When to Castrate a Goat: Is It Ever Too Late?

Hi everyone, how late is too late to castrate a goat? Do you have to do it differently after a certain age?

With pigs, I know that people used to have a vet surgically castrate grown boars that were to be eaten (once their usefulness as a breeder had run its course, or things had changed on the farm). They tranquilized the boar.

Afterwards, a few months was required to pass before the testosterone was all out of  the system so that the meat wouldn't taste foul.

I imagine, whether you intend to eat the goat or not, that something similar could be done. Be sure to clean the wound after, I believe the vets used iodine.

James Landreth wrote:With pigs, I know that people used to have a vet surgically castrate grown boars that were to be eaten (once their usefulness as a breeder had run its course, or things had changed on the farm). They tranquilized the boar.

Afterwards, a few months was required to pass before the testosterone was all out of  the system so that the meat wouldn't taste foul.

I imagine, whether you intend to eat the goat or not, that something similar could be done. Be sure to clean the wound after, I believe the vets used iodine.

Thank you James. This is exactly what I have been thinking. I am curious though if anyone has done this with adult male goats, how it went, how long before all the testosterone was out of their system, etc...