Many geldings also retain this stallion-like tendency to defecate and urinate in an organized fashion, in one to three places rather than randomly. So, as with the grasping and holding behavior, it is difficult to differentiate a cryptorchid from a completely castrated horse on the basis of whether this behavior is seen.

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