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Title:Equine Notes Conference
Notice:Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151
Moderator:MTADMS::COBURNIO
Created:Tue Feb 11 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2080
Total number of notes:22383

931.0. "After Gelding: How Soon Do They Forget?" by PTOMV6::PETH (My kids are horses) Wed Apr 26 1989 12:48

    I just got a pony colt gelded last Saturday. My question is how
    long will it take before he stops trying to mount all of my other
    horses. He driving me crazy!! We brought him to our place for the
    first time right after the surgery. The vet said he would be swollen
    and uncomfortable for a day or two, I don't think he has noticed
    it happened yet. He is ten months old and has been running around
    just like any other baby until he sees another horse. My mares are
    acting just as bad towards him though they are 15 hands and he is
    10 hands.
    Sandy
    
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931.1It takes timeNBC::BUNTROCKWed Apr 26 1989 15:317
    I've had two horses gelded over the last year, one calmed down into
    the gelding mode in about two weeks. The other horse an Arab took
    almost three months before he really settled down. I had the vet
    come out and look at him abouth a month after the gelding because
    I thought something must be wrong, every thing was fine. The vet
    said that every horse is different and sometimes it just takes time.
                                  Paul B.
931.2HAVE PATIENCE.....WAV12::BETZLTue May 16 1989 15:409
    Sandy ,
    
    I had my colt gelded last March at 10 months also.  I think it takes
    at least 4 weeks for the hormones to change, but as mentioned in
    the last note each horse's system is different and it could take
    longer but do expect a minimum of 4 weeks.
    
    Good luck!!!  He will calm down soon.....
    
931.3Update on the "BRAT"PTOMV6::PETHMy kids are horsesTue May 16 1989 19:048
    Well after 3 weeks he is a totally different pony. The last attempt
    to mount anything he made was my 24 year old gelding, who explained
    with his back feet the folly of that idea. His biting has just about
    stopped completely since I bit him back. Not too tasty but he got
    the message! Now we can start leading training without getting my
    hand taken off.
    Sandy