2007-09-25 02:31:45 · 11 answers · asked by ashabarab 3 in Pets ➔ Horses
l saw this on here as an answer to a question on behaviour in mares..'spayed for $100' as l breed horses and have never heard of this l wondered if anyone knew more
l would have thought that any mare who was raced successfully would retire to stud? the same with top show mares..there value is in their progeny
2007-09-25 06:49:07 · update #1
you can have a mare spayed. it is not common practice, but it is done. only in dire cases though, kind of as a last resort since the surgery is complicated. it is not done through the mares abdomen like a dog or cat, but it is done through the flank area while the mare is standing.
2007-09-25 06:37:05 · answer #1 · answered by bob © 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can have a mare spayed, but it's much more costly, with greater complications, than having a stallion gelded. Generally speaking, it's not standard practice.
2007-09-25 02:35:57 · answer #2 · answered by But Inside I'm Screaming 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I considered doing this for my mare untill I sold her. When she went into heat, she had bad heat cycles and since we never were going to breed her, I thought about getting it done. Basically its like a histrorectoramy for horses.
2007-09-26 02:59:19 · answer #3 · answered by Saddlebum 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nope, never heard of it. i have always had geldings, and to be honest, it never occured to me to spay a mare . colts can be gelded without general aneasthetic but a mare would have to have it. this would make it extremely costly and a more dangerous operation
2007-09-25 02:42:36 · answer #4 · answered by nuttygirl824 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nor have I. It's too dangerous and invasive - it would be a huge open abdominal surgery - kinda like a colic surgery...which doesn't always go well. Horses are too heavy to have those kind of surgeries - can't hold the sutures once they stand...that's why colic surgeries are so gaurded. It's much easier to geld the males.
2007-09-25 02:42:04 · answer #5 · answered by marigoldkelly95 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
neither have L
sorry neither have I
2007-09-25 02:35:54 · answer #6 · answered by worried 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
spayed? spayed is for a dog....
2007-09-25 09:02:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
neither have i
2007-09-25 17:43:42 · answer #8 · answered by ♥FANCYS_MAMMA♥ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ha ha nore have i
2007-09-25 02:34:55 · answer #9 · answered by juciylucy87 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
neither have i
2007-09-25 02:36:17 · answer #10 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋