What is a 2yo colt likely to be like after gelding?

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Hi there, i've just received an email about a colt for sale, he's 24 months, and has been covering mares (not sure for how long), they will have him gelded and sell him, however my question is, what is he likely to be like? Will he try and cover any mare in the field (after he's done)? will it be like a learnt behavior?

Not sure about it as i've always had mine cut before they were a year old.

Thanks :)
 
My NF was cut as a seven yr old after running on the forest for a season.
Providing he is introduced as opposed to just chucked in, he tends to get along with everything.
That said he IS a bit of a squealer and strikes out with front legs when he thinks the youngster is taking the mickey a bit and harrassing him.
 
Joeanne- thanks for your reply:), i wander if this colt will act slightly differently as he's only 2? Saying all this, i expect the price they'll come back with will be well out of my reach :rolleyes: but curious anyway!

:D
 
I should imagine he will be no different to any other gelding.
Once the hormones are out the equation he will be a normal 2 yr old!
 
We've just gelded one of our 2yo's and although he hadn't covered any mares he was very coltish in his behaviour and despite being handled from a foal he was still difficult to catch/groom etc.

The vet advised keeping him in for three weeks (on the walker every day just to get a stretch) and then he'll be turned out amongst the other horses (including mares). It's only been two days since he was cut but last night he was like a big teddy bear, standing loose in the stable to let me stroke him and cuddle him and even plait his mane (impossible beforehand as he would spend most of his time on his hind legs if you so much as looked at his head!)

So I guess this 2yo that you're looking at should be similar :)
 
SarahThomas said:
We've just gelded one of our 2yo's and although he hadn't covered any mares he was very coltish in his behaviour and despite being handled from a foal he was still difficult to catch/groom etc.

The vet advised keeping him in for three weeks (on the walker every day just to get a stretch) and then he'll be turned out amongst the other horses (including mares). It's only been two days since he was cut but last night he was like a big teddy bear, standing loose in the stable to let me stroke him and cuddle him and even plait his mane (impossible beforehand as he would spend most of his time on his hind legs if you so much as looked at his head!)

So I guess this 2yo that you're looking at should be similar :)
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Ah really? that's great to know, well hopefully my funds "might" allow, not sure yet though.. i'm tempted to wait a year for a weanling rather than a 2 year old..

:) shall see, thanks for your replies!
 
I bought a 2yr old colt had him gelded he had never been out with mares before i bought him now he mounts my mares all the time it annoys me because hes taken the bottom of her mane out
 
I have 2 late cut geldings. The first was cut as a 2yo, I don't know if he ever covered mares, he is now 4 and just like any other 4yo gelding. My 5yo was cut at 4, he, almost certainly, had been covering mares and he has remained pretty masculine. Plays rough and tries to dominate the other geldings. I have never turned either of these chaps out with mares, but, if I did, I suspect that this lad would be mounting them. He's a very sweet boy to handle though.

It takes a long time for the hormones to settle down, if you buy this colt, he would need to be kept away from mares (not just over the fence from them) for a minimum of 6 weeks and ideally for the rest of the year.

I have found Global Herbs Rig Calm very helpful.
 
I would have thought he would be OK, perhaps keep him in a male herd for as long as you can afterwards. A lot of it is surely down to the colt's temperament surely?

Joeanne, what is the full name of your forester?
 
I wouldn't touch a 2 year old colt who's been covering mares with a barge pole - for 2 reasons!

1. A 2 year old colt will be fairly uncontrollable and undisciplined in his covering - they're like a bull in a china shop, even when well disciplined (and frankly, anyone stoopid enough to allow a 2 yo colt to cover mares would undoubtedly be stoopid enough to let it behave like an a*se!

2. Covering mares puts a LOT of strain on a colt's hocks and back, and a 2 year old isn't mature enough or strong enough to 'work' as a stallion without the risk of long-term damage to these areas.
 
Thanks for the replies, he was WAY out of my financial reach anyway and i had my doubts as it was :-) thanks for clarifying my doubts!!

:D
 
Agree totally with Janet George - I'd run screaming for the hills if someone had been using a 2yr old colt on mares - they're only after making a fast buck and don't obviously give a rats arse about the long term health of their horse!!!

As for gelding an older horse, we've had several done late - the oldest was 10yrs old, we had a 6yr old done a few weeks ago and he's now pretty chilled out even with mares in season 10ft away he carries on eating, but it varies from horse to horse and doesn't always follow that they'll carry on behaving like a stallion if they've been a breeding stallion or not.

I wouldn't personally keep a horse in after gelding our vet agrees and always advises to leave them out too, doesn't matter what age - the area fills with fluid so the whole walking about action helps the tissues to drain better so it heals far quicker, it's also far cleaner outside than in. Tthey are usually so sore for a good week after that even if they do decide to hoon about they very quickly realise it hurts and they carry on walking like John Wayne for a week, when they trot it's so funny as the front legs do their normal thing but the back legs move really quickly with tiny short lilttle steps - I shouldn't laugh but it does look hilarious!!!!:D
 
Alexart said:
Agree totally with Janet George - I'd run screaming for the hills if someone had been using a 2yr old colt on mares - they're only after making a fast buck and don't obviously give a rats arse about the long term health of their horse!!!
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I wouldn't personally keep a horse in after gelding our vet agrees and always advises to leave them out too, doesn't matter what age - the area fills with fluid so the whole walking about action helps the tissues to drain better so it heals far quicker, it's also far cleaner outside than in.
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I also agree with both points above. Keep on looking for another one!
 
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