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saggy sack

Joined Apr 2009
91 Posts | 0+
Schuylkill Haven, PA
I have a friend in Illinios who's father has three whitetails as pets. I just saw him in Maine on a bear hunt and he asked me a question about his buck that I could not answer but said I would check on here to see if anyone could give him an idea of what is up. It seems his bucks scrotum is very saggy and hanging down by his hocks. He says it doesn't appear that his testicles are hanging down there, just the scrotum. He said it was kind of like that last year, but not near as bad, and over the winter seemed to go back to almost normal. (Shrinkage factor I told him.:)) Anyway, this spring it sagged even lower, down to his hocks, and looks kinda rough for the poor guy. I think the deer is 5-6 years old. He still eats and acts well, it's just his scrotum is a big, long, saggy sack hanging there. Does anyone have an idea what could possibly be going on with this guy? I have never seen or heard of this before so I am of no help, and was hoping somebody on here could be. Thanks!
 
First of all reading a question from a guy name Woody asking about a problem with a saggy sack cracks me up. I have no idea what the problem could be and I'm afraid to ask. Do you have any pictures?
 
I'm sorry about that!! I didn't even think about my name or the title of the post. It does make good conversation though! Anyway, no I don't have any pics but I can ask my buddy if he can get some and email them to me. Also, I'm going out there to do some archery hunting with him in November and if it is still hanging (which I expect it to be) I'll take some pics myself. So nobody even has a good guess as to what could be the cause? I guess it is pretty uncommon then. Like I said, I've never seen or heard about something like this either. (Not that I'm any kind of an old time expert or anything) I'll try and get him on the pics. Thanks for the replies!!
 
Sounds like an odd case, it is normal for a bucks testes to swell as much as 3X the size they were all summer, when the velvet peels this time of year as they head into the rut, but you says it appears this bucks testicles are not even down, so sounds like he has some weird issues going on. but if he is just a pet and not a breeder I wouldnt worry about him, as long as he stays in good health otherwise. Although it would be really nice to know what is going on incase this subject were to ever come up again. Especially if it happened to someones breeder buck.
 
had a buck with half of his sac the size of a two grapefruits, he had a hernia on one side and the sac around the intestines had slumped into the sac when straining/fighting
 

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