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| 857.1 | One mare.... | SHRFAC::CARIBO | | Fri Feb 17 1989 10:05 | 11 |
| I personnelly don't have experience with it but the trainer I have
has a mare that is on Progesterone. This mare was very unreasonable
to work with when in season and even out of season for that matter.
Severe PMS I guess.
Anyway, she is now a very willing and pleasent horse to deal with
in fact she is like a different horse, this is all since she was put
on the Progesterone.
Lorna
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| 857.2 | Long time ago.... but | CGOA01::LMILLER | Now try it once more ...... | Tue Feb 21 1989 13:14 | 11 |
| I had a mare who was on progesterone, as she was a cranky bag
especially when in competition. She was a much better horse while
on this treatment. I stopped using it during the non-competitive
season so I didn't foul up her system permanently. The only draw
back was that this was many years ago (about 10) and it was not
as yet an exact science. That is one shot could last 6 months in
one horse or 6 weeks in another, one I know , had one shot a year!
Mine was about 8 weeks. I am sure things have progressed to a more
exact science. Go for it you can always stop it. My the way,
the mare (who had the shot every 6 weeks), was sucessfully bred after
only 12 weeks off the hormone.
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| 857.3 | hormone therapy | ODIXIE::GUNTER | | Wed Feb 21 1990 17:47 | 16 |
| I purchased an APP/QH mare less than a year ago who began to experience
schizo tendencies mid-January. She would be sweet and affectionate one
minute and then for no cause become very obstinate and aggresive. I
remembered that the previous owner had experienced the same behaviour
around the same time the previous year. I brought it up with my vet
and he stated that many mares when they get to be around 10 or older,
expecially QuarterHorse types, can have very sensitive cycles. Since the
days begin to lengthen this time of year, it is a cue for a horse with
this sensitivity. He said that the hormones when in foal, sedate the
mare, so it is almost like an addiction. We decided to try hormone
treatment and although it's probably too early to tell (it's only been
about three weeks), so far so good. At first I questioned whether this
was a very good test of my horsemanship, but, I know what most of us
would do if we had a male horse with hormone problems and it would be a
lot more permanent!
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| 857.4 | Mine was not just mareish | PFSVAX::PETH | My kids are horses | Thu Feb 22 1990 14:00 | 11 |
| As the proud owner of a mare that was just half spayed because an
ovarian tumor was making her act the way you described ALL the time, I
highly recommend having a vet do an internal exam of her ovarys. It is
still early days to see how much the surgery will help, but she is now
showing no sign of heat and is ignoring the boys. I could have used
hormone theropy but the vet felt it would only mask the problem, and
would end up being more expensive and we would have to resort to
surgery anyways. If your mare only has an imbalance, not a tumor, the
drugs will only be nessasary for a month or two. I hope all works out
well.
Sandy
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