Lady problems?

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The mare that is... this might sound a bit odd and please excuse my complete ignorance, this is my first mare. She's had babies in the not so distant past and I have no idea if this has any bearing on it.

Went to wash her off tonight, all round her boobies (for want of a better word!!) as she's been savaged by flies. Dried off, and put fly cream all round (which I put on quite frequently, hideous colour but better than fly spray) and there is liquid coming out of them....being a woman myself, I know that isn't normal unless you are having a baby, which she is not!

So, had a bit of a play around and there was only a tiny bit from one, but loads from the other. It's clear liquid, nothing nasty, no blood or anything untoward. She's not sore down there, has just come out of season, and doesn't mind being prodded or poked. However, I have noticed over the last few days that she's objected to being washed off on that side. I have to do her every day because of the flies, and she's raised her leg as if to kick a couple of times, which is very unlike her as she's so well mannered usually. Could this be connected? It's only when I prod around the inside of the top of her leg...

So, any suggestions as to what it could be? It can't be normal! Worth a vet next week? Her seasons are fairly normal, had a few problems with the first couple of the season but she's settled now.

Having done the dangerous thing of googling, I'm wondering if it could be mastitis?
 
a) are you sure she isn't preggers?
b) could indeed be mastitis and could be linked to just coming out of season or having only recently having a foal weaned too quickly. If you suspect mastitis, act fast as it can get out of hand very quickly. Ned would need antibiotics.
c) welcome to owning a mare!!!!!!!
 
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1. She was kept on her own for about 8 months before I had her (and with a gelding before that for years), and only with mares since I've had her (nearly a year), plus she's looking very trim LOL!
2. Foal was a while back, certainly not in the time I've had her so not recent enough to cause weaning problems. Googled it and it looks like mastitis can be caused by things like fly bites, which she gets covered in every day despite everything I do to keep her clean....
3. Thanks....I'm rapidly learning the joys of stroppy mares LOL!
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hi, my mare as the same thing, i have had her 17 years, this started happening to my knowledge maybe 10 years ago and still happens, i had the vet who said it was nothing to worry about, and not to touch them as this may stimulate it more, which could cause infection, best thing to do is to moniter it and if it gets worse i would ring the vet for advice, but i wouldn't really panic
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Might be totally irrelevant CC, but we get a similar type of problem with the cows. We call it "August Bag" or summer mastitis. Caused by flies getting into the teats I believe. It doesn't happen with the milkers, just the maiden heifers whilst they are running with the bull for the summer. I assume milking them twice daily helps to stop infection building. They're always "drawn off" before milking to check for mastitis anyway. (Eeek....huge tangent...sorry).

Clears up on the cows with intra-mammary antibiotic "tubes". Never heard of anything like that being used on a horse though.
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Cool thanks. She does seem better today so just keeping an eye. Not panicking yet, but as she's my first mare I like to make sure I'm doing it right! Geldings are so much easier in so many ways LOL!
 
last year my mares teats swelled up, i'd had her two years so was pretty sure she wasnt pregnant although she had been next to on other side of huge fence to colts and as she was so fat it was a possibility so vet came out and did scan nothing! We could actually milk her, and still can, it was a clear whiteish liquid, so she was put on antibiotics which did nothing. So she may always be like this we think it may of been something in the field wich triggered it but we have now moved and they are still swollen. So i just have to keep them clean though not too often with warm salty water as they get stickier than most mares about every two weeks and when they get very swollen about every two months i milk them off to make sure nothing nasty is sitting there as advised by vet. I would get the vet out to check though!
 
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