Help - Big problem - is he a rig?

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My normally wellbehaved chilled gelding has today escaped his field and spent the afternoon unbeknown to me covering the dartmoor pony next door to his current field :(

I arrived to give evening feed and found him and returned him to his field after much apologising to the mare owners carer. Mares owner is 97 bless her.

Now he appears to have gotten through 2 strands of plain wire. While I was trying to see what could be done to make fence more pony proof he came hurtling at me desperate to have another jolly and was really pumped up. I managed to catch him and have left him in the totally elec fenced track woth power on and HOPE he is still there in the morning. He was pacing the fence looking like he would try to charge it. I have asked a neighbour to keep an eye as they are in line of sight and we aren't.

What the hec do I do? How do I know if he is a rig and if he is what can be done?

He went through a month of trying to cover my mare last year but I elec taped him off for a few months and when I returned him all was forgotten and no repeat of this behaviour with my mares this year.

He is easy to ride and handle and the kids ride him and he is a super star. But now I am worried sick he is going to escape and potentially damage someone elses horse / pony :(

Not a happy bunny :(
 
Talk to your vet and get him to blood test, its quite a simple check
Good luck but my old pony used to do this - he's now almost 30 and I've had him since he was 2! He was confirmed a gelding, so a little confusing.
 
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The only way you can tell if he is a rig is get a blood test done! Some geldings are just randy little buggers! - my 4yr old gelding who has definitly been done properly, as I helped the vet when the deed was done as a weanling, he will try and cover mares and acts like a stally in spring time, once the novelty wears off and he has grass on his mind he forgets all about it! I wouldn't worry too much as long as he is not chasing the mares into the ground then humping the hell out of them, that's when injuries can occur to both parties, if the mare is a slapper and encorages him then it shouldn't be too much of an issue, although he maybe the one on the end of a kick when he gets off - that's how my stally got a nasty injury to his hock joint. If you have some other geldings for him to run with it will help him wrestle and play fight his excess energy off!!!!:D
 
\yep - blood test!

I have a rig - (hasnt dropped so waiting for his op) he is 2 and can be a nightmare to keep in especially since i have 2 mares in the same field - he is taped in with electric then there is a 10ft gap then another pen of elec tape - this keeps him secure and also stops any funny business or touching noses etc over the fence!
When hes not feeling *excited* hes really chilled and a lovely chap, however when the mares are in season he becomes a handful!

Roll on autumn :rolleyes:
 
I only have my 2 mares and an aged mare I help out with plus there are these 2 aged pony mares over the hedge whom he has taken a shine too. The poor chap is surrounded by in season flirty squiry mares :(

Will phone vet tomorrow for bloods to be taken ASAP. I had his gelding cert which came with him so when I sent his passport off they ammended it to my name and to say gelding . He was done at 6 months.

Thinking I may have to rehome him if he is going to cause a problem living with the ladies - Only problem is who is going to want the little randy sod...... :( more stress!!

I have had a fab time backing him and riding him away and he has been more sensible than my mare who is 2 years older than him. In all other ways he is so sane and easy going it's such a shame and going to cause him problems if he does have to go.

What can be done IF he was confirmed a rig - does that mean they can remove some more bits from his peices?
 
If he is a rig then that may cause you problems but he probably isn't! We have a mare that almost forces the boys to cover her when she is in season, they never go near the other mares but Lyric is terrible with them and won't leave them alone until they do the deed. I also have a cat that used to do the same when the female was in season for the same reason. At the end of the day they are still boys and whilst they may not have the hormones they may still get the urge when really teased. If this is the case then chances are he will settle down in a few months.
 
We had the same problem with my lad, he cut a mare up badly, mounting her, bloods were taken, not a rig, we had to leave the yard because of it, the YO wouldn't seperate the sexes and I couldn't trust my lad.
Fast forward to 2 months ago and he tried it again with our new mare, although she incited it, being an ex brood mare, we seperated them till she came off season and put them both on Stroppy Mare, both are much calmer and her seasons are not so severe.
Good luck, it's not a nice situation
 
Thank you I shall give the stroppy mare a go for him. He just need to learn to ignore the fluttering of eye lashes and enticing calling from the girl next door ;0)

Will get bloods done just to be sure but am sure he probably isn't as having lived with my flirty mare for nearly 3 years and covered her a few times last year I am sure she would have been up the duff if he was.

BUT is a rig those still with a testicle or those with the gland above in tact ?
 
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