Gelding

[~Perdita.M~]

1) Is an 18 month old colt feeling his hormones yet?;)

2) And how quickly after gelding do things start to settle/calm down confused:

Thanks!

:) :o

[LMS]

#1 I've been told a big "yes" by a vet & other horsepeople just this past week.

[PaulaqhMax]

It's comming up to Spring, some colts will start showing 'colty' behaviour. It depends on the horse as to how long it takes for the hormones to settle, we had a colt entire till he was six months old and he settled down pretty quick, we had a four year old who took ages to calm down and our stallion was done at 8 and didn't change one little bit.

[Mehitabel]

1 - almost definitely. they can start getting fruity as young as while they are still with mum.

2 - i think it's 6 weeks for them to be infertile - sperm can live in the 'tubes' and survive for that long. hormone-wise, behaviour often changes reaosnalby soon after the snip if the hors is young enough for behaviour not to be ingrained.

[NoviceNic]

How long is recovery after the snip?? We are hoping our potential loan pony will get the snip this week. Just waiting for the cold snap to go..

[Nancy W]

It varies from horse to horse how long it takes to heal. A safe bet is about 4 weeks, if there are no complications.

My colt developed some rather large clots and using the hosepipe to clear them out didn't work - I know it sounds cruel, I wasn't that impressed having to do it!

The vet had to scoop them out - literally! But if you don't get an infection, you should be ok in a few weeks.

[Mehitabel]

yes, i wouldn't worry about the cold - fewer flies, less mud if it is all frozen!

the things to avoid are mud and flies - so it is usually done in spring or autumn - not wet or hot weather.

[~Perdita.M~]

Could you give us a run through of the procedure too please?:D And aftercare, what do you have to do re. cleaning it/leaving it alone etc? Stabling/turnout?:confused:

[ambatt]

http://www.horsekeeping.com/horse_health_care/gelding_and_aftercare.htm

http://horseandhound.co.uk/care/402/64865.html

[NoviceNic]

Thank you for advise. I was concerned his owner may consider letting us have in in a fortnight. My concern was the travelling whilst recovering..

[Jessey]

Definatly yes, my boy sired a colt at just 2 years old :o

I didn't have Bo cut till he was 4, he was back in work in a week as it had healed very well but he never calmed down - he still doesn't know they are missing :p :rolleyes:

J x