Gelding a colt

[michellev123]

Hi
The young colt i look after (having on loan soon with VTB) is 20 months and his balls havent dropped. We spoke to the vets today and they said they can see if they can feel them and if they can will attempt to pull them down and carry out normal castration. . .
If not he has to go into vet surgery and have a GA and to have them removed.

I am now really worried and wondered if anyone else has had this experience and what happened. . . I have to have him gelded as i cannot keep him on livery yard as an entire (colt.)

Any info appreciated.

Thanks
Michelle

 

[the watcher]

I had my little chap done at 6 months, they were very much in evidence but on the day he must have known what was coming as they disappeared completely!

The vet just popped in a bit more sedative and we rolled him on to his back in the stable with the vet doing the hacking and crunching and me assisting.

Don't worry, it isn't always as complicated as you think it is going to be.

 

[jaypeebee]

Little balls do seem to be a law unto themselves at times. One year I had 2 colts to be gelded. Both were 7 months old on the day of the appointment. Both colts had dropped months before and both had 2 each. On the day of the castrations I find that one of the colts has decided to suck 1 of them up. We tried to tease it down with no luck. Not the end of the world I thought so I decided to wait awhile until the other one was back down and once spring came along I would have him done then. The elusive one never did make an appearance ever again. I waited till he was 24 months and then called it a day and took him into surgery to have it found. He did get an infection afterwards as is so often the case but it cleared up with antibiotics and after a month when he was fit and well again he came home.

 

[henryhorn]

One of our colts couldn't be done at 20 months but was fine a few months' later.
I would suggest waiting a bit longer if he isn't behaving in a coltish way, we have a two year old who will be done as soon as I'm sure there is no more frost and too early for lots of flies, we much prefer to have them done standing and turn them out to avoid swelling.
The spring grass might trigger his development, so hang on a little while if poss.

 

[magic104]

Yes & he came out of it with no ill effects at all. We were lucky because it was retained quiet high up & it was a major op. 3yrs ago & cost me about £600 including a couple of nights at the vets.

 

[gaelann]

I was hoping to get mine done early as I had a field with other youngster to move him to

but 9 months and no signs of any bulges at all

My colt is in a field with an old companion not quite the playground I was hoping for him but the other place has fillies
and we are educating him and getting him used to being handled and will be taking him to a few shows this year

Luckily he is a laid back superstar so I can wait