Please help with my VERY moody mare!!

[MeganLindsx]

I have a 10year old ISH mare who is extremely hormonal no matter what time of year!!
When you try and take her out of the field when the other mares are still out she will rear and bolt off (her rears are HUGE and she does them right over your head). She will do this without fault and will sometimes do them even when you turn her out. It is getting extremely dangerous and not fun! She has even started doing it when riding and gets very nappy when she doesn't get her own way.
I have tried ALL the calmers and 'moody mare' suppliments out there! I haven't tried regumate yet and wondered how people have got on with that?
Please help!!

 

[Oberon]

What did the vet say? Any problems with her ovaries? Growths etc?

My friend's mare really suffered too. She decided to go for a marble rather than Regumate.

Best thing she ever did. The mare has been much happier, really lovely and more comfortable ever since.

It's been almost a year now.

All the other horses in her field are grateful too

 

[cellie]

2nd vote for marble,try regumate first and see if there is improvement.My mare wasnt badly behaved inhand just a nightmare to ride due to stress anxiety levels.She hated me brushing her sides and haveing rugs on if they were cold as if she had belly ache all time.She was a nightmate out sj but is now really well behaved and getting results

 

[AengusOg]

Are you sure she's not just a normal mare which needs some basic training and competent handling?

 

[MeganLindsx]

Im sure its hormones as somedays she can be as sweet as pie and other days she acts like a stallion... when ridden she hasn't reared with me but with my yard manager (a professional rider) and my coach. Vet suggested to get back checked and try the supplements that you can buy through feed shops and have done both with no outcome!

 

[TotalEclipse]

My 3 year old mare is on Oestress and Equine America So-Kalm Plus supplements. She is extremely moody when in season and has lesser seasonal behavious when not in season. These do tend to help to a degree and she is maneagable and in less discomfort around her ovaries but she is very sensitive to pressure on her back end and will squeal and kick.

 

[Missblot]

Hi All

I'm having some major issues like you with my old mare. She is a little lamb in summer, with no concerns. November/December comes and she is a nightmare. She is turned out with one other mare who is the same mare for 14 years. This other mare cant even more without my old mare screaming like a stallion and she comes in drenched down her back legs, rug at the back is wet through and her tail is disgusting. I have tried everything, even my vet who is J Pycock doesnt know why she does it. Tried everything and nothing works. HELP

 

[kezimac]

get her scanned - mine had her left ovary removed in sept this yr due to a tumor on ovary causing hormonal imbalance (it was excreting testosterone into her system!) she is lovely now! - she was basically like a stallion before

 

[Missblot]

My mare is nearly 30 though, so dont really want her going through an operation.
She was scanned by my vet and he is a reproductive vet, but he couldnt suggest anything.
Not sure if its an age thing or not, but any advice would be appreciated.

 

[JanetGeorge]

Im sure its hormones as somedays she can be as sweet as pie and other days she acts like a stallion...

Havae you kept a diary of good days and bad days - and triedto find a pattern that would tie in with her cycle?

Acting like a stallion is usually the first warning of a Granulosa Theca Cell tumour (this type of tumour excretes testosterone) but the fact that her behaviour swings from good to bad would almost certainly rule that out!

If her changes in behaviour are cyclical - say a week of bad behaviour, then two weeks of good behaviour, then you could be pretty sure it's connected to coming into season/ovulation - and Regumate (followed by a marble) would be the answer.

But if the behaviour changes are much more frequent - day by day - or 2 dayson/5 days off etc. - then I would suspect the behaviour is related to her routine/feeding/ other factors. The way to see what's happening is to keep a daily diary - detailing how she behaves that day, whether she is ridden, turned out, etc etc. Then you MIGHT see a pattern.