Gelding, What time of year?

[midnight star stables]

What time of year to you prefer to cut your stallions? Is late spring OK? What do you guys do?

 

[nootka]

I think it depends on your climate...or at least I'd ask a couple local vets and see what they think.

My vet likes late/early fall (depending on the frost to kill the worst of the flies/mosquitoes/what have you) and/or Spring before the bugs are an issue, but after the worst of the mud.

Ideally, he likes the ground to be fairly firm so they can be outside recovering as much as possible and still have as few bugs around as well. At least this is how he explained it to me.

Liz M.

 

[Miniv]

Ditto to what Nootka (Liz) says..... Any time of year as long as it's not buggy and decent weather.

MA

 

[rabbitsfizz]

I have actually done it at all times- when the colts are ready I call the Vet and am guided by what he says,...usually!!

If there is a good reason I will twist his arm

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[midnight star stables]

Thanks guys! I was wondering how much excersize they need, after being gelded?

-Desiree