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Very Sick Mare?
I have a BARELY three year old lactating mare. She just turned three two months ago. She was accidentally pasture bred when I bought her, and at the time, she didn't look pregnant. When she was pregnant with the foal, she looked healthy - but not pregnant. She had the filly right after her third birthday. The filly is healthy enough, but her dam isn't. My mare is constantly sweaty. She could be expected to look sweaty because it's summer, but this is unhealthy! She's sorrel, but during most daytime hours, she looks bay because she's so sweaty! She looks very sickly; she doesn't weigh enough, and has rain rot very bad. I'm treating the rain rot, so that's not a big problem, but I feed her 4 pounds of oats and sweet feed in the morning, 2 pounds at noon, and 4 pounds at night. She is not gaining any weight. I've been feeding her this much for over a month and a half and still nothing. She should look at least a little better by now. The filly looks very healthy, though she's very sweaty too. I think the filly's sweatiness can be attributed to all of her baby fur which is very thick and her being very dark colored. (She's going to be black when she sheds out; right now she's a dark dun color) My other mares and my colt are not nearly as sweaty. My bay mare is sweaty around her flank, my chestnut mare is sweaty around her throatlatch, and my chestnut colt is sweaty around his flank - but my lactating sorrel mare is sweaty all over her whole body. This mare is on a regular de-worming routine, she gets lots of clean water (I change the water daily), eats plenty, so I don't understand why she's so unhealthy looking and sweaty. Do you have any ideas or cures? Should I call the vet immediately? Thanks!
-FunnyCide
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You need to bring the vet out to check her, it almost sounds like Strangles to me. But since you said it was right after she had the baby, it just may be her bodies way of dealing with post-labor. Obviously we aren't vets though and she needs to be checked out, I hope she's okay. Btw, isn't 4 lbs. of oats too much in a day?
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hello. Im not like this other dimwhits i have a horse... well pony... but almost the same. OK! I think you horse might be suffering from log term heat stroke.... so what you would like to do is give her a COLD bath or spray her off with water (if your giving her a bath use body mosterisor) and let her cool off by a fan blowing on her. then, after the hose down keep her in a shaded area (if shes in turn out or always in pasture you might want to move her to a shaded area for good of make sure she has a large shade spot. Also make sure water is ALWAYS AVALIBLE TO HER. And about gaining weight don't suddenly start feeding her more... gradually poor more food in every day. to prevent colic don't feed her when shes really hot! and there are suplements to make her gain wait also so u might want to try some of that.!!!
well i hope i helped!
wish the best for you and horse
helpinghandgrl
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Dangernerd does sound like he might know what's he's talking about. The only problem is if it's only affecting these two horses, it's not as likely that it would be a bacteria that normally spreads to every horse in the area.
Normally, I would be able to help more with animals, but I'm not a horse expert, and haven't even yet taken the time to learn about colors yet. But, I do think that you should CALL the vet immediately. Like dangernerd pointed out, you can call and get free advice. Veterinarians are there to help the animals out, trust me, people in this field make surprisely little money, you would have to go into it for the love of the job, not the money.
So, if you call a Large animal veterinarian and tell them of your predicament, they will try to help you as much as possible.
Perhaps it's some kind of internal parasites, or bacteria. Perhaps if I had payed a little more attention to my clinical class last semester instead of lazily hanging out with a friend till four in the morning, then I would be able to tell you what it sounds like.
But, a Veterinarian is your best bet.
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Hello FunnyCide,
I am afraid I have forgotten the exact name of the ailment, but an acquaintance of mine who was raising Clydes once told me of a similar situation he had with a mare.
It turned out to be a bacteriological infection which was passed to most of the animals sharing the same area. This may, or may not be the same thing, but it sounds strikingly similar.
He lost a foal before he realized what was going on.
If it is hot where you are, your horses may be in grave danger.
I know the vet is an expense, but you may be able to describe the symptoms over the phone and have them give you an idea if this might be something else, which is common to your area.
I understand that horse vets are a little more free with the phone advice since you know as well as I that they make plenty off horse owners in the long run.
Give your vet a call in the morning and see what she/he says.
God bless you for obviously caring so much. Many horse owners treat them like toys: Take them out ride them, put them up wet and abandon them until the next time.
Let me know what happens,
DangerNerd...
dangernerd@gmail.com
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My aunt has the same problem and she said just call a vet because there is diff. reasons asked to why mare could be doing that!! Hope I helped!
-StephAnie-
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