gelding, what do i do :( :*

[NeverSayNever]

my section a is now 9 months old and while i wasnt in a hurry to geld him, he is very colty in as much as he is a randy wee lad and wont leave my 15.2hh boy alone! The vets were out today for his 2nd vaccination and id told the vet that we had prob with just 1 down at the mo but he brought the gelding kit, just incase.
He gave him a really heavy sedation in the stable before he did anything, so he was as relaxed as poss but unfortunately he just couldnt locate the 2nd testicle. He said at 9months, usually even if there is only 1 down,giving them a sedation like he did allows them to locate the other in the inguinal canal. The fact that he couldnt, suggests it is a little shrivelled one stuck up near his kidneys somewhere that is likely to not appear. The only option is to have surgery at the Dick vet hosp which for me is going to be prohibitively expensive, i just cant afford it. Now medically the vet said its not a prob to leave him for now, there is a very small chance he is wrong and it might drop but not likely, but I have the prob that he is mounting Charlie all the time. At the moment charlie is tolerant and all he does is bunny-hop away from him but im noticing him getting more grumpy towards him though and the vet agreed a double barrel from a 15.2hh to a wee thing like phoenix would not be good.

feeling really gutted and not sure what to do next tbh

 

[Vixen Van Debz]

Are there any chemical castration options with horses? I it can be done with dogs, and I read a lot of rodent research using GnRH antagonists for my thesis. I know it works for humans and rodents, but any other creature's hormone systems I know a bit less about!

 

[Dexter]

Rig calm is AMAZING stuff if you need to hang on a bit. Worked wonders on your rising 3 yr old colt (we are trying to hang on till the worst of the weather clears)

 

[Kallibear]

That's a bit pants

Ditto the Rig Calm suggestion (feed supplement for Global Herbs (i think): it's can be VERY affective and it's not particularly expensive either. We had a very riggy gelding in with our mares who would literally spend all day mounting them and it worked so well that he would totally ignore even the sluttiest mare backing into him!

Sadly, unless you're planning on keeping him for ever and never going to have a mare, you're going to need to have him castrated at some point.

 

[vicijp]

Get yourself a good vet who will knock him out at home and yank it out.
Don't even consider not getting him gelded, as he grows and starts doing more it will become very uncomfortable for him, which will cause other behavioural problems.

 

[LauraWheeler]

Rig calm is AMAZING stuff if you need to hang on a bit. Worked wonders on your rising 3 yr old colt (we are trying to hang on till the worst of the weather clears)

I feed this to horrid. It is amazing stuff It's so strong.
On the yard I used to keep him on there was a young stallion who was going to be used for breeding we had to be so careful not to mix the feeds up and ensure the stallion didn't get any Rig Calm or he wouldn't have been able to breed that season and I'd have been in big big trouble. I hope his otherone drops soon. Poor little mite.

 

[Ellies_mum2]

Daughters youngster was similar to this and when we got the vet out to castrate at a year old the vet could not find the other one for love nor money. Told us to wait 3 months and it would probably come down. Just over 2 months later it dropped. Vet came out and did the gelding and the 2nd one was less than half the size of the first.

Try Rig Calm as the others have suggested and wait a couple of months and see if the shy one puts in an appearance in a couple of months