What is located in this area?

[Weezy]

Recently, when I touch/rub/groom this area my mare puts ears back, will stamp front legs, and seem uncomfortable - deffo something going on but I haven't got Horace as he is packed up, so wondered if any of you guys could shed some anatomical light

 

[_Libby_]

sorry purely a guess but where are the ovaries?

 

[Weezy]

Ahh you are thinking along the same lines as I am

 

[_Libby_]

my mare has been very hormonal lately- see my recent post on unusual behaviour when in season. I've been told their autumn season can be the worst one.

My mare has also been very cagey about me touching this area therefore i am thinking its relates to hormones/ ovaries??
Could be completely wrong though

 

[magic104]

Does this help?

 

[Weezy]

Absolutely deffo does help - you are a star

Looks as though I was on the right lines - now what to do about it

PS - I never knew horses had clitorises!

 

[_Libby_]

neither did I !

God they must get frustrated some of them virgins all their life!

 

[buzzles]

I think the overies are located in that area. Interestingly, my mare was very sensitive in that area on the near side, she would kick out and put her ears back. I always thought it was probably hormonal but I had a chiropracter look at her (for another reason) and he picked up on it immediately. He found she had a badly torn hamstring and this was affecting the nerves in this area. He worked on her and then she had to have laser treatment and physio and the muscle is now healed and she is now no longer uncomfortable or extra sensitive in that area.

 

[Weezy]

Thanks for that calzy - she has my fabby back lady coming out to see her soon, so hopefully will rule anything like that out - I cannot get her to react to any back/pressures tests, so gut instinct is that it is something internal, as in an organ and not a muscle, but I have been proven wrong before

 

[buzzles]

I know, I would never have thought that the chiropracter would have been the one to fix this. I don't think even my usual chiropracter would have picked up on it but this guy was amazing, he comes over from Australia every 6 months and my instructor recommended him. He picked up on absolutely everything with her and even told me exactly what she was like to ride even though he'd never seen her been ridden. She's been a different horse since, so much happier in herself and is going so much better. I think it just goes to show that you need to go over every possible route with them when you think there's a problem.

PS, I like you pumpkins but they're making me dizzy!!

 

[Weezy]

Damn shame you are in Ireland and I am here as I would like to see that guy!

Don't worry about the pumpkins, they shall disappear on Thursday

 

[Patches]

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PS - I never knew horses had clitorises!

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Trust you!

 

[madhector]

Thats the exact place that Jerry had issues with, so might just be worth sending a urine sample off just to be on the safe side

 

[no_no_nanette]

Another thought ... our mare was very sore in that area, and it was proving to be really difficult to get her to go forward in the school (upwards was her preferred approach!) - it turned out to be a haematoma on one of her ovaries, which would, the vet said, make her very hormonal and very sore, not to speak of probably having what would be equivalent to really, really bad period pains for us ..... poor old thing!
We discovered it after scanning (suggested by me in desperation!) and I can't remember what treatment she had, (Regumate??) basically it was "wait and it will eventually improve". Which it did.
Hope this helps .....

 

[Imonone]

Can I ask what type of scan you had done, I might pursue this too. Thanx

 

[BBs]

Slightly off topic.
I was thinking the other day when you said P wasnt herself and you said she hadnt been on Ultimate Balancer for a few days.
I was reading an artical the other day and I didnt realise how common gastic problems are in horses.
Snoop is biting wood like you wouldnt believe atm, and although not grumpy i put him on coligone and hes def stopped

He has ultimate balancer daily, but obviously wasnt enough! same as bertie.
It might be worth putting her back on the ultimate balancer and either using coligone or trying that new biotal equine gold gastric stuff?

 

[Weezy]

She is back on the UB and is deffo happier for it

Will get some Coligone ordered too. She is also on Blood Salts. Just this niggling prob in the marked area, which I think HAS to be ovary related as she is narky with the geldings too - sounds like her owner

 

[Halfstep]

My friend has been through all sorts with her mare, x-rays, bone scans, injections, all to no avail. She was tender in the same area and difficult to ride. She had physio care, equissage, hock injections. Finally the vet suggested putting her on regumate, and amazingly she is much, much better. So perhaps speak to your vet?

 

[Weezy]

Thanks madmare, think it is worth doing a course of Regumate, just to see if it helps

 

[BBs]

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She is back on the UB and is deffo happier for it

Will get some Coligone ordered too. She is also on Blood Salts. Just this niggling prob in the marked area, which I think HAS to be ovary related as she is narky with the geldings too - sounds like her owner

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I am pleased to hear that

Bless her lol yeah we all get like that about boys

 

[spaniel]

Lou the kidneys are quite high up towards the top of the back, although deeply buried in the body, but the bladder is lower down but on almost the same plane. Might be kidney, might be bladder or might be the tubes in between the two as thers quite a long duct connecting them. Is she showing the same reaction on both sides of the body?

 

[Weezy]

More tender on the offside, I would even say 90% more reaction.

 

[Weezy]

Sorry, also meant to say that the main tender area is not up high, it is low to mid section.

 

[spaniel]

Theres quite a major nerve that tapers out in that area too, I think it extends along the side of the horse but starts in the shoulder area, is she showing any stiffness at the front end.



*trots off to work out name of nerve.... having a senior moment*

Nope obviously senility has set in.....

Could also be sorness in one of the hindleg flexor muscle attachments?

Or she could just be a crabby hormonal madam of course!

 

[Puppy]

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PS - I never knew horses had clitorises!

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I hope I can remember this right, but we were told something at college (along the lines of), due to the fact you have to swab under the clitoris to check for bacteria, which can affect fertility, then in France they started to remove the mares' clitorises!

Before it was deemed cruel because it effectively meant the mares were being raped!!

 

[Puppy]

Weezy Star gets way more sensitive to her flanks when she's being hormonal. I actually have put it down to the fact that when she gets cranky then she cribs more, and then she gets more tetchy around her flanks.

 

[Seahorse]

Axel is very touchy in this area too! He quite often lifts his back leg up when I brush him there. I'm really hoping he doesn't have ovaries there...............!!!

 

[Tharg]

Do you mind telling me how much the laser treatment and chiro came to?, PM if you prefer.

 

[Weezy]

Had a good feel around today - near side, absolutely NO reaction anymore. Offside the main problematic area is at the bottom of the leg/belly join, and to the stomach, there may be a bit of a lump but she was very shirty about me fiddling around, so at least I have a point of reference now!

 

[Baggybreeches]

I think you may find the plural 'clitori'!