could get them back to normal size I think that would be the last time they need done, as he is going on 3 yrs. old and will be leaving as a shooter by fall, I dont want to send him out with long hooves as that might make someone want me to lower the price of him.
Last night I noted his hooves were long again, but this time they are even longer than they were this summer, they are acutually growing upwards. My question is, What type of tools do i need to trim hooves, if there is files made for hooves i know the one i used wasnt it, it was just one i grabbed out of the woodshed and it barely took anything off with each pass. Or would it just be better to have the vet come out and do it? This is the only deer out of 20 that has this problem, despite me lowering corn intake and throwing slate around all the feeders he still gets long hooves. If I could get them back to normal size I think that would be the last time they need done, as he is going on 3 yrs. old and will be leaving as a shooter by fall, I dont want to send him out with long hooves as that might make someone want me to lower the price of him.
