Can mare being in season affect my gelding?

[Flying_Form]

Hi,

So recently bought a brood mare who seems to be in season every week. She’s currently turned out with three geldings every day, and at night she goes to a stable next to one of the other geldings and the other two live out full time.

One of the geldings had become super attached to her, fighting off the others when he normally gets on very well with them. He lives out and when we would bring her in he cried out for her all night long. It also affected his work too as when I’d bring him out to the arena he become very on his toes and not want to leave her but after awhile would get on with it.

now she’s not in season anymore and while he still tends to be near her in the field all the above behaviour explained has stopped. He’s never been a rig, a teaser or covered a mare and has never shown any behaviour like this before with other mares. Just wondering if her being in season could have affected him a bit because if so I might have to move her during that time!!

 

[oldie48]

I don't think it's that unusual tbh and the mare is probably encouraging the behaviour. I had to move a companion pony (sect A) back to his owner as he tried to mount Rose when she came into season and she was perfectly happy to let him try despite the difference in size. He wasn't a rig.

 

[milliepops]

My boys have been over the fence from 3 mares recently who seemed to basically be continually in season. the girls crowded the fence all day and the boys got a bit obsessed in return! While they may have no actual nuts left the boys are not braindead i agree if the mare is encouraging it then it can be a bit tough on the geldings. I have 5 mares who don't behave like this but those 3 others were SO hormonal. fortunately the "worst" has now gone to stud to fulfill her ambitions and the others have settled down.

 

[Goldenstar]

Some geldings are silly about mares they get very attached to them .
He may settle in time .
I would always separate a gelding who behaves like that from a mare all the time , although you might be able to have them together in winter .
While mares and geldings can live happily together they also sometimes can’t if you have mares and geldings you to plan for that .

 

[poiuytrewq]

Yes definitely a thing. I had one that was an absolute nightmare and a few who were hard work but to a lesser degree.
Mares are banned from here ?

 

[southerncomfort]

I have to separate my mare and gelding when the mare is in season as she wont leave him alone. It doesn't affect his ridden work at all and he's quite happy to leave her.

If the mare is coming in to season every week then I'd be having a chat with the vet to see if he/she can suggest anything, but ultimately if the gelding is getting that attached to her then I wouldn't turn them out together again.