Temprement after castration

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How soon after castration can i expect to see a change in colty behaviour? My 20 month boy was castrated about 5 weeks ago. From December he had started to become a big pain, trying to mount his field companion, the wheelbarrow when poo picking and even the one ton bags of ballast we have on the yard ready for concrete!!!!!! He has been living on his own since December. He is still behaving very colty, now that my mares are coming in season. He is getting very worked up through the post and rail. He is a standard shetland, vet said he had huge tesicles, the size of a horse!!! When should i expect to see an improvement, i hate seeing him on his own.
 
Not quite the same but my now 3yr old was gelded last year - (i had to leave it late as he only had one come down and in the end he went in to the vets to be operated on) - anyway, he had started to get quite difficult to handle, rearing a lot, biting etc. After he had the operation it took him about 4/5weeks for me to see a marked difference in him. Hes a little angel now though :)
 
Vet said he could still potentially cover a mare for up to 3 weeks after the op, but thought i would see some improvement by now. Before the op he went through the post and rail to get in with my yearling filly but luckily she is nearly 14hh. Hopefully i'll see some improvement soon.
 
You MIGHT see an improvement in 5-6 weeks - or it could take 6 months!! Coltish behaviour - while fuelled by testosterone - IS learned behaviour! Some improve immediately after gelding: I had one absolutely EVIL colt a few years ago. He woke up - on the ground - with a massive pain between his legs and looked at me in a whole new light. You could see his tiny brain figuring it: "How the HELL did she do that! I'd better behave round HER!" (He was still evil with everyone else!) But after about 6 weeks the evil behaviour started creeping back!

I gelded a 6 year old stallion a couple of weeks ago - he'd never been used but was VERY aware of whatthey were for. He was a very well-mannered stallion - and he's still well-mannered - but he still thinks he's a stallion!

In a couple of weeks - if he hasn't settled down - put him out with a couple of grumpy mares - they'll sort him!
 
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