Gelding

Decided it came under horse health in the end.

I'm watching a Stallion who's up for sale and doesn't seem to be selling. Apart from the fact he's a Stallion he sounds fantastic but I'm getting my first own horse so I don't want to struggle with Stallion hormones. Now he's only £700 which leaves me £650 of my buying budget so I'm toying with the idea if he's still up for sale when I'm buying of getting him then gelding him so I was wondering if anyone could give my a rough idea of how much it costs to geld. He's an 8yr 14.1hh Welsh D if that helps.

I know that my friend paid almost £200 but he was still only a colt. Some stallions can keep the stallion behaviour even after being gelded. Bobby was fairly late though he was gelded at 3 and he seems fine except he likes to throw his head now and again as a stress release, just like some stallions. If I was you I would ask your vet for advice.

He's a such a good looking horse, apparently very laid back but you never know til you see in the flesh . I know some Stallions are very good, where I rode they had the most gorgeous Fell Stallion who was very good and they rode him out but they had to have a grill on his stable otherwise he'd have jumped out to see the mares! It's also the issues with boarding a Stallion.

I paid ninety dollars to have my boy gelded.

Keep in mind if you geld late in life they may have some issues, like still acting like stallions or behavioural probelms.

I am which is why I'm still toying with the idea since I can get a brillant gelding for the same price and not worry about those problems.

i last week gave230pounds for a 3yr old gelded

Has he been bred before? That could make a difference. It depends mostly on the individual. Once you give them time to get the hormones out of their systems, some horses do very well. Others will still show a lot of stallion behavior, and that wouldn't be good.

Not sure but it's not only him, there's a couple of other stallions that sound like a horse I could manage and they're younger so I'm debating it.

Well I would check out the vets prices first.

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