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Repost… Do mares get….?
I asked this earlier bit didn’t show up for awhile. Then forgot to put the key word in it lol.. So here I go
Do mares get “cramps”???
Cause whenever my mare is in heat and I brush her in front of her flanks she pins her ears grinds her teeth and shakes her head. And I don’t brush hard because she also does it when I just set my hand a inch away from it in the air not even touching her….
Also can you tell when your mare is in heat?? Because most of he time I never know when she is in heat. She barely leaves a mess back there and there are geldings all around her. And she usually don’t get moody.
STARLIGHT 1- no my mare jabot just being shinny about being brushed. It’s ONLY when she is I heat that she gets that way. And I do have the say over her and she knows that. She is nice to brush but acts different when she is in heat.
Just not being a snob*** phone corrected wrong.
Yes, mares can get crampy when they are in heat, just as women do when they have their periods. As for how to tell when a mare is in estrus, very often you can’t. Many mares ( including my own) have what are called “silent” heats- which means that they come in and go out of heat without ever displaying any physical or behavioral signs of it. Your mare is just being a bit of a snot about being groomed, and if you keep rewarding her for the behavior, she’s going to keep doing it. Give her a smack, tell her NO, and go on with what you were doing before she started grinding her teeth and laying back her ears. She needs to learn to stand and behave herself, even if it’s a little uncomfortable for her to do it. You can use soft brushes and see if that helps at all- it may just simply be that she has sensitive skin, and her being in heat has nothing to do with her behavior. One of my sister’s polo mares is like that- Abbi hates being groomed, but it has nothing to do with her being in season. She’s just thin skinned and sensitive, that’s all, and needs a soft brush.
Part of the reason you keep having this issue is because your mare has learned that she can intimidate you. She knows that if she acts like a snot, you’re going to get scared of her behavior and quit grooming her, so she keeps the behavior up. This makes me wonder just who’s calling the shots in your relationship- is it her, or is it YOU? It SHOULD BE YOU, but it doesn’t appear as though that’s the case. You don’t have to put up with your mare’s nonsense forever, you know. Try the soft brush approach, and if that doesn’t work, then you may need to do some further investigation and see if there are other legitimate reasons why the mare is acting up. Her back could very well be sore, too- and a thorough medical evaluation may be in order to rule that out. Mares are also subject to some of the same conditions which affect human women, including hormonal disorders, fibroid tumors, PCOS ( polycystic ovary syndrome) and certain kinds of cancer. Many of these conditions cause behavioral disturbances. I would give your mare a certain period of time to respond to the soft brush approach, and if there is no improvement after say, two weeks or so, then it’s time to get the vet and the chiropractor out and have her evaluated.
Good luck- I hope this helps.
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