Gelding at 11 too old???

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new horse has never as far as anyone knows been breed from, i have no need for a stallion, i have no intentions of breeding, but the horse is with me for life, personally id like to geld, just to give the horse a quality of life, where he can be turned out with others and be a horse.

opinions/experiances welcomed! thanks
 
Why not have a chat with your vet. It can certainly be done, but I think under a GA - so pricey, and with it's attendant risks.
 
shall be talking to him today, moneys not an issue, just seeing the horse looking at the other horse, i hate it, i want to give him the chance to be horse,.
 
Lop the off, absolutely.

I had Chico gelded as a 6 year old, Cercs was gelded at 7 - both came through it absolutely 100%. Yes you have to do it under GA and yes that carries a risk, but I think the risk is worth it as you will be able to give him a better quality of life with no balls from what you are saying
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I rode a horse who was gelded at 7. He did get raunchy over my mare (it was only my mare, he didn't react like this to other mares, even in full blown season). However he was a perfect gent and lovely to ride. He could also be turned out with anything, bar my mare of course.
Definately have them off. I feel so sorry for stallions because they have to be on their own the whole time. At least if they are gelded he will have the chance to be a real horse!
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thanks guys, its my thoughts to, hes a lovely boy, and deseves the chance to be a horse, hes NEVER been turned out with other horses, but im finding hes fine, with a field apart, he can get a bit stallionish, but i think its more due to the fact hes unsettled, and there strange horses, ..... im going to have him done asap. just waiting for a call from my vet to discuss,
 
Friends horse had never been out with other horses ever, but he's happily out in a big group of geldings now.
The only problem she's had with him is that he keeps getting beaten up as he just doesn't know how to interact with other horses, but he is a bit of a wimp anyway.
 
id thought about that, my 2 geldings are lambs, and not kickers or biters. hed go with them one by one, one of them is for sale so long term it will just be the 2 of them, max is love and always desperate to be groomed and played with, so i think hes going to help bravo to learn the ropes of being a horse.
 
HI, we gelded our stallion at 13, he was already super quiet, (obviously this changes a little when covering). But he was going to livery and very few places take a stallion.

He was done under GA, there were some complications but he pulled through.

However, he has never settled to the herd environment, nor really liked life at that particular livery, luckily is now in a great place where he has his own field but plenty of access over the fence to others.
Introduction to the field needs to be careful and ideally a fairly settled/established herd.
His previous yard had such a high turnover of horses he found it unsettling.
Just my experience, good luck!
 
Also remember you won' be able to turn him out with others straight away - the rule is 1 month for each year (for the urges to go) but I think this is quite over zealous - again, take your vet's advice on this.
 
nope i know that, ive got 3 fields currentley with post and rail and electric, id start by moving the electric fence closer to the other horse, slowley slowey. making it as smooth and easy as possible, id proberley listen to the horse as well, and how hes behaving, if that makes sence.
 
apparentley then can still get a mare preggers for around 2 weeks after, some thing to do with reserve sperm... seriousley, ive been having a google !
 
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Im pretty sure Henry Horns gelding she recently sold was gelded very late in life and was a perfect gent when I rode him
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He was gelded at 9 I believe - I have him now.
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He's 15 this year.

When we tried him my daughter took him out on a hack with henryhorn's daughter, who was riding their stallion.

He's no more trouble than my "riggy" gelding. I'm not sure whether he ever covered a mare before the chop though. He has shown no interest in mounting my mares - unlike my other "riggy" boy!

We do take a little care with him, bear in mind I've had no dealings with stallions. He can bounce about a bit with his front end when being led but whether that's due to his "sexuality" or just him I wouldn't know, we laugh and say it's him "being a stallion" and a firm voice sorts him out. It's not enough to consider using a chifney or anything like that.

He's very funny at our trainer's yard - she breeds minis and the colts run alongside the school challenging Flynn which can take his mind off his flatwork. But he never gets nasty with them. Last time we took him we also took two mares with us and he was a bit concerned about all the other stallions getting at "his" mares as well as, we assume, thinking about the in season mares which were only a few feet away on the other side of the school. Although his concentration was less good than usual he did nothing untoward. There were a heck of a lot of pheromones flying about that day!

When grazing he prefers it if he is next to a mare, rather than having geldings between him and the mares - but my "normal" gelding is like that too.

Chat to your vet - obviously I didn't know Flynn before the chop but he's a lovely boy to have about.

I did have another lad who was gelded at 5 and had covered mares, he was never any trouble although when he was first turned out with the riggy boy they did have a stand up boxing match but then settled down and became the best of friends - both of them being turned out together with a mare.
 
I used to know a welsh C who was gelded in his teens. Looks wise he maintained his stallion like attributes; cresty neck and general "look at me - ness". Was no problem afterwards, had been fine to hack out with mares anyway. He had covered too.

I think you're right it will be a new lease of life for the fella.
 
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