When Should I Geld My Colt?
When to geld a colt - pros and cons - Chronicle of the Horse Forum
Gelding a colt between age 6 mo and 2 yrs is the general window. Either do it in the spring as some have stated or in the fall...cool weather is best to reduce ...
When Should I Geld My Colt? - Irongate Equine Clinic
The most common time to geld a colt is between six and twelve months of age. Here are some reasons why.
Ask the Vet: When to Geld a Colt - Horse Illustrated Magazine
As soon as you know that you are not going to keep your colt to breed, there is no reason to wait until he demonstrates stallion-like behavior or becomes ...
Gelding a colt – why, when and where should it happen?
Why castrate your colt? Castrating a colt is usually performed for ease of management. Left entire, colts can become difficult to manage as it can be ...
When should I geld my colt? - The Horse Forum
You can geld as soon as the colt is healthy enough for anesthesia. Most people prefer to wait until after a hard freeze in the fall if the colt ...
When do colts' balls drop and how old to geld?
Well im getting my colt gelded at the end of this month and he will be ten months old. I think you can geld as early as six months. 12 April ...
When to geld your colt - NZ Horse & Pony Magazine
Vets prefer to geld when paddocks are not muddy and when there are not too many flies around, to reduce the potential for any complications.
When is the best age to castrate your stallion foal? - Quora
That depends on your plans for the colt. If you want a taller adult horse, geld him early. Testosterone causes the cartilage growth plates of the long bones to ...
When is the best time to geld my colt? - Ranvet
The average age for getting a colt gelded is somewhere between 6 – 24 months, some owners may like to let them mature a bit more and leave them until ...
Viewing a thread - When do you geld your colts? - Barrel Horse World
“The stallion's long bones stop growing sooner, when he reaches puberty. This is all related to testosterone and closing of the growth plates.” ...
When to Geld a Horse - Castration for Colts and Stallions
It's most common for colts to be castrated between 6 months and 2 years of age when they're not intended to become breeding stallions.
Castrating! What age? | Horse and Hound Forum
me and my vet (i work there by the way! i dont randomly go with him!) go to castrate the colts and we do them at varying ages. I asked my vet ...
Ask the Vet Video on When to Geld a Colt - SmartPak Equine
I would say a year. Six to 12 months is kind of what most vets will do because it's actually a lot easier the younger they are.
Ask the Vet - When to geld a colt - YouTube
Gray and SmartPaker Sarah talk about things to consider if you are going to geld a colt, including...how tall you want your horse to be ...
When to Geld | Miniature Horse Talk Forums
IMO the best time to geld is between october and the end of march. I decided that as soon as I found them again on my colt, despite the flies, ...
Should I geld my colt? - Good Horse
A gelded horse will produce less testosterone than an entire stallion. This leads to a life that is far more stress-free and is one of the ...
Gelding a Colt - Natural Horse World
Any colt can be gelded from as early as a week old, provided he has both testicles descended and if you can find a vet willing to geld that young.
Gelding Your Colt: "Should I Keep My Colt a Stallion?" - AQHA
If the horse shows good athletic ability and looks like he could really do something, there is a chance Stan will go on to show him. Pending success in the show ...
When is the best time to geld your colt? - Vet Help Direct
Given these facts, six to 18 months seems to be the ideal age where the horse is mature enough to cope with the surgery, but not too old to ...
"You can tell a gelding, but you get the opinion of a stallion" - Little ...
When to geld? Time of year is important, we advise gelding when there are fewer flies around and when the colt can still get out into a field ...