Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Spayed mares/sidebone/navicular

I thinks it's called Regumate and as I recall it's pretty expensive.

C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindi Pressel" <cpressel@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Bob & Amber Roberts'" <mlaboure@xxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 12:03 PM
Subject: RE: [RC] Spayed mares/sidebone/navicular


> There is a shot you can give them to calm their hormones....you might want
> to check with the vet for it.  It keeps from going into heat.  So if you
are
> going to an event, you could give it to her before the event.
>
> I'll be curious to know if indeed they do spayed mares....never heard of
it,
> but then again I only had geldings until recently, now I have a
mare....and
> boy do I know what you mean about mares going into heat.  My mare gets
fire
> in her eyes....she gets pretty scary looking around that time.
>
> Let me know!
>
> Cindi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob & Amber Roberts [mailto:mlaboure@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 8:57 AM
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC] Spayed mares/sidebone/navicular
>
>
> Does anyone have any experience with having mares spayed?  We just bought
a
> 9 yr. old mare that has never conceived and is just plain nasty when in
> heat.  Our vet is talking to us about having her spayed.  Said that would
> make her act more like a gelding.
>
> Also, we are planning to have her feet xrayed to see if she would have any
> problem doing endurance.  Which would be the more important view to have
> taken - a shot for possible side bone or for navicular?  Evidently it
> requires a different view to be taken.  If necessary, we'll of course have
> all views taken.
>
> Amber
>
>
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