Mare in Season- Advice please

[WendyTorr]

My mare seems to be in season, I've only had her 8 weeks so dont know what she is normally like. She seems lethagic, as though she cant be bothered, seems very sensitive if you touch her fur under her belly between her 2 front legs, stopping for a half wee ( as I call it) on grass on the way up to her paddock, which she has never done before and generally just looks miserable. Shes fine to groom ( as long as you dont do her belly) and pick her feet and everything else. You can prod, poke, stroke her and anything down her back coz I originally thought she might have a back problem and she doesnt bat an eyelid. Her eating food and hay and drinking water and poo is the same. If you do touch her in that certain area then she throws her head up, ears go back and she spins her head round like she wants to bite you but she doesnt, then she takes steps backwards as if to say leave me alone, its just like she trying to tell me something. Someone on my yard said yesterday that she could be in season as shes not normally like this. Shes great to lead and everything, not strong bolschy or anything. Shes just not her normal self. Any help/advice would be appreciated.

 

[Allover]

Ahh mares, you could try her on some regumate to see if this helps though her seasons should calm down over the winter months.

 

[Fairynuff]

Are you sure that she is in season? Have a look at her vulva, is it relaxed, is there a clear discharge, does she wink? I have never experienced a mare in season who reacted to being touched between her fore legs but you never know. Its also a wee bit late in the season for 'coming into season' so I would be thinking that a vets visit might be neded-ovarian cysts? Hope all resolves quickly. M.

 

[AndySpooner]

If she is in season she should be showing the classic signs, or some of them.

This doesn't really sound like being in season, if she's reacting like that to being touched, she's telling you to keep off, so you need to find out why.

 

[PonyFeet10]

Both of my mares are in season at the moment, but they are both stabled next to my colt which has set them both off! The Welsh X does get stroppy but not aggressive, and the TB gets stroppy if you touch her belly and starts pulling faces! They both do the 'half a wee' when they're in season and my TB was 'squitting' it all over the yard today whilst my colt was in sight!