This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Janne Myrdal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In light of the reason discussion on the misbehaving of a colt, I wanted to > bring up a discussion that we have had quite a bit of locally. WHEN is the > best time to geld a colt.
That's something that'll have a lot of different answers. Some folks want them to "get their growth" first. One vet who used to post to another list said "any time after the mare has the foal licked dry"! Some say to wait for fly-less weather (less chance of fly-carried infections), others say not in the winter (because cold-hosing the site is sometimes part of the therapy---hard to do with frozen hoses). Some want to do it by the phases of the moon (sorry, I don't know the details of the theory). My favorite answer came from one of my vets---"as soon as possible after the owner brings up the subject". Marsha Jo Hannah Murphy must have been a horseman-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] anything that can go wrong, will! 15 mi SW of Roseburg, Oregon
