colt not dropped - would you wait?

[cob&onion]

My rising 2yr welsh D colt still hasn't dropped, one of his bits is getting bigger but the other is non-existent still. I have read that alot of the Ds drop between 2 - 3yrs old. I have the option of leaving him in a secure field this year away from mares, plenty of grazing and a few geldings in the next field, or at the end of the month i can folk out just under £900 for the op. He is good to handle, just a bit nippy and cheeky, but he leads well and is good with his feet for the farrier. I would want to leave him be this year (if he is left entire until the other makes an appearance) so no inhand stuff/showing, just normal everyday checking on him etc.
Has anyone else waited for there colt to drop naturally or gone for the expensive option of the op??
I would asses him again in autumn and if not dropped would plan the op for spring 2013.

 

[rhino]

Is there no way he can be kept with the geldings/with one or two of them? Otherwise I would pay for surgery, really don't like the idea of a 2 year old on individual turnout

 

[Mare Stare]

Has the vet had a good grope of his manly bits? Sometimes they hide.

 

[cob&onion]

really don't like the idea of a 2 year old on individual turnout

Am hoping we can sort out a gelding for company for him

Has the vet had a good grope of his manly bits? Sometimes they hide.

Vet last had a good check December time and there was no sign, I had a bit of a feel last week and there was nothing there then........tempted to get him checked by the vet again though.

 

[Sparkles]

Leave him be if you've got the set-up for it.

Leave it 6 months for the vet to have another feel.

 

[Echo Bravo]

Have had the same problem with my youngster,vet checked him in Oct and 1 down,said book him in for Feb,which I did and only still the one down(he's roughly 11 months,from what we were told), she said , call back in the Autumn or leave him till next Feb and if it hasn't dropped by then, it's a visit to the Equine Hospital and as it cost me £143 just to have him sedated and checked over, am busy saving for the operation,which I've been told can go into thousands,and cann't insure him for that as the insurance companies look through vet records

 

[tikino]

get the vet to sedate him to see if it drops as i had the same problem so vets said i want to try something which was to sedate him and when everything is relaxed they can appear which they did so they were removed there and then job done

 

[glenruby]

Echo - the vast majority of insurance companies won't pay out for castration/ crypt orchid ops anyway if the horse isn't homebred. Nothing really to do with vet history - its usually a blanket exclusion.

 

[Ladydragon]

We've got a 10mth Sec D... Luckily both are down and he's booked for the 16th to have his nads off... He's quite happy being groped down there to check... We've got mixed herd turnout for all the liveries so I was chewing my nails a bit when only one was bobbing up and down with no sign of the other...