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I am wondering what the proper care would be for a colt that is 5-6mo old, as in an actual intact male horse?
With baby missies, there was no extra special care or consideration for me, since my boy is a gelding with absolutely zero interest in the ladies.
I may be getting one and it would be my first colt, and second weanling that is slightly older. He will be castrated once both drop, as I have ZERO interest in keeping a stallion. I do not know if I will get him yet or another horse, so this is moreso just for me to be fully educated.
If he takes a long time to drop or not, is it best he has his own pasture and/can he slowly make friends with my mellow-jello gelding?
If not the gelding, I have 2 mini mares, both young and friendly. But I do NOT want any breeding to take place, so fence line or supervised time only. I worke from home, so I have a ton of time to be right next to them in small pens and watch them.
I will Google typical ages for dropping and will have my large animal/horse vet aware and ready. But for a small horse or large pony, what are the typical drop times?
Is there anything I need to be extra careful of or aware of?
I plan to treat him like an adult horse, no getting away with being pushy or showing me his bum or other such things, as my other three know not to.
He would be a riding horse in 4-5 years, so just leading, hoof trimming, worming, general ground work for years. Lunging at about 3yrs, unless he happens to be too desensitized, like my pinto is, then I'd use my other horse or mini to show him the ropes of move off and lunging then back off for months.
He is bucket fed and loved on, so I know he may be a snot to some extent and if I can use my herd, they will be good for him to teach basic good manners. Pinto needed a bit more refinement, but it wasn't bad and has only needes one refresher. =)
So, any tips, tricks, extra insights, please let me know them!
Thanks!
I will keep you posted about a possible colt coming home or not.
=)
I am wondering what the proper care would be for a colt that is 5-6mo old, as in an actual intact male horse?
With baby missies, there was no extra special care or consideration for me, since my boy is a gelding with absolutely zero interest in the ladies.
I may be getting one and it would be my first colt, and second weanling that is slightly older. He will be castrated once both drop, as I have ZERO interest in keeping a stallion. I do not know if I will get him yet or another horse, so this is moreso just for me to be fully educated.
If he takes a long time to drop or not, is it best he has his own pasture and/can he slowly make friends with my mellow-jello gelding?
If not the gelding, I have 2 mini mares, both young and friendly. But I do NOT want any breeding to take place, so fence line or supervised time only. I worke from home, so I have a ton of time to be right next to them in small pens and watch them.
I will Google typical ages for dropping and will have my large animal/horse vet aware and ready. But for a small horse or large pony, what are the typical drop times?
Is there anything I need to be extra careful of or aware of?
I plan to treat him like an adult horse, no getting away with being pushy or showing me his bum or other such things, as my other three know not to.
He would be a riding horse in 4-5 years, so just leading, hoof trimming, worming, general ground work for years. Lunging at about 3yrs, unless he happens to be too desensitized, like my pinto is, then I'd use my other horse or mini to show him the ropes of move off and lunging then back off for months.
He is bucket fed and loved on, so I know he may be a snot to some extent and if I can use my herd, they will be good for him to teach basic good manners. Pinto needed a bit more refinement, but it wasn't bad and has only needes one refresher. =)
So, any tips, tricks, extra insights, please let me know them!
Thanks!
I will keep you posted about a possible colt coming home or not.
=)