Gelding - helpful hints?

[welshies]

Hi, im planning on having my two rescued colts (dartmoor heize 57) gelded v. soon (when the weather stablises and i can get a day off work) The vets i have always used for my gelding usually starts early April, but i may have to change vets as only the owner does the geldings and he is extremely old school and very ruff, not good for 2 already nervios boys it's taken me a year to win as much trust as i have (i have know idea what happened to them, just they were rounded off the moors @ 4months and pushed from piller to post) and also hates women and horses. (very good vet though, believe me) but anyway i just wanted to know if anyone has any advise on after care etc? Any comments greatfully recieved! I was panning to have it done on a Friday morning so i have the whole weekend to be there for them. They are turned out (never stabled) with (have been since a year old after a quarantine period) my sec d gelding, they all get on fine, if anything they p**s him off. Once done i will turn them back out with him as normal but have a seperate paddock next door if need be. They are pretty good now, considering they were completely wild you can touch them all over (one is more nervious than the other). I'm not sure whether the vet will do it standing or not, what makes them decide?

Don't really know what to ask to be honest, just want it all to go as smoothly as poss, and don't want them to hate me for too long!! My sec d was done a few months before i had him so haven't actually owned a colt before.

Thanks

 

[Tia]

I shouldn't worry too much. Everything you have said sounds sensible and well thought out and it's what I would do also. By the way they won't hate you

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Expect swelling, keep an eye on the draining of the wounds and you may be given anti-b's to inject to them afterwards so ask vet how to do them if you are not familiar. Basically you need to watch out for infection and allow them to have plenty of exercise but without allowing them to bomb around.

 

[welshies]

thanks that v useful. It's the bombing around im worried about as they are absolutely nuts!! But i was thinking they prob won't feel like it for a while!

 

[henryhorn]

Ensure your vet is one who does them sedated and under a local anaesthetic.
this way they recover really quickly and all you need to do is puff powder on them and use fly spray near the wounds but not on them.
turn them out if possible as the walking about greatly reduces swelling.
We have colts done every year and this method works well. I would not have one done under a general as it is more dangerous.

 

[welshies]

It was the way he will do it that worried me, i know my gelding ws done sedated standin up and the yard i helped at when i was a kid always did too, i just didn't know what makes them decide. Putting fly spray on will be fun they are still quite nervious, but will find some way of doing it! Think i'll turn them out in the paddock on their own duing the day after so my horse doesn't chase them, he is good with them but gets a bit gelious sometimes and moves them on a bit quick!! Fingers crossed and thanks for the help.