Recent content by hooknowz

I will find out, I'm just working out how best to word it. The worst part is the uncertainty of it all, and the fact that it's not necessarily a "point and shoot" in regards to fixing it. My vet seems to think that the insurance *should* pay, so I'm hoping that her report will be very...

There's a lot of good points, so please bear with me! Thanks pip, that's another option. The issue still remains though that I'm going to struggle to pull finances together for surgery. As stated, I'm still paying for the last one. I'll look into it and see how much we would be looking at...

ladyt25 - I know there's a serious possibility that the insurance won't pay out, hence this thread. If they pay out, we try the surgery, simple as. If they don't, I have no idea what to do for the best. Having said that, a retained testicle is detrimental to health because of the relatively high...

I think it's fair enough if you know what you're signing yourself up for. Also had he cost me <£500 (rather than nearly 3x that), again I'd have called fair play. Maybe it's worth shopping around... (duncey question, sorry) did you literally ring around equine hospitals for quotes? Fences have...

Mm, that's the problem. I'm adult, but he was bought as a cheap-to-keep, fun, happy hacker that I could work on schooling on over the summer. He's bombproof on roads and sane in open fields alone and in company, but I can't vouch for what else he can do. For a cob he's not massively built, so at...

Bloody hell :( See this is my concern... rigs can be fine for so long, but as the hormones build they can just snap... Did you have him operated on in the end, or did you just manage him? She claims she thought he was "just a riggy gelding", other snippets lead me to believe she knew (or at...

MrsD - The advert and receipt both said "gelding", I'm sure his passport does too, but I'll double check that one. She claims she doesn't think the gelding was done professionally(?!), not by her I might add, therefore there's no records of it. It's not normal, and had she said she had him on...

I know :( I'm aware he'd have little to no resale value now anyway... he's only a dot, but he's a handful. One of the teenage girls at the yard tried to do me a favour a couple of weeks ago and brought him in for me (I didn't realise she was). Because she didn't hold him tight enough and walk...

His old owner has kept in touch since the sale to see how he's doing. I've had a few chats with her via email and such, and I've discussed the vet's findings. That was when she came forward and said that she'd had him on RigCalm and how she managed him. I asked prior to sale when he was gelded...

...but in fairness, the testicle couldn't be seen? LOL. I am going to speak to her and ask what she suggests, I'm aware that it isn't good for him to stay as he is, and I don't have enough experience with stallions to really take that on. C&O, thank you, I will PM you :)

Thanks Booboos - 1. It was a private seller. I'm going to seek advice in regards to where I stand, as I'm not clued up on equine law. 2. He is insured, a claim has been filed and I'm awaiting a response in regards to whether they'll pay. If they will, he'll be put in for the op, but I can't...

Hi all, I'm just after some opinions, which would be really helpful right now. A few months ago I paid a fair price for a young "gelding". The owner seemed lovely, and was keen to find him a good home. He appeared safe, sane, and fitted the bill, so he came home. The yard he was sold from was...