using a contraceptive implant (made for dogs) to stop crowing...Anyone ever heard of this?

[tofupup]

My vet implanted my (approx. 3-month old) rooster with the Suprelorin/Deslorelin implant today. He is too young to crow but he was starting to develop saddle feathers so I know he's a boy. I guess I will know in a few months if it works.

Here he is at the vet. I hope he was young enough for it to work right:




I've also used this in over a dozen hens with impacted oviducts. It has saved their lives, except when the hens get cancer. (Although the implant is supposed to be effective at suppressing one type of ovarian cancer in birds.)

 

[Squishychick]

I had really, REALLY wanted to try this product. Unfortunately it is not available in Canada, so it seems I will be out of luck

 

[tofupup]

Squishychick, I don't know if this would work, but this lady here describes how she got them shipped to her before they were available in the U.S.

http://holisticferret.proboards.com/thread/6774/obtain-suprelorin-deslorelin

Maybe you just need to find a vet who's willing to go through the paperwork? Of course, this post is four years old so maybe the people she contacted at the company just don't work there anymore.

 

[Squishychick]

Thanks Tofupup, I will see what I can do!

 

[tridentk9]

If you have a vet school near you it might be possible to get some "for research" and training of vet students. That's how we got it for a dog. The repro specialist had to order it from Australia. This was within the past two years through OSU in Oregon.

 

[Hippity]

For anyone considering the implant for a rooster, I am sharing my experience. I had one placed in a Polish roo when I noticed his crest growing in with the typical, spiky, rooster look rather than the soft, rounded shape on a hen. He was not yet crowing or showing any male behaviors. From what I had read, the timing was perfect. Between the implant and the appointment, I spent $220. His feathers continued to grow in as would be expected for a rooster. It is now one month later and he is starting to crow. I would have to call this a complete failure at this point. From the other posts, it must work sometimes but know that it isn't a sure thing even if implanted before they are old enough to crow. If you have fallen in love with a rooster you can't keep, and are willing to gamble a couple hundred dollars, you could give it a try, but I won't be doing it again.
I have also used this implant in hens with laying issues and it has been a literal life saver. One had such a severe infection from egg yolk peritonitis that my vet said he has never seen a bird recover after being so ill. Once we got her through it, I had the implant injected because she was at risk for a recurrence. She molted almost immediately and her comb shrunk. That was 6 months ago, she is still not laying and she is strikingly beautiful. She appears to be glowing with health and in perfect feather. I had another hen laying paper thin eggs and no amount of calcium supplementation made a difference. They were so thin that they broke in the nest underneath her. That left her constantly covered in eggy goo, and me with a messy nest to clean up almost daily. I don't know how she was managing to lay them since the shell wasn't hard enough for her body to push against. I didn't want to risk peritonitis with her, and I was tired of the mess, so I had the suprelorin implant put in her as well. She followed the same pattern of molting and comb shrinking as my other hen and now looks fantastic. I'm so happy to not worry about her and to not be constantly cleaning her favorite nest.
In short, my experience has been the implant is a life saver for hens and a big disappointment for roosters.

 

[leighks]

I know this is a old post, but has anyone who have tried this on their rooster still around to comment?

I’m curious about its use to decrease mating for a rooster that’s 9 months old and overmating select hens, just to get him through these “overly amorous” times. Done a lot of research online but because it’s an off-label use of the drug, I can’t find too much info.

I don’t want to stop his crowing, just want him to cool his jets until he’s more mature and not harassing the hens so much.

 

[aart]

I know this is a old post, but has anyone who have tried this on their rooster still around to comment?

I’m curious about its use to decrease mating for a rooster that’s 9 months old and overmating select hens, just to get him through these “overly amorous” times. Done a lot of research online but because it’s an off-label use of the drug, I can’t find too much info.

I don’t want to stop his crowing, just want him to cool his jets until he’s more mature and not harassing the hens so much.

There are a couple rooster stories in this thread, did you read them?
I'd think penning him until he's older would be much easier, cheaper , and guaranteed.

 

[leighks]

There are a couple rooster stories in this thread, did you read them?
I'd think penning him until he's older would be much easier, cheaper , and guaranteed.

Yeah I found a few other posts about it, this one seemed to have the most recent info of the ones I came across. Plus I’m curious to see how things worked out for them.

And yes you are right, penning him would be easiest and cheapest- I would have to split the coop and run, or rotate who was in each, and that would be a pain in the butt to do before work each morning. it’s been such a cold winter, temps below 0, I would feel better if he could stay huddled up with others at night too.

I do have to do something, and separating him or trying the implant are the front runners for me right now. I’m fortunate to have a great avian vet nearby who said she would do it. That’s why I was curious what others who had used deslorelin/ superlorian thought.

 

[bobbi-j]

I would pen him. I would think that would be more economical than the implant. Have you looked into the cost?