Too late to turn a buckling into a nice pet wether?

[taraann81]

Friends of mine have a 5 month old nubian buckling. I think he is starting to get hormonal, mounting the doellings(I suggested separating him for now). He was a sweet little guy but now he even appears to be attempting to mount or at least bully the people around him. I was offered this guy. If I castrate him now at 5 months old will he still be a nice pet?

I assume that when he is castrated and the hormones stop flowing he will be just a typical wether?

Or does castrating late adversely effect his personality as a pet?

I am aware that some people wait as long as 4 months to band to give the urethra a longer time to develop but I was not sure if this was for pet wethers or for maybe meat wethers that may not need to be as friendly?

Thanks

Tara

 

[helmstead]

It's never too late.

The longer they are intact, the more likely they are to retain some bucky behaviors, but it won't be as bad.

 

[mully]

Do it soon as it will be better on both of you !!

 

[username taken]

yep, go for it. If you can fit a band on him, castrate him that way. If not, you will need to take him to the vet to be neutered surgically

 

[taraann81]

Thanks everyone. I am pretty excited about it! I will post pics if/when I get him