Put this in the vet section

[magic104]

but then thought I might get a response from here;
The yearling at last went in to be gelded except that it had to be postponed. It seems they think the other testi is in the abdomen & because they could not get hold of me the op was called off. He was meant to have been gelded 2mths ago, but on the morning came in with a huge hock where he had been kicked. He has been so straight forward up until now! Just wondered how common this was as I have never come across this before.

 

[Anastasia]

Basically the other testicle has not descended thus its stuck up into the abdomen, this means a slightly longer operation to a normal gelding. There are many colts who's testis dont descend, so its not uncommon.

You would need to get the op done quite soon, as you dont want the undescended testicle to become strangulated or anything like that.

Good luck.

 

[Damien]

Its referred to as Chryptorchid, commonly described as being a rig, the testicle can be logged in the ingual canal or the abdomen, new techniques now allow testicles to be removed using endoscopy, so chat with your vet and find out if any local practices offer the service, if you have a univeristy clinic near you they will most certainly do it. Basically its best to have the second tsticle reoved or you will be dealing with a rig.
Sometimes sedation is enough to make the testicle drop, if it if its in the ingual canal it can also easily be teased out, if its not in the ingual canal then they have to penetrate the abdomen and find it which is a more complex procdure and the colt will need to undergo surgery, but the latter is the least common.
The other thing is that testicles may not actiually drop until they are two so sometimes its best just to wait unless of course you do have access to keyhole surgery.

 

[magic104]

Oh well he is in at the moment and they are due to operate this afternoon, as they wanted him time to recover from the general yesterday. I have just rang to check that they did scan the 2nd one as my YO's son works as a vet at South Mimms & it seems that some colts just have one.

 

[ClaireT]

I have just had this problem too. We had a coloured colt whose testicles had not descended by the time he was 2 and a half. We were devastated as had intended to keep him entire, as he looked like a little 'Umenno'

The most puzzling thing was that the blood tests said testosterone level was nil, whereas his behaviour was full on stallion. Had been using him as a teaser for my mare!
In the end, the dealer who we got him from bought him back last week, and it cost him £1200 at the vet school to geld him as the testes were way up in the abdomen

 

[magic104]

Well the update is that my little man is having a surgeon from London. The reason being that yesterday they were unable to locate the missing test, so they are bringing in an expert to perform the op today. Towcester have been really nice about this & promised that the whole thing wont come to more the £500 + vat, which is better then I thought! A big difference from £1200! Poor little chap has been in his own planet, but hopefully today will be the last time he has been put under. So fingers x'd, because everytime he goes under a general he is at risk, though yesterday I believe it was a heavy med rather then a full gen.

 

[magic104]

The little man has been sucessfully gelded, he will have to stay in until Friday though because the wound is a little bigger through trying to locate the offending object. He will now be on box rest for 2wks.