Help! Mare in pain-not sure if due to her being in season?

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I bought a 4yr old mare in December. She has had a few seasons since I got her, but not regularly. I have owned mares before but you wouldn't have known when they were in season!

This started 2weeks ago-v. Tail swishy at a competition, two days later got to a point where she was jst rearing when I lunged with saddle on. Had Physio out, said she was a bit right round girth but nothing major, try riding in couple days-tried putting saddle on on Friday-v. Grumpy horse so didn't attempt to ride her!

Could pain from being in season last this long? She is definitely in season for the last couple days-winking at the boys !

Think il attempt saddle on again tomorrow-but anyone got a mare who really overreacts when in season? Can they got worse at this time of year?

Thanks
 
Ps saddle and teeth and back all fine. She is sound. Vet noticed very small bald patch at girth which said may be start of ringworm which might cause irritation and gave her cortisone which will inflame it if it ringworm so we can then treat it. But it should not be causing rearing the reaction she is giving to saddle! Next step is to get Scan which is a 4hr trip away and last resort-hence more info needed about mares in season!
 
Yes it can definitely be female issues but you need her scanned to see exactly what's going on inside. Do you not have a vet able to come out for a mare exam with a scanner? Shouldn't be that difficult.

Terri
 
My mums mare really struggles with her seasons which I can relate to! You could try giving her a bute an hour before you do anything with her and see how she is then. My mum is looking at marbling hers but at the moment she just does ground work with her when shes in season.
 
I posted a thread on here a few weeks back as my mare has been having problems with her seasons for the last few months. I cant/dont even bother try to excersise her when shes in season :o She seems to be in unbelievable amounts of pain poor girl (i cant even run my hands over her body)
My girl is going to the vet surgery on Tuesday to be scanned to check for tumors etc as she had abnormal results from hormone blood tests last month. (fingers crossed there isnt anything serious) If she is 'normal' inside then she will be having a marble put in :)
There seems to be a lot of people having problems with mares in season this year!!
Id get her checked by a vet if possible :)
 
Thanks everyone!
If cortisone has no effect will def be going back to vet.

Can seasons be worse at this time of year-think she was maybe jst coming into season before as had moved her to my yard and i know disruption in theyre routine can cause this. Am i right in thinking the first proper season can be worse than most?
 
I have a mare who had a large granulousa cell tumour on one of her ovaries but didn't display any pain on girthing or when ridden. I also have a mare who ovulated very large follicles on her last season of each year, Sept/Oct time but again no pain on girthing. Her pain looks colicky but kicking out behind rather than at her belly. Her pain was clearly much further back.
 
At this time of year, many mares are still transitional - and these early (and late) seasons can be 'fiercer' than during the main breeding season. There is also a higher likelihood of a persistent anovulatory follicle - which becomes haemorrhagic (think big bruise!) and can get very big and painful and hang on for weeks.

The first thing to do with mares who are 'difficult' is to track their behaviour against their seasons (and remember a mare ovulates every 21 days and NOT every 30 days as humans do. So they are normally in season for about 5-7 days - and out of season for about 14-16 days! If 'bad' behaviour IS associated with coming in - or going out - of season then an u/s scan is sensible (during the time they are misbehaving) to see if a haemorrhagic follicle is present - and also to rule out a GTC tumour (although with a GTC tumour, behaviour tends to be bad ALL the time!)

Then you can try a trial on Regumate - for at least 2 months - and see if that solves the problems. If it does, then either keep them on Regumate from March to November - or consider having a marble implanted.
 
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