A gelding question

[jdomep]

Okay ...so the friend that sold us Nellie wanted to keep her Jack but he is SO sad without his girl she emailed me and asked if K would want him too. So K said to tell her we'd take him but we could not keep him intact. She has Elvis and I have Vernon so another Jack would not be a good idea (we are not set up that way) but would love him as a gelding. I will see what Sue says...He is 6 or 7 and has successfully bred Nellie twice in the 5 years she has had them. Would he make a good gelding? Do they still act Jacky once fixed? Is it okay to geld at 6/7? Are donkeys more difficult to geld? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[minimule]

The only part I can help you with here is that donkeys are different in the gelding process. I've heard they tend to bleed much more than a horse. Make sure the vet that does the "deed" knows how to geld a donkey.

 

[MeadowRidge Farm]

They do bleed more then a horse, and your vet also has to be knowledgable on sadating donkeys. There was a forum member on here about 2 yrs ago, who lives up my way, and he lost his donkey because of the vet over dosing him with the sadation. I had a 3 yr old gelded last year, and he never was used for breeding, but to this day---does he like his girls! :bgrin

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: Just make very sure your vet is familiar with donkeys. Corinne

 

[Brenlane Farms]

Hi there,

I have a 5 year old miniature gelding donkey gelding who was just gelded a year ago. He was a terror when I got him. Jumping everything in his sight and acting VERY studish. He maintained a real attidtde until the last few months...(it can take up to a yuear for all donkey hormones to settle down after being gelded). Although donkeys do tand to bleed a little more than horses the chances of them suffering from too much bleeding are not that high....1 in 100 i believe is about the estimate. My vet just used the standard gelding procedue as used on a horse. Although it is recommenden that the blood vessiles of a donkey be ligated (or tied off) We did not have an issue. The farm I work for has gelded many donkeys over the years and have always used the same methods as with a horse without any complecations. If you would like I have a great book from the DOnkey Sanctuary in England which gives a fool proof sedation method for donkeys...however, again we just used the same methods as for a horse....althought more rompun is generally required.

Hope this helps