Gelding a 12 year old

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I'm loaning a stallion at the moment, and all though he's very calm and docile, I'd like to have him gelded (I have owners permission) to increase our chances of moving yard.
How much would it cost to geld a 12 year old 15.3hh in the Hertfordshire area?
 
I'm sure you'll know this anyway but just thought I'd say...gelding a 12yr old may not make a huge difference to his behavour. He's been a stallion a long time. Yes, his testosterone levels will drop through the floor after a while but his stallion-like behaviour will be very well ingrained by now. You may be lucky if he has always been a chilled individual, not interested in mares much at all but that may not be the case. Good luck.
 
irish_only said:
We gelded an 8 year old and the cost was the same as for a youngster. He transformed into a lovely steady laid back hunter very quickly.
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Depends very much on individual vets - some aren't happy to geld a mature stallion in the field because of increased risk of bleeding and other complications. My vet did a 6 year old stallion for me and the cost was about £50 higher than for yearlings because of the higher levels of drugs needed (he was done knocked out) and it took a bit longer. The stallion had never been used (though he was very 'aware') and it has taken at least a year for his behaviour to become more typical of a gelding.
 
JanetGeorge said:
Depends very much on individual vets - some aren't happy to geld a mature stallion in the field because of increased risk of bleeding and other complications. My vet did a 6 year old stallion for me and the cost was about £50 higher than for yearlings because of the higher levels of drugs needed (he was done knocked out) and it took a bit longer. The stallion had never been used (though he was very 'aware') and it has taken at least a year for his behaviour to become more typical of a gelding.
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Just shows how different they can be. Ours was used a lot prior to castration, and he was a complete thug and never forgot that he was entire, one of those you had to be careful with, but he was also ridden a lot, hunted and showjumped, so maybe that made a difference as he knew there was another meaning to life?
 
Had the 18 yo shettie gelded 3 months ago and he had been a covering boy all his life, cost £216 for a GA in the field, the reason for the GA is they need to put a stitch in the inguinel canal because the intestine might fall through due to the size of the cannel due to his maturity, this doesnt happen with young uns, the stitch meant there was less bleeding but still the expected swelling, he is still interested in mares but doesnt sound off as much as he did before being gelded, he doesnt lay in to his gelding companion as much and also doesnt **** as often to mark his territiory so there has been a change in him, but i do not expect him to ever become gay, lol
 
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