What does gelding mean?

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I've heard the term a few times in connection with horses, but what does it mean? And what is it actually? Is it a third gender? I don't know much about it.

niconrw · Answer

Castrated stallion

lua15 · Answer

Geldings are castrated male horses. They were once stallions but were castrated and thus became geldings.

hellasplanitia · Answer

A gelding is a castrated stallion, just as an ox is a castrated bull.

rc555 · Answer

What does neutered mean again?😂 I'm sorry, I have no idea

wilees · Answer

A gelding is a male, castrated horse. The term "gelding" is also used for castrated camels, New World camelids, and donkeys. Wikipedia

apfelbus · Answer

My God, is it really that hard to just google something instead of filling up forums with every little piece of crap? https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallach

lua15 · Answer

Castration, for example, renders a stallion or male dog infertile so that they cannot produce unwanted offspring. They then varnish testicles and thus sex hormones.

rc555 · Answer

Thank you <3

timelady732 · Answer

A gelding is a castrated stallion

urlewas · Answer

These are the eunuchs among the horses 😉 A male horse whose testicles were surgically removed.

roniron158 · Answer

A male horse whose testicles have been cut off to make it easier to hold

equisinn · Answer

There is the mare (female), the stallion (male and capable of reproduction) and the gelding (castrated and therefore no longer capable of reproduction), so the gelding is a stallion without the possibility of reproduction.

keks37 · Answer

This is a castrated stallion