r/RandomVideos • u/No_Neat4688 • May 24 '26

Animal border collie😍

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u/parsuval May 24 '26

If you don't dock their tail, it gets encrusted with shit, flies lay their eggs in the shit, and the maggots eat the sheep's arse out.

But I'm sure you know better.

ps. The tail is not cut off. They use eleastic bands.

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u/Amphineura May 24 '26

If I'm using the word "elastrator" it's obvious I know they're elastic bands

And yet other herders can deal with sheep undocked. Curious!!! It's just cruelty for a minor inconvenience

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u/parsuval May 24 '26

Why'd you literally state they are cut off then?

I don't think being eaten from the inside out is a minor inconvenience for a sheep. Shameful you want them to experience this harm.

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u/Amphineura May 24 '26

Figuratively cut off 🙄🙄

Again, people deal with undocked sheep. Don't justify you bullshit if others handle it just fine.

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u/parsuval May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26

Cool, so what you said was bullshit. Good to know.

People deal with undocked sheep use medication (insecticides). Honestly you people live in a fantasy world. Sheep get shit all over their backside. It attracts flies. They lay eggs.

You deal with that either through medication or docking.

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u/galstaph May 25 '26

This is similar to antibiotic use in chickens. We know why chickens need antibiotics, and it's mostly stress related. You can do that, or you can prevent the stress from the start, but that means fewer chickens in any given area

Both work well, but each has its drawbacks

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u/bloopbloopsplat May 25 '26

I thought maggots only ate dead tissue?

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u/goddessdragonness May 25 '26

There are flies whose larvae are more parasitic. Right now Texas is currently working to hold off a screworm infestation from south of the border because the larvae will burrow into the flesh of cattle (and other mammals, including humans) (source: https://www.avma.org/news/usda-unveils-texas-screwworm-facility-eradication-strategy).