Dr. Naylor's Dehorning Paste (4 oz)

I disbudded my two Nigerian Dwarf/Nubian cross babies with this product. Three months later no signs of any horns and the hair has covered the holes.I think the trick to this product is to make sure to get it applied early when you can just barely feel the buds forming. I've never done this before, but I live very rurally and there are no goat vets under a 100 miles, so I am forced to learn. I read the directions carefully, watched several YouTube vids, enlisted a friend to help me hold them, took a deep breath and pressed on. There were several pro and con opinions on using this method, but I did not want horns for safety reasons so I had no choice but to go with this. Everything went smoothly and there were no problems with the healing. I would have preferred to have a vet perform the procedure, but you do what you have to do when living where services are sometimes non-existent.

We followed the instructions on a nursing calf. We opted to apply duct tape over the sites to protect the momma. The tape only stayed in place for about 6 hours, but it worked to keep the paste from burning momma when nursing. Worked like it was supposed to, both horn buds died out and a couple months later you can barely tell.

We waited till our baby goat was a few days old before ordering, so fast shipping was vital, as instructions say to use this product before the baby goat is 10 days old. We used it immediately, as this was our first goat to dehorn. When we figured out the best procedure to use, it worked like a charm! We will definitely keep this product handy for future dehorning of our baby goats!

Used on goat kids. Effective on our doe that was only a few days old. Ineffective on our buckling who was dehorned at 11 days old.The conclusion? A great product, BUT YOU MUST DEHORN YOUR KIDS IMMEDIATELY AFTER BIRTH.We applied the paste, a piece of 2 inchpainters tape (all we had) but then we secured it around the head with firmly with vet wrap to avoid slipping, rubbing, or getting in the eyes. Left on for 30-40 mins. And worked great.

Well, we decided to try this disbudding paste in place of the iron for reviews talking about less pain. This is our first year raising show goats after years of raising goats for pets we decided to go the registered route and try to improve the breed - plus showing sounded so fun!! ANYWAY… after kicking off our 2024 kidding season with the cutest babies, we decided trying this product would be way more humane than the hot iron… boy were we wrong. Our first goat we used this on screamed in agonizing pain the whole time she had the paste on her head. I couldn’t stand her hurting, but it needed to be done for a show goat. After the recommended 30 minutes, we took the paste off and followed the neutralizing instructions. This baby proceeded to shake and scream in pain. We gave her some pain reliever and vitamin b complex - she still screamed for what felt like hours. Around 3am we woke up and heard her seizing… she died 2 minutes later. Maybe it was partially user error somewhere… but the excruciating pain she endured for her last few hours was not worth it. I’d take giving her a few bad minutes with a hot iron over this again any day. I will forever regret this choice. She was a perfectly healthy girl and her life ended because of our decision to try this. Apparently God needed her more than we did, but I want to be selfish and bring her back. We will NEVER use this product again.

The worse 30m-1 hour of my life each time I have to do this. I guess I will learn to use and iron

My goat screamed and was so bothered that I didn’t treat the other goats

Back in late January 2020 I used this dehorning past on my cow when he was about 3 to 4 weeks old. I left the past on him for 24 hours with ducktape over it and around his head, I saw this method on YouTube. When I took it off I was so afraid, it look like I could see his skull. A ring of scab crust formed around both spots but the center stayed open seeing the skull for 4 weeks. After the 4 weeks he rubbed off the crusty rings and fleshy meat grew over the 2 entire spots and then his hair growth took over and now looks normal. So back on May 10th of this year 2020 I tryed it on 5 of my new born goats, I followed the directions of the dehorning past to the T. I did not leave the past on them no longer than what the directions said to 30 minutes no longer. Well it's September 3rd today and their hair has not grown back and the crusty scab ring is still there with 2 bald skull looking spots on there heads. I'm not sure what to do about it. It's been 4 months now and I wanted to sale my little bucks after they were weaned and dehorned because bucks are very destructive with their horns. But I couldn't because I didn't want to sale them looking like that. Four months still not sure how long it will take for their heads to look normal again.