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We have a gelding that was emasculated at the age of 13 months, and he 
simply does not acknowledge he is a gelding...at least when our one mare is 
around.  I think you have a great idea, Kat.  But why go to the extra work 
of a vasectomy?  Just gelding all the stallions will surely leave a few that 
think like our gelding and then the mares will be happy.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "k s swigart" <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 10:21 AM
Subject: [RC] Gelding Stallions (was: Wild Horses)


> Lisa Salas said:
>
> > I have suggested to the BLM, (since they are spending
> > soooooo much money on rounding up these horses)
> > to geld the stallions, instead of wasting money on throwing
> > out of helicopters "birth control" pellets which have not
> > been approved and they don't even know if they work.


> But just gelding some of the stallions is unlikely to have much of an
> effect.  The fertile mares will just find the males that haven't been
> gelded....and the entire males will run off their immasculated
> counterparts and keep the fertile mares for themselves.
>
> Perhaps if they were to give vasectomies to the stallions (so these
> infertile males could defend their mares and "breed" them, but not
> actually produce any foals), this might help.
>
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.


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