Tash88
Well-Known Member
My gelding was cut at six months and is certainly not a rig, but mares in season just tend to worry him. He was in a large individual paddock with a gelding next to him and geldings opposite, but since the mares (small herd of five I think) moved into the field next to him he has been very upset and unsettled. After several days of upset and no improvement (not eating much, coming in covered in sweat and tucked up etc) I moved him into the herd of geldings and he seems a bit more content, although in case he is still difficult to exercise in the school (nappy and losing concentration generally) when he can see the mares in the field I have ordered Dodson & Horrell's 'Perfect Gentleman' supplement, although no idea whether it will work - has anyone tried it or similar?
He was in a geldings herd at my previous yard when I was on DIY, however went into a paddock with one other gelding when I moved to part livery at another yard in April this year. Unfortunately the pony he was with developed laminitis a couple of weeks later and so had to be moved into a starvation paddock, leaving mine on his own. He wasn't used to being alone but seemed to cope rather well so I left him in there, but the problems have started since the mares moved into their winter field which is directly next to his paddock. The DIY boys are in the herd and so he has recently moved in with them, which I think will be a permanent change.
I should probably add that the move to a new yard was great for him; he is nine and I moved him away from the yard where he was born and he grew up almost immediately; in a way I think he feels a little more secure and trusts me a bit more but he did have to get used to a few changes, i.e. the individual turnou and not living out in the summer, although he loves the routine. He has always been a horse who finds changes difficult to cope with but I have been really pleased with the move although I was rather nervous at the time!
I have been pretty stressed and worried about this situation for a while now as a) I hate to see my horse upset and b) he has been rather difficult to ride and handle. Any advice would be appreciated, as when my horse is happy he is a dream and I just need to get this right!
Tx
He was in a geldings herd at my previous yard when I was on DIY, however went into a paddock with one other gelding when I moved to part livery at another yard in April this year. Unfortunately the pony he was with developed laminitis a couple of weeks later and so had to be moved into a starvation paddock, leaving mine on his own. He wasn't used to being alone but seemed to cope rather well so I left him in there, but the problems have started since the mares moved into their winter field which is directly next to his paddock. The DIY boys are in the herd and so he has recently moved in with them, which I think will be a permanent change.
I should probably add that the move to a new yard was great for him; he is nine and I moved him away from the yard where he was born and he grew up almost immediately; in a way I think he feels a little more secure and trusts me a bit more but he did have to get used to a few changes, i.e. the individual turnou and not living out in the summer, although he loves the routine. He has always been a horse who finds changes difficult to cope with but I have been really pleased with the move although I was rather nervous at the time!
I have been pretty stressed and worried about this situation for a while now as a) I hate to see my horse upset and b) he has been rather difficult to ride and handle. Any advice would be appreciated, as when my horse is happy he is a dream and I just need to get this right!
Tx
