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maddie7

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I have a mare who was scanned and had retained follicles in both ovaries. Her background is that she was diagnosed with hind gut inflammation after a season of poor performance which got worse and she stopped jumping. This was treated and she was great for about 5 weeks and then she went downhill again. She was put of regumate for 15 days to induce a season and hopefully flush them out. She stopped the regumate 4 days ago, unfortunately (or fortunately depends how you look at it) i never know when she is in season. She is a very even tempered mare so I don't know if it has induced it or not. She is much better than she has been, she can now swing along really well in trot and walk, but is reluctant to canter still, she will but is not happy about it. This is an improvement as she wouldn't canter at all a few weeks ago. She also is happier with having her saddle on - no more kicking or biting me - just a swish of her tail is a great change. I'm going to sit on her again at the end of the week to see if there is any further improvement.

this is a long way round of asking you knowledgable people, that if I use something like NAF Oestress or equivalent will this help in reducing the risk of retaining follicles or in the discomfort she has.

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Sorry to hear your mare's plight, but reading this with interest a i'm taking my mare for scans tomorrow as she is very unhappy in her girth area and off form...?problems with her ovaries.

Vet told me to use Oestress in the interim to make her comfy and calmer...will hopefully know more tomorrow.
 
Hi, well, she has been calmer this week, but not sure if that's due to Oestress or her being in such discomfort. I haven't ridden, just walked her in hand.

Will let you know outcome of tomorrow's scan. However vet was very positive about using Oestress.
 
She has been uncomfortable when girthed and when ridden it feels like she is arching her back and bending towards my inside leg. This 'gait' is now apparent when walking her in hand. She also is walking slowly with a low head carriage.

I had a chiropractor out to see her last week (vet approved) and she said she was tight/sore around her girth area.

Then last weekend she developed this hard lump and some oedema under her belly (very strange). So had vet out who thinks it could be hormones if not they will look at ulcers and then I suppose we go on from there.

It is normal for my mare to have a very, what's the phrase? ... Prolonged and dramatic first season...she becomes a bit wild, full of energy and last year this lasted about 6 weeks. By mid summer I can't even tell when she is in season.

Off the the vet just now for scans, so hopefully will find out what's up.
 
Good luck. My girl turns towards my inside leg when I ask her to canter. Worse in the left than right but on the lunge she pops into canter quietly with no fuss
 
Hi Maddie7, just back from vets. With surprise diagnosis. She has torn an abdominal muscle and has a very large hematoma. Vet didn't see the point in scanning her ovaries as the injury would account for her gait and reluctance to move, although suggested keeping her on Oestress as this should help her seasons settle and make her more comfortable prom that perspective.

Hope all goes well with your mare.
 
Thank you...I do wonder how the horse as a species has not die out due to their ability to get sick and hurt themselves without appearing to do anything!

I should imagine she did it on her last hooly in the field (probably when I thought she was coming into season) as she gets very hyper. No wonder she was so reluctant to do much and the vet said it would be very painful.

Glad I know what's up with her anyway...now just got to keep her quiet for the next 6 weeks...that should be fun.

I'll keep an eye on her seasons though and will keep her on Oestress.

Hope things sort themselves out for your mare...just wishe they could talk sometimes.
 
The first season of the year is called transitional and can often be very wild and not normal as the mare starts to cycle properly. They often don't ovulate at all. If your mare has retained follicles you would only know this by scanning a number of times over the space of a week or two. And she would then need a PG to help her ovulate. One of my mare's had this issue last year with two follicles. She got incredibly aggressive and difficult to handle. She needed two PG injections to get rid of the follicles. Putting them on regulate basically suppresses the season but you would then expect the mare to cycle again within ten days or so afterwards.
 
Thanks. Think that was what the vet was hoping. She has been off the regumate for 10 days with no change in anything. Trying a bute trial now. But if not better may do more regumate. What's the PG jab? Prostaglandin? Did your mare go back to normal?
 
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