mare in season question

[Angua2]

Does any one else have a mare that does this during her season, and that is plant herself and disappear into the "zone". I really can't do a thing with her, you nudge her over when grooming and she will lean back, to the point that she will fall over. Just get get her to move I have to tap her legs with the schooling whip, otherwise she is planted in the "zone". I can ride her but she needs rather a lot of encouragement just to move, normally she is a willing worker.

My girl is very loving at the best of times, and this doesn't change when in season so I wouldn't even call her moody.....I can work round this little foiable but since she is my first mare I am not sure if this is normal

 

[joanne1920]

my mare doesnt do it! but shes a shetland pony! shes in season at the moment and shes a little tart! shes in 'love with the dales gelding on the yard this morning, yesterday she was in love with the arab!!
i would presume every mare is different though... maybe its an overload of hormones or something? x

 

[LeneHorse]

Mine does exactly the same as yours sidneyflatfoot. Can't do a thing with her. She just becomes very planted and you can't move her over, pick out her feet or do any normal activities. Unfortunately my farrier seems to bring her into season so shoeing can be interesting! She just leans right into you! She is in season at the moment so i just don't bother riding her when she is like this. I also would agree she is not 'moody' - just odd. Its good to know someone else has one like this. She is on hormonise (liquid chaste berry) which has helped.
how old is yours? Mine has got a bit better with age (tonight though it was back to her old ways!)

 

[Angua2]

Hi Lenehorse,

A bazaar as it sounds it is nice to know that someone else has exactly the same problem. My girl has just turned 4. It isn't a problem as she will just get that time off when she is like this rather than battle

I feel a little comforted that someone else has a mare that does the same, and that there isn't an awful lot wrong with this little oddity. I may try the suppliment too and see how she does

 

[SillyMare]

One of my mares is dreadful in season. Just becomes very negative - whatever I ask is FAR too difficult.

If I have an option I don't do much when she is in season - just hack out. Can be an absolute pain if it lands on an event.

 

[LeneHorse]

Sidneyflatfoot - I meant to say, maybe it would be worth getting your vet to give her an internal just to make sure her ovaries are ok. I did that and mine has one ovary slightly larger than the other but the vet did not seem at all concerned about it. It would just put your mind at rest that there is no underlying physical problem there.

 

[Thunder]

This was my mare being worked 2 days ago at a friends school

As you can tell by the tap she was in season, and there were 3 hunky geldings giving her the eye

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at2JMDgP5Yo

I don't think she'll ever act her age.