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Post by ttjab3 on May 8, 2006 19:19:43 GMT -5
Hi,
My hubby was in the vet office today to get flea drops and he was talking to the horse vet and he said that if you geld a colt too young, you run the risk of him becoming too femine.
He said he has seen them gelded as young as 2 to 3 months but he recommends waiting for them to be a year old so they wont be femine.
Anyone hear of this?
Trigger is a month old tomorrow and he is playing and getting up behind Buttercup. We just don't want any imbreeding.
Thanks,
God Bless,
Tari (Buttercup and Trigger's mum)
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Post by wendi (calif) on May 8, 2006 19:42:37 GMT -5
Hi Tari Old wives tale I tell ya...LOL....I have gelded as young as 6mo and as old as 2yrs and NO feminin behavior at all My geldings are rough and tough all Boys:) My boy gelded at 8mo is almost 17hh a standardbred harness race horse...and he is solid as a rock. So I've been thru the different ages and NO DIFFERENCE at all  Just glad BB is a Filly this year 3 weeks old:) I save the $$ on gelding..LOL But honestly I have seen absolutley NO difference in gelding at different ages...so when your ready you do it. |
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Post by h2opony on May 8, 2006 22:34:58 GMT -5
I work at a vet clinic, and that is definately an old tale, we usually geld colts between 5-8 months old, if the owner wants to do it early. As for them being more feminine, that can only come from breeding....
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Post by Hazel UK on May 9, 2006 3:42:17 GMT -5
I have never heard of this before.................well not in horses anyway.  I remember my ex hubby always telling me that he would NOT get a vasectomy as it would turn him into a sugar foot.  |
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Post by ShainaTN on May 9, 2006 17:35:53 GMT -5
The vet said that it is an old timey tell that you can't geld a colt under a year. The surgery is very quick (but I must warn... Not Pretty), and I watched him to do it. Rusty will be a year old June 18 so he was gelded young w/ no problems. As soon as they drop em, chop em J/J ;D!!! But seriously, as soon as they drop they are "all gos" on the casturation. As for them becoming feminine... definitely an ole timey tell. The vet told us about how a study was done somewhere out in the western US. A whole group of colts were running together. They took part of the group and gelded them at 6 mo. and the other part at 16 mo. and there was no difference in stature or attitude in the long run. This was my first colt and casturation and it isn't that big of a deal!
Good Luck in Your decision!
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