Mares in season

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Hi, had a day from hell with my new mare, ive always had geldings in the past, so i can only say she was showing signs of being in season, in the past 6 weeks of getting to know her she has been calm, quiet and willing to do anything i asked of her, not at all like your typical TBs!, but OH MY GOD! she seems to have changed into a compleatly different horse over night, she was really on her toes, compleatly ignored anything i asked of her, seemed intent on calling to the 15 month old colt we have in the field and then totaly flipped out in the school, she became sweated up with in what seemed like minutes! and for a split second scared me abit with how tense and strong she became, in the end i gave up with her, that then made me feel worse for giving up!, when i managed to calm her down and put her back out she pelted off at top speed strajght to the colt who was the other side of the fence!!, so what are your mares like, do they seem to change over night!??:)
 
Oh that sounds familiar - yes your girl sounds very much like mine, when she is not in season she is a sweetheart very willing and listens to me, however when she comes into season for at least a couple of days during her season it's like sitting on a rocket about to explode and she has no attention span at all!!! Calling and just generally trying to do what she wants and seems to grow a few hands too. Have to say when I first got her and didn't really know her that well I didn't ride her for those particular days however as I have got to know her more and learnt to cope just get on with it but have to make a few allowances and keep her brain really engaged if we are schooling and stay away from wide open spaces if hacking!!!!!

What can I say but mares are always interesting and I wouldn't have it any other way! :D
 
Oh my, sounds exciting!

Allie gets a bit flirty with the boys, lots of dancing around and weeing, gets a little more selective with who can do what with her and with that a little more nippy when people outside of her selected circle try to do anything with her but otherwise she's the same stroppy girl she always is :D The worst she's been was when we boarded at the stud farm ... obviously after years of being ignored by lazy geldings having a young, handsome Arabian flirting back required her to be a total witch with her field mates :rolleyes: That was the only time she's ever been a terror to work with, so we're never boarding anywhere with young, handsome stallions ever again if we can help it :D


I do love a good stroppy mare though :o
 
Aha, poor you! It doesn't get better with age either - my grandad's 32yo had been on her own for a while (outliving most of her companions!!) so when my Grandad bought me my gelding, we thought she'd love the company. But now she is SOOO grumpy; when he's not in the field she's constantly calling for 'her' boy and galloping around the field to try and find him and then once he's been turned out the ears go straight back and shes soo mardy with him, even tried to kick him in the head with her back legs the other day! x
 
Your obviously not used to mares, lol!

Move the colt well away from your mare so they have no contact at all, its probable that the colt has shown her interest but not been able to get to her which has frustrated her and thats why she's unsettled. Colts also smell different from geldings and your mare will be toally aware that he's somehow more interesting than geldings..

Ideally keep her with mares, or geldings that aren't interested, she should calm down. Don't give her a hard time over her behaviour either, blame the colt!!
 
Bug is the same, but she is a bitch a few days before her season, while she is in season and anyother time she is so sweet, but she lives with a gelding and attacks him just as she is due into season and then when she is in season she cuddles up to him.
 
Seems a lot of mares are still coming into season when they should be going off. My vet says its the warm weather,sending their hormones crazy and their body clock out of synch, so I'm praying for colder weather, now that the days are starting to get shorter. I have my 5 year old on Regumate at the moment , as this the worse season I've seen her in and it is starting to calm her down:):):):)
 
I think you get in tune with your mare's seasons and you have to give a little bit of leaway on the mood. I usually find mine is very soppy and overly loving for a couple of days and then turns very alert when ridden. She's a bit spooky when hacking and will give a nice buck as you ask for canter. At this point she will shout on any passing boy even if they are not interested!! She recently created chaos in the field as a new gelding came in and she lured him into a frenzy. He's now been moved to the boys only field and she's back out of season and looking innocent again! I think the key difference is that you are dealing with a purely natural animal as opposed to a gelding whose hormones have been meddled with. At first I was a bit wary around her seasons but I've bonded so much with her that I think it's all just part of her and I know she'll not do anything to endanger me.

nb: I also agree the seasons are going on quite late this year!
 
Mine doesn't seem to change all that much behaviour-wise when she's in season, but OMG does she ming :o Her back legs & tail end up caked with laydeejuice, it's utterly vile :eek: (insert vomit smilie)
 
I've three mares/filly's, and they are all so different.

One is the sweetest girl and turns into the mare from hell.
Another I can't even tell when she's in season apart from lifting her tail and checking for gunk down her rear.
The third is absolutely no different with humans, but is one stroppy and grumpy madame with other horses, but then she's stroppy and grumpy with other horses anyway, it just gets worse.

This is just mares for you, you will get to know her better, learn what you can and cant deal with or do with her when she's in season and it will just become part of your routine with your horse x
 
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