iluvmypony
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Post by iluvmypony on Mar 11, 2014 16:22:29 GMT
I have a rising 2 year old filly and this year we were plannig on sharing a field with a friends 3 yr old, he is due to be gelded ASAP and I was just wondering how long it is till he is 'safe'?? Some say 4, some say 6 or 8 weeks? Don't want my filly to be in foal!! Thank you
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sarahp
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Post by sarahp on Mar 11, 2014 17:17:36 GMT
I've heard 8, but they can retain the hormones longer than that so may behave like a colt and cover your filly, just not be fertile.
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Post by 19simeon56 on Mar 11, 2014 22:12:13 GMT
Could you divide the field with an electric fence while he gets over his op and his hormone levels drop?
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iluvmypony
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Post by iluvmypony on Mar 12, 2014 7:17:58 GMT
Well there are other groups I could go in it was just so they could be out 24/7...I may speak to my yard owner and see what other options are. Thank you
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Post by donbon on Mar 19, 2014 9:48:04 GMT
When we had our colt gelded last year in the vet college (he was a rig) we were told 12 weeks minimum to be sure.
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