What is a geriatric horse?

Answer 1

A geriatric horse, is an elderly horse.The joints of the horse will start to get puffy, and circulation will become less, since the heart grows weaker with age. This stage of a horse's life begins in the horse's late teens or early twenties (which is around 60 to 70 years of age equivalent in humans). A horse's back will begin to sag, making it look quite sway-backed, and many develop age-related disorders such as kidney and liver disease. In the wild, these conditions contribute to rapid deterioration and death. A wild geriatric horse in the wild is one that is most likely to be hunted and killed by predators like wolves, bears and mountain lions.