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Priscilla
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Username: Priscds
Post Number: 99
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, Mar 26, 2006 - 8:45 pm: |   |
I have a question about a gelding I just purchased about three weeks ago , and now I have a new Mare that i brought home today . While I had them seperated in two different paddocks they were smelling and getting to know each other my new gelding was going back and forth trying to get as close as he could to her .She proceeds to back herself up to the fence and move her tail to the side and starts winking at him . Well needless to say he tried for about two hours to mount her over the fence . i have seperated them and she is inside a stall so that I will still have fences in the morning. Deos this mean she is in heat , since she is being so willing to back up to him ? She is almost 4 yrs old . And should I be worried that he wasnt gelded correctly , he is 15 yrs old. Any help or advise would be great . |
Vicki Zaneis
Member
Username: Vickiann
Post Number: 195
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, Mar 26, 2006 - 9:08 pm: | |
I know of a "gelding" who successfully mounted mares until he was put down due to tripping on rides (SAD!) at 35 years of age. I've got a 20-year old gelding who will never give up his interest in mares, though he does not attempt to mount them. Horses, like humans, are individuals. |
Dawson
New Member
Username: Dawson
Post Number: 3
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Monday, Mar 27, 2006 - 4:21 pm: | |
well said, Vicki.
The main issue your dealing with while these two new horses are adjusting into their new home is keeping them and anyone else in the area safe.
Separate paddocks(not next to each other)
Separate Turn-out (if you don't have the space then let one out in the AM-the other during the PM-never the two shall meet until they settle down. |
Susan M. Herrick
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Username: Quatro
Post Number: 253
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Monday, Mar 27, 2006 - 4:59 pm: | |
Hi, I feel for ya. I tried a mare here when I just had Cody. She went into heat, he mounted her, chased her constantly, and I could no longer lead him. He became an uncontrollable, unlikable fellow. He was gelded before I got him, so I don't know when . We got rid of the mare and only have boys on the farm. It was too dangerous for me!
Good luck
suz |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Moderator
Username: Dro
Post Number: 15166
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Monday, Mar 27, 2006 - 6:13 pm: | |
Hello Priscilla,
Yes your mare is in heat. The article on gelding associated with this discussion discusses this behavior and its frequency in geldings but the bottom line is we cannot be sure of his status. The article tells you how to test for this possibility.
DrO |
