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Jul 22 08 9:44 PM
TheBmomma wrote: ... he has kept every mare on the property in heat for 3 weeks. He reaches through the fence and licks and nibbles them....
This is a common "cause and effect" mistake. The mare's repro cycle is not influenced by external factors (besides photoperiod/temperature, and any drugs given to her). The presence of a stallion or gelding will not bring her into heat or keep her in heat- that's what estrogen and LH and FSH produced by an active follicle and pituitary gland do. What you are seeing is either a true display of "heat" that's going on inside the mare regardless, or false "heat" behaviors that aren't actually aligned with her reproductive activity. It's like the difference between getting an A on a test because you are smart, vs getting an A on a test because you were given the test... if that makes any sense...
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hollypossum wrote: yes a vet explained this to me once when I was assisting him gelding colts, See there is a long tube that connects the balls to the penis ,halfway along this there is a gland that kinda looks like a little brain part of gelding is the removal of this along with testicles,failure do do so results in a horse that doesn't know he's a gelding, That's' Proud Cut'
Jul 22 08 10:32 PM
HeatherAQHA wrote: TheBmomma wrote: ... he has kept every mare on the property in heat for 3 weeks. He reaches through the fence and licks and nibbles them.... This is a common "cause and effect" mistake. The mare's repro cycle is not influenced by external factors (besides photoperiod/temperature, and any drugs given to her). The presence of a stallion or gelding will not bring her into heat or keep her in heat- that's what estrogen and LH and FSH produced by an active follicle and pituitary gland do. What you are seeing is either a true display of "heat" that's going on inside the mare regardless, or false "heat" behaviors that aren't actually aligned with her reproductive activity. It's like the difference between getting an A on a test because you are smart, vs getting an A on a test because you were given the test... if that makes any sense... Yes, it does make sense and I agree. They are being hootchies while not actually being in "heat". I believe no matter what the age he was gelded, he would have been the horse he is. He can be put in his place. My old mare has demonstrated that. I do know that he is not proud cut but does display tendencies that would make people believe he is. Perhaps it is just the his breeding that predisposes him to it. .
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