Very Hormonal Mare

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This isn't strictly breeding but there's a clear link and I'm hoping that experienced breeders may be able to help!

The grey horse in my sig is 4 and we've been trying to back her for the last 10 weeks now. She seems to have a hormone overload of some sort - she's been into season a ridiculous number of times and always seems like she's about to come in - lots of tail swishing looks a bit uncomfy.

Now, her back etc has all been checked, saddle fits, teeth done so there are no other physical issues.

Vet came and gave her a hormone jab about 3 weeks ago now which in theory should have started her cycling normally. Also started her on NAF Oestress at the same time. However, it doesn't seem to have worked.

Vet is now suggesting a scan to find out what's going on internally and then take it from there. What are our options? Regumate? Marble? Are either of them likely to work? is there anything else we could try?

Now, obviously, I want the mare to ride just now but in future I'd like to breed from her.

If she was your mare how would you be proceeding?

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if she was my mare i would get the vet to examine her internally and see what was going on and if was well i would be inclined to put her in foal and see if that would settle her down and bring her back after weaning the foal and try and back her again other option would be to leave backing until the winter and see if she settles down then. sounds like she is having very painful seasons
 
Have the same problem with mine. Although she just won't move when in season. Can hardly pick her feet out, let alone walk her in from the field. She's not horrible or kick or anything, just spaces out, stands and pees all the time. Had everything checked. Vet suggested giving her Regumate and if that didn't work then bute to see if it was a pain thing. Fortunately the Regumate worked - magic stuff! So tried marbling her but she pushed it out. Am now trying to get her in foal instead. Then I'll try marbling again afterwards.

One word of precaution - don't push it too much. If she's being naughty fair enough but if she does have bad seasons like my mare she physically may not be capable (hormones are funny things). I believe the previous owners tried to ride her when in season and this has caused psycological problems.
 
My 4yo is similar
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. Fingers crossed she is now in foal (we await scans), am assured that 9 times out of 10 it will help to some extent... have already started to guess I might be the lucky 10th person, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it!
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I had a similar problem with my mare last year. She was a 2 yr old she kept squirting yellow liquid everywhere and was dangerous in the stable kept trying to run out of the stable and wouldnt tie up properly. Throught the winter she stopped doing it and i had a discussion with someone that mares are in season in the winter months as well as the summer months.But this year she seems to have stopped it completely and i think having her broken to ride and giving her something to focus on has helped a lot. Someone did try suggesting using naf magic as its suppose to be very good. The only problem with a marble is that if you want to breed from them they have to have the marble removed.
 
no dont give up horses. as you have said get the vet to check her and im sure everything will be fine.have you tried giving her a supplement like magic,oestress etc
 
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frustrating really as she's a lovely horse.....

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i'm forever saying that about my mare!

Mine is a quiet gentle soul and actually a bombproof hacker however is very inconsistent with spooking. She can pass the same old bale of haylege next to the school for 2years, in wind and hail and then one day freak out at it. She stops dead and you can feel her heart going. Its a shame but unfortunately i've tried calmers, oestress, regumate and she's been scanned with no avail.

I dont know her history however so its a bit more difficult for me to work out if its something thats happened perviously. She did have (what looked to me!) dried milk on her teats when i bought her (she was imported 3weeks previously) so i'm not sure if this has something to do with it.

good luck with your investigations!
 
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