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| kate b |
Posted - 23 Apr 2011 : 12:22:36 PM
I have owned this mare since last May, but she only arrived with me last September so this is the first time I have seen her in season. I have never seen discharge like this on any of my other mares, so was wondering if it is a sign of an infection?
She is fine in herself, happily making new friends as I recently introduced her and her best buddy to our herd. |
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| templars |
Posted - 13 May 2011 : 08:06:15 AM
When we got Harry, he had something very similar and his stable used to smell dreadful every time he had a wee. We had the vet out and he wasn't too worried and he confirmed it was concentrated urine.
But we were still a bit concerned so we spoke to the wonderful Angus at our supplement provider (PM me if you want his contact details) and he told us that a lot of racehorses suffer from it and he recommended something called Cu**** Constitution Powder and you add it to the feed twice a week. It's a herbal mix and it smells very strongly of fenugreek (almost has a curry sort of smell). It's based on an old recipe going back to 1798
After a couple of weeks, it worked and we've never needed it again. Harry's wee became a normal colour and didn't smell unusual. |
| kate b |
Posted - 26 Apr 2011 : 6:56:00 PM
She lived out all winter until about 4 weeks ago, when she started to come in at night, thats when I noticed that she didnt drink a lot overnight compared to my other horses and that her urine smelt strong when I mucked her out, but her skin didnt appear dehydrated when I pinched it. The last two weeks she has been living out 24/7 again - now that she and her friend have been introduced to the herd, so I cant really tell how much she is drinking now (compared to when she was stabled overnight) But I have been watching like a hawk out of the window and have seen her going to the water troughs at least three times a day so I know she is drinking.
Thinking about it, it is possible she didnt drink much when stabled at night as she has soaked feed (Fast Fibre), and the first few days she was out with the herd she would have been the bottom of the pecking order and might have been too busy trying to be accepted to remember to drink! She obviously would have had to wait until last to get a look in, by which time if the herd have moved away she would have followed rather than stop and drink more than a sip.
I checked her nether regions again today and still nice and clean.
Thanks
Kate |
| Pashon2001 |
Posted - 26 Apr 2011 : 2:49:34 PM
I mentioned the vaginal opening because she does have good conformation, older mares and others sometimes do not which causes air sucking in and anything else in the vicinity!! |
| Mrs Vlacq |
Posted - 26 Apr 2011 : 2:41:33 PM
With the extra flaunting etc she maybe got a bit dehydrated too. Just keep an eye on it in relation to her seasons. Is she attacking the salt licks too? |
| kate b |
Posted - 26 Apr 2011 : 09:46:22 AM
I washed it all off, also down the inside of her back legs as that was all sticky too. Good job she is such a good girl - I may have had a face full of hooves for my trouble  I had to get the sponge in all sorts of nooks and crannys - she isnt the slimmest of horses 
She has finished her season now, so no new discharge. I will keep a close eye on her next time, but I think that moving her into an established herd may have brought this on. She was flaunting herself all over the lead mare of the herd! |
| sub |
Posted - 25 Apr 2011 : 2:00:46 PM
It's concentrated urine.
No need to worry about it getting into her vaginal opening - the urethra is below it.
I would try to wash off what you can if possible though as it can burn the hair away and cause a rash on the skin if its a prolonged condition.
Some mares are like this when in season, so it doesn't last too long. It a marker of sorts - for the boys to discover there is a mare ready and willing in the area, they just need to look for her! |
| Pashon2001 |
Posted - 23 Apr 2011 : 4:24:36 PM
As Georgia says if you have the vet out sometime just take a sample and get him to test it. But it does look like urine to me, she appears from the photo to have good reproductive conformation so there is probably no danger of it leaking into the vaginal passage. |
| georgiauk |
Posted - 23 Apr 2011 : 3:52:44 PM
It looks like very concentrated urine, see if you can get a sample for the vet to test, might be worth trying to get her to drink more. |
| kate b |
Posted - 23 Apr 2011 : 1:08:54 PM
Yes, definately only coming from the urinal opening. She doesnt drink very much, and her urine does smell very strong - makes my eyes water mucking her out, but have never seen the discharge until today. |
| Pashon2001 |
Posted - 23 Apr 2011 : 12:49:18 PM
Looks like excessively thick urine discharge, probably nothing to worry about but would get her checked just in case. Does it look like its coming from her urinal opening and not from the vagina?? |
