Moody mare supplements.. advice please.

[KarenX]

Hi

I have a mare who is very moody and agressive. She is like this all the time so I'm not thinking it is to do with her cycle. Can anyone give me any advice on what would be a good supplement for her to make her more pleasant to be around?

Thanks!

Karen

 

[ljm]

I feed NAF Magic and it is fantastic

 

[guisbrogal]

My mare has 'Tranquility' which I can see a visible difference in her within a feed. Hers tends to be more hormonal mind you and she starts pushing me or knocking me with her head. I gave her a feed with it in this morning and by lunchtime she was a different horse.

It contains Valerian though so you need to be careful if you are competing but other than that I can't recommend it enough.

Hope you find something

 

[KarenX]

Thanks. I really dont know what to try tbh. She might just be temperamental as it is permanent! She's absolutely fine when she is ridden - its just when she is in the stable.

 

[guisbrogal]

If it is temprement then unfortunately nothing but lessons in good manners will change her

"You can be grumpy but you mustn't be mean" is my philosophy

 

[TequilaMist]

Only hormonal one I've used was Oestress with no effect,my mare was put on regumate by vet after scanning.
We tried magnesuim based calmers with no effect on my daughters warmblood (not the same horse).
I am in love with a calming supplement called Good as Gold -has done exactly what it says!!Daughters horse was prone to going up on her hind legs on a regular basis and got a bit strong-bottom ring of 3 ring gag.She has now only reared once in 4 weeks shes been on it(touch wood) and is now in a hanging cheek happy mouth snaffle.She gets a maintance dose or you can give it before comps etc if preferred.

 

[brightmount]

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She's absolutely fine when she is ridden - its just when she is in the stable.

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Unfortunately... or maybe fortunately, depending on how easy it would be for you to do anything about it, it's probably just that she doesn't like her stable.

After trying a load of different calming supplements on my very moody and obnoxious mare, she has become a different horse overnight since I moved her onto a different yard. Previously she was in an American Barn, with open grill partitions, although we had boarded hers as she very obviously didn't like her neighbour! Now she is in an outside stable facing south. It gets lots of sun and she can look out at what's going on. She also prefers the totally enclosed stable arrangement.

She is so much happier, it's fantastic, and will save me a fortune on useless supplements!

 

[appennea]

Look up Agnus Castus - worked really well for settling my mare.

 

[chunklovescooks]

NAF oestress or "magic"

 

[Weezy]

Cheeky Girl had this prob with Charm - put her on Coligone and she is a different animal - worth a try

 

[Always_late]

Follow all threads to do with stroppy mares. Similar problem as Lynwood with our american barn set up, our mare hates being stared at by the neighhhhbbours. Has wrecked boards - big hoof shaped chunks missing from wood. We've screened but she is the same - will change stables! Oestress, etc, we've tried it. Have now ordered Coligine as she was so stressed Saturday night and nearly ate me alive when I put my hand on her side. Went beserk - so I'm now thinking she migth have a slight gastric problem and its making her really nasty.

 

[Always_late]

Wheezy, is Coligone really that good? How long did it take to work? Ordered it today after seeing advert in Equi Ads.

 

[evsj]

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If it is temprement then unfortunately nothing but lessons in good manners will change her

"You can be grumpy but you mustn't be mean" is my philosophy

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agree. i gave up feeding my stroppy mare supps ages ago as her mood is not dictated by her cycles. in some ways mares need to be respected like stallions because they are entire. i have found that cutting molasses from her diet has helped reduce her irritability alot. i am sure that moody mare supps work for some but not really helped mine. as someone else said, try looking at why else she might be stroppy in the stable - is she upset by horses either side of her?