blagdon
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Reged: 26/02/2006
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Loc: hampshire
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Our New forest x cob colt was due to be gelded yesterday. The vet could only find one testicle so could'nt proceed. He said that as the colt is now 17 months it is unlikly that the other one will drop on its own and that he will need to go to hospital and have surgery to locate it. The colt was only weaned from his mum when he was 15 months old and was still suckling. It's just a thought but could the late weaning have an influence on his hormones and therefore why he only has one ball!! We would like to give him more time to see what happens before going the surgical route with the risks involved. He is a well behaved chap at the moment so from that point of view we can keep him as he is for now. Can anyone give me any advice as to how long we should wait to see if the other one appears 
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AndyPandy
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Reged: 06/02/2006
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The vaginal ring (the "hole" the testicle descends through) closes in the first fortnight after birth, so a testicle that has not descended by 2 weeks after birth will not descend.
It's nothing to do with late weaning, and it is most likely is caused by genetic factors.
He will probably start to become stallion-like in his behaviour in the next 1-2 months. There's no point leaving it, so I would sort out the problem sooner rather than later 
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blagdon
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Thanks for reply. It was just a thought. The vet did a rectal exammination as well but could'nt feel anything 
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judastree
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Reged: 30/09/2008
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I had the same problem with one and he wasn't weaned late. We had him gelded at about 16 months. He had no problems at all after surgery. Our vets don't have an operating theatre for large animals and they advised me to get some different quotes. This was well worth doing as the prices varied a very great deal
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blagdon
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our vet has the facilities for surgery but only up to a point. If they need to investigate further using an endoscope(?sp) he will need to be refered to another equine hospital. The quote so far is between £550 to £750 does that seen about right?
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judastree
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I paid £500 a year ago. That included hospitalisation and VAT and everything. We are not far from Newmarket and a well known practice there quoted more than double that!
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Rollestone
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I paid about £800 3 years ago for the same thing...
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tikino
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i ended up paying £2000 and a dead youngster at the end of it. he went to the dick vet school to get it done and within 2 days of being discharged developed peritonitis and the colt never made it and was pts 3 days later he was 11 months old. sorry don't want to put you off but felt i had to tell you my experience this was in may this year and rowan would have been a lovely horse
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magic104
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Our boy was 15mths when operated on (about £600) last yr & there were no problems what so ever. Every operation carries a risk, but what is the alternative.
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Archangel_Zebedee
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I paid almost £600 hundred for a rig op about six years ago, & earlier on this year had quotes between £850 & £1000 for another one. Some practices also wanted to keep the colt in for anything from one to four nights!! I found an equine practice in Plymouth that charged £410, took him in first thing in the morning, & had him ready to come home that afternoon. It is really worth shoping around, just make sure that the practice has a good equine reputation, as even the tiniest piece of testicular tissue left behind will still cause stallion like behavior.
Have it done as soon as possible though, because behavioral patterns that become established are likely to remain (even though in a diluted form) after gelding.
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Alba
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Reged: 31/05/2008
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As long as the testicle is below ring then it may well descend yet. I've now had two totally unrelated colts who's second testical didn't decended until they were well into their second year. My yearling colt who had both of his earlier in the year has retracted both with the cold weather, so I will be waiting until spring to have him gelded.
Edited by Alba (16/10/2008 15:19)
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JanetGeorge
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Quote:
Our New forest x cob colt was due to be gelded yesterday. The vet could only find one testicle so could'nt proceed.
Had he been checked previously?? I always get the vet to check colts due for gelding to make sure all is present and correct before scheduling the deed and had done this with two colts a couple of weeks ago. Both had two present - although not very big (one was a July 2007 colt, the other June - but had a bad start.)
Today was the day and first went without incident but the second caused grief by retracting his second testicle during the op! Vet had to do quite a bit of ferreting around but DID thankfully find it in the end! This colt had NEITHER descended at 12 months. I would give your chap a couple more months if his behaviour isn't a problem. I think.
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