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any ideas on getting rid of warts we have our big show in 2 months and have wart all over the head and in the ears of 1 of our steers

we had them real bad last year all over the face and body.  we were told to cut them off and feed them back, We cut some off but I found it easier on the body to use a cury comb and scrap them off,    I was also told to cut them or scrap them off so they would bleed. 

If you do a search on here I think you can find info.

We haven't had them all year and over the weekend my sons steer had one apear on the eye lid, if anyone know of anything for that please let me know

We put axel grease on them to smoother them.

pull them with pliers and feed them its the best medicine!! It builds there immune system against it! We have also had the vet cut them and suture them a couple weeks before shows and  the one that were cut also got feed to them! They also make a vaccine for warts its good to use if you go to tons of show you wont bring them back with you! The wart that is on the eyelid needs to be surgically removed not advised to pull that one!!

I've always preferred to cut them off if I can, not very often do they come back.  Had one steer last year that we just couldn't get cleared up - I cut them off and fed 'em to him, pulled them off with pliers, they just kept coming back.  Took him to the vet and he put on a pair of surgical gloves and pulled and twisted off every one of them by hand that was big enough to get ahold of and cut off the rest.  His theory was the same as pulling them off with pliers - squeezing enough of it back into the system so they'll produce specific anti-bodies to keep the warts from coming back - but evidently his method worked better, because that was the end of 'em.

Fish Skinners, Put them around the wart, twist and pull.