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Nope, doesn't alter her behavior, odor, pheromones, or anything else one whit--all it does is provide a flimsy physical barrier to the breeding process that can easily rip away and doesn't always rip along the scar, therefore it actually endangers the filly in such a circumstance, if anything.  And as I mentioned earlier, once you start suturing a mare, you greatly increase the chance that you will have to do so throughout her entire reproductive life, as you have permanently altered the lips of the vulva and the natural "seal" that exists if the filly/mare has normal pelvic conformation.

 

Heidi

Ok, I hate to be really naïve and ignorant here....but what liability are we talking about?  Are the colts going to veer from their running and hop aboard midtrack if the filly is open?   Does sewing her shut also eliminate the heat cycle and/or odor?  

Barb McGann

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