mare creating when stabled

[sageandonionagain]

I think you need to have her somewhere where she can be out 24/7, that of course will involve poor grazing. You then start bringing her into the stable for very short periods of time to groom and have a little low value feed in her stable. I think it will take a long time and cannot be rushed until she associates her stable as being a nice place to be, not a torturous cell which is clearly is to her at the moment.

You don't have much option really as your mare will harm herself physically and mentally the way she is at the moment.

[nici]

I agree with S&O on this. It took me about 3 years of little and often with Bella to get her to tolerate being stabled. As she's little the thing that helped most was stabling her with her best buddy - she was quite happy when she was double bunking. She is now ok being stabled overnight occasionally, but we could never keep her stabled for a prolonged period without turnout. Thankfully our grazing is so rubbish that she is fine turned out 24/7 even in Spring & Summer.

[2connies]

If she has been going out muzzled on poor grazing,can she not continue doing this?

Our two mares usually cone in and go out at the same time but on the rare occasions when one is left in,she goes bonkers too.

Hope you get her settled and happy soon.

[fanfarefan]

i must say ihave to agree with OP , she cannot go out 24/7 at the moment ,,,, this time of year especially with the rain we've had , and dewy mornings are a laminitics nightmare ,,,, the only thing i can suggest though is to try Globals herbs ,,,,, and as i've said before many a time , i dont work for them , but use their products , and swear by them ,,,, you could try Supercalm ,,,,we've had great rsults with it ,,, and with ours it has worked very quickly ,,,, there are other products Frisky mare , Box rest , and Laminitis Prone is very good ,,,, worth atry ?sx

[janet]

could you not get her a small friend that has the same regime as her or ask one of the other liveries to do the same as you, I had a pony back after 9 yrs being passed around, they said he didn't like to be stabled when he was here originally he was fine with this, but ill treatment had been done and he reared over stable, he now has a friend and as long as he is in as well opposite he is fine

[penduk]

One of mine gets really worked up at the thought of the stable door getting shut. I have made her a pen on the front of the box where she can stand outside and she is happy. She has even taken to standing just inside the box now. Her friend and neighbour has a matching pen as well but she spends most of the time inside the box eating.

[Karen, garrettponies]

I tried 'Relax Me' by Horse First for my daft mare who has a tendency to stress over winter and door bangs. Not saying it was a miracle cure but it certainly noticeably helped her to be more settled and less stressed . She has issues with hunt being around ours every week, winds her up something terrible. She gets turn out every day, currently out 24/7 but once it gets wet she'll be in overnight. She'll be back on relax me shortly before she gets hunt-phobic again!!

[fanfarefan]

Global herbs is exactly as it says ,,,,, herbs ,,, what they would find naturally , so no chemicals ,,,, if she is a stressy mare it could be that her laminitis is partly stress related aswell,,,, i wouldnt recommend anything that i hadnt tried , tested and been happy with , and every supplement of Global Herbs that we have used has worked,,,good luck

[halcyon]

Will she have company in your field? Or would your YO consider the following-
Could you section off a smaller area of your field (the size of a stable or two) and bring her into that area during the day, supplemented with hay, and out in the field at night? We have this set up for our good do'ers (one lami prone) and it works really well. If muzzling I tend to turn out during the day and then into the section at night, it works out that they have 12 hours in the smaller section (ours is reasonably large) and then 12 hours in the main field.

[fanfarefan]

GH also do a Laminitis prone , which we have also found to be very good ,,,,, i keep spouting on about them like i was their main dealership LOL , but as i said before , only because we've had great results !!!!!

[sageandonionagain]

What about a stable mirror?

[Jenna]

Moved my mate off the yard tonight. She's now out on poor strip grazing. Will have to just keep a close eye on her and keep her in work. When we collected her she was so tucked in and she's lost so much weight. If she stayed there any longer I think she would of got stress lami. Even my none horsey boyfriend said he could see stress in her eyes. She's now out and happy as Larry

Thank you for all your suggestions x

[fanfarefan]

good luck , keep us posted sx

[Jenna]

thanks, the difference in her is unbelievable just over night she is so happy and chilled. Will just have to manage her correctly and keep a close eye on her for the dreaded L. Fingers crossed for my girl x

[nici]

Well done Jenna for recognising the problem and doing something about it. I'm sure your mare is a lot happier now. She definitely sounds like a bigger version of our little Bella when it comes to stabling. You should be able to gradually reintroduce her to stables - do you still have stables/shelters at your field? Bella was always happy in a shelter/stable with a haynet - as long as the door was open and she could get out, or she had a companion in the stable with her. It did take a good few years before she would accept overnight stabling but worth persevering if you can, if only to be able to pop her in somewhere clean and dry before an outing.

Removing the stress will in itself reduce your mare's risk of laminitis, just continue to keep an eye on her weight as you're doing.

[halcyon]

Good to hear

[sarahp]

Great news. If you're worried about the grass/lami aspect you could always look into a track system, if only using electric fencing within your field.

[penduk]

So pleased that you now have a happy pony.