My Gelding Really A Stallion.....?

Question

Hey!

The farrier came out today and when he was clipping my 14hh roan geldings back hoove (i was standing behind them) i noticed that there was a large lump behind his stifle? Now the lump was quit big but ovuosly not big enough to see from the side of him because i have owned him for at least 2 years and never noticed this. Is he really a stallion, but with small you-know-what? Or is that just left over skin from when he was gelded, or is that some thing that is growing? He has also had a few stallion like behavours, but just like any gelding. He tried mounting a mare once, but she was way to tall and there was a gate in the way. he also "shows himself" alot. But we have just been living with 3 geldings for a long time, but now we have a mare, he hasnt been in with the mare yet. but im worried if he is a stallion and will mount her and cause her to become pregnant.

Please help, ask questions and i will answer on this post.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hmmm...I would get the vet out just to make sure. Cause if he tried mounting he might be proud cut or really a stallion o.O I would't put the mare in until you get the vet out just to make sure

Better to be safe than sorry...

Answer 2

It is rare, but possible for a gelding to still hold his reproductive organs even after he gets gelded. If i was you, id definitely have the vet come out. It would be a kinda awkward question to ask, but its best you know. Until you know for sure, i would keep your mare separate. My aunts gelding still mounts my mare, and he is a gelding for sure. We would have found out by now, hes like 25. Hes been gelded ever since my aunt first got him when she was 7, she is now 23. Your vet would let you know.

Answer 3

Are you saying the lump was behind his stifle? As in still on the hind leg, because that's not where testicles go. If that is the case, its probably something else like a sarcoid in which case he could not make your mare pregnant.

Answer 4

Sometimes a t******e will fail to drop and the person gelding (even some not so honests vets) will leave it.  This causes a gelding that is proud cut and can lead to a very squirrelly acting horse with all the problems of a stud but the inability to breed.  Sometimes these testicles will drop in later years.  This is one possibility.  If you are unsure get a vet.  If he has a t******e that has not dropped I would get it removed since it will help calm him.

Answer 5

If it is placed where his "doodles" are, or should be, it may just be either a fat deposit, or he has dropped, a "late blooming doodle". I do not think that this may be a "doodle" but just a fat deposit. If it makes you feel more comfortable, call the vet and explain to him/her what is going on and see if it is something to be alarmed about or just nothing. I know my gelding (proud-cut), has more scar tissue on one side than the other.

Now by stifle, that isnt the sheath, or sheath area. If you mean that their is a lump on his sheath, and you think it is a "doodle". Not to be gross or nothing, but gently squeeze it. Make sure you are out of kicking range if your horse is not comfortable handling his "manhood". If you put considerable amount of pressure on it and he doesn tdo anything, then it is nothing. If it continues to grow in size, i would def. then have the vet check it out.

Answer 6

He may be a cryptorchid (spelling) where a u know what may not have droped and now is but he will shoot blanks is he breeds.

Answer 7

I would take him to the vet to make sure it isn't anything medical... My guess is that if he checks out at the vet then he is proud cut. But it could be anything that the previous posters have said.

Just take him to the vet to be safe.

Answer 8

in Mexico and in other parts of the world, some horseses get cut, but not completedly. in other words some people take out one t******e just to calm their stallions down but keep the other so they can still breed. I would say to have your vet check him as soon as possible, for two reasons, 1 make sure you know what gender your horse is and 2 make sure he is not developing some kind of medical problem.  http://tonyonehorse.weebly.com

Answer 9

he could have a t******e still up in there,if so you need to get it removed as it greatly increases his risk of cancer,it could also be fat,or tissue,it might be worth a trip to the vet to see cause cryptoids (sp?)  (a t******e still in the abdominal cavity)have a higher risk of testicular cancer.

Answer 10

Without seeing a picture of your horse I can't make a judgment, but I would have the horse vet checked.