gelding?

[lhillman]

hi there. I have just bought an irish sports horse stallion. he is four years old and has the temperament of an angel. I have other staliions and have the time and space for another. The thing is, i am thinking of gelding him. as i said, he is four years old and i am told he has covered mares. do you think that it is too late?

 

[MrsMozart]

Limited knowledge of cutting stallions, but from what I've heard, cutting at four is considered late and can lead to issues. As a vet once put it, just because he can't doesn't mean he doesn't want to! So saying, I did hear of one being done at six and he was fine.

 

[Sharan]

You can geld at any age. Some geldings will always retain stallion tendancies no matter what age they are gelded.

I have had a 3 month old foal gelded and also a 5yo. The 5yo had been used and was rather big. He did swell afterwards but that soon went down and he was fine.
He made a much better gelding than he ever was a stallion.

I pony stud I used to work at had a chap go infertile and he was gelded at the age of 17 with no problems.
If you are worried talk to your vet and get their advice.

 

[chestnutcob]

I brought my lad as a 5yr old who had just been gelded (2 months) and had served numerous mares.
Althouth he was cut late he is still an angel, only time I had a problem was when I had him on livery and he was out in a mixed field. He would round up the mares away from other geldings, and make life difficult for the owners to catch the mares.
For safety reasons I then put him in an all gelding field and never had a problem, likewise I don't have a problem at shows etc...........
I personally think unless you are going to breed from them have them gelded, it just makes life easier as many people are really uneasy about stallions.
I have a 2yr old colt and I'm planning on having him gelded next march before the fly season.....

 

[jendie]

I bought my mini shetland just after he had been gelded...he was 17!!!!!