Posted 2015-06-24 9:09 AM Subject: cryptorchid horse
Regular
Posts: 58 Location: Pa
I recently purchased a "gelding" who was a perfect gentleman while checking him out and riding . He is such a sweetheart. I bought him and when I let him out with my mare in the pasture ... Well let's just say he acts 100% like a stallion .. Has anyone had any experience with this before ? I know absolutely nothing about this. I've never even heard of it before.. Any knowledge would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Posted 2015-06-24 10:31 AM Subject: RE: cryptorchid horse
Northern Chocolate Queen
Posts: 16576 Location: ND
That doesn't necessarily mean he's a cryp. He may be a cryp, proud cut or he may just be a gelding that likes the girls.....i've known more than one true gelding that will still try to jump a mare.
I keep my mares and gelding separate for this reason. None of them are crypt or proud cut but they all will act like the own a mare or mares at some point so it's just easier for me to keep them separate. Unless your gelding is always doing this (which may indicate an underlying issue) see if he calms down in a week or two.
Sometimes all those raging mare hormones just send them into a tizzy.
and I have a mare that is so foxy to everyone that she gets almost ALL the geldings aroused and trying to breed with her and the other marea around her into season with her. So it may just be he loves the ladies.
Posted 2015-06-25 8:38 AM Subject: RE: cryptorchid horse
Veteran
Posts: 129 Location: South
Let me add that I do have a "Foxy" mare that doesn't help matters. He has settled down in the 3 years they have all been together (married 3 years ago). I have 3 mares and my husbands 1 gelding. He was kept either by himself or with another gelding before we married, which he is mid 20s now. He will get the job done if you know what I mean, but only with that one particular mare. I have never seen him mount my other mares. I have had to separate him for being to possessive at times(early on), but the older he gets the more docile he seems to be.
But I do sometimes wonder if he wasn't cut later in life
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