Mares seasons... our mare is being awkward at stud!!

[Foxfolly]

We have our 2 mares at stud with their babies... Breeze was covered yesterday which we're pleased about, she's only been there 2 weeks.

But Nell has been there nearly 5 weeks and not come into season, she was scanned on Friday and the vet said there were 5 eggs on one ovary but she hasn't ovulated....
They have injected her and the report from the stud yesterday was that she was changing her behaviour a bit and they were hopefull she may be coming into season.

Has anyone else had a mare do this and if so did you get her in foal in the end?

Also is there anything we can do next year to help her start cycling properly earlier, as obviosuly we are getting a bit late in the season now!!

 

[zoeshiloh]

Several "old boys" in the breeding world have told me that when a mare wants/needs a break from foals, she will tell you herself (i.e. not coming into season). I am a firm believer in this, and have left mares barren for a year if they do not start cycling themselves after foaling (of course they are checked to make sure there is no medical reason, infection etc that they are not cycling).

Foals can take a lot out of a mare, and so they will not cycle (like human's) if too much stress is placed on the body.

I must admit I am not a big fan of lots of injections and potions to get a mare to cycle - it is such a natural thing, that personally I feel if they are not cycling on there own, there must be a reason why not.

As for your mare, it might be because it is getting later in the year, or even down to the weather we have had, or as I said before, the foal might be taking too much out of her. If she were mine, I would bring her home and wait until next year, cover her much earlier - as it is you will have a June foal, and then similar problems next year too.

 

[Foxfolly]

My husband has just had a call from the stud, Nell is definitely coming into season so they will serve her today and again on Wednesday!

Now my question is obviously with the fact we know she has a few eggs is she more liable to twin? Or if they were in one ovary will she only ovulate 1 at a time?

In response to previous post, it was Nell's first foal and she has looked a picture of health all the way through, it was the other Mare who lost a lot of condition

!! So it would surprise me is she wanted a break that soon...

or maybe it was a shock to the system and she doesn't want to go through it again!!!

 

[zoeshiloh]

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In response to previous post, it was Nell's first foal and she has looked a picture of health all the way through, it was the other Mare who lost a lot of condition

!! So it would surprise me is she wanted a break that soon...

or maybe it was a shock to the system and she doesn't want to go through it again!!!

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Evy did this to us after her first foal, and the vet put it down as a shock to ths system - we left her without a foal for a year, and then put her back in foal the following year no problems.

There is always a risk of twins, so the best thing is to make sure you get her twin scanned - in the early days they can 'pinch out' the twin with minimal risk to the other egg. Good luck!

 

[AndyPandy]

Seems like she had a persistent corpus luteum which was preventing her from cycling. Anecdotal evidence would suggest that these persistent CLs happen as we get into late June/July... but they can happen to any mare at any time. These mares often have multiple ovulations once they've been injected with prostaglandin due to multiple follicles developing, so twinning is a possibility but scans should pick up anything like that, and as zoe says, any "extras" can be pinched out.

Good luck - let us know how it goes