Major Poopy Tail

I see the small animal version of "poopy tail" all the time at work.  Poop sticks to the hair under the tail and continues to matt up until the animal is so uncomfortable it stops eating and the owner brings it in thinking it is constipated, or the owner notices an odor.  It is amazing that so many people just don't look under there for themselves.  This is one reason I don't have indoor animals.  Anyway, our fall twin calf, that J has named Edgar Allen Poe,  had the bovine version of "poopy tail". 

 I tried a few days ago to remove it will he was eating his grain, but that didn't work. 

 So we got he into the chute and J worked on the problem.  He stated that it was more difficult than he had thought it would  be.  We had to resort to a screwdriver and scissors to get is all off.

Now Poe is pounds lighter and still as happy and active as ever.