All Rights Reserved. Your email address will not be published. Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: Dear Julie, I have a 9 year old quarter horse mare that for the most part is a very good horse.
Cathy Answer: Dear Cathy, The squealing sound you hear is one of only four audible communications a horse makes. Good luck! Recommended Posts Behavior Bummers. Animal behaviourist Jenni Nellist explains. Whinnies are contact calls heard on separation and reunion. Horses distressed by separation make drawn-out, higher pitched whinnies.
When they regain contact with each other, whinnies are shorter and deeper in pitch. Nickers are low-pitched greetings between a mare and her foal, and also between stallions and mares during courtship. For all these reasons, Ferris says, this procedure has fallen out of favor. Often what I recommend to an owner who is wondering if behavior is associated with estrus is to do a day trial of Regu-mate, to see if that behavior ceases.
Ryan Ferris. A vaccine exists to keep mares out of estrus, but it is not currently FDA-approved or marketed in the United States. Researchers have studied a slightly different product for use in feral horse herds, to help curtail population explosion on Western rangelands. The commercial porcine zona pellucida vaccine, however, is only available in Europe and Australia. Another option to eliminate estrous behavior is ovariectomy , or ovary removal. While these are the main methods used to suppress estrus, some owners also turn to a variety of supplements to help reduce estrus-related behavior.
Some of these are associated with potential calming effects. If your mare is exhibiting less-than-desirable behaviors, discuss these problems with your veterinarian and review your treatment options to determine which one might be best for her. If they are working with several mares, there may be a different program assigned to each mare, based on the long-term goals. Heather Smith Thomas ranches with her husband near Salmon, Idaho, raising cattle and a few horses.
She has a B. She has raised and trained horses for 50 years, and has been writing freelance articles and books nearly that long, publishing 20 books and more than 9, articles for horse and livestock publications. Besides having her own blog, www. Favorite Share:. Is it estrus or something else?
Another option is to administer the hormone oxytocin intramuscularly. The downside is that you still have to determine when she ovulates, to know when to start daily injections. Take-Home Message If your mare is exhibiting less-than-desirable behaviors, discuss these problems with your veterinarian and review your treatment options to determine which one might be best for her.
About The Author. Related Posts. Dead space. Horse Snorting Sound. Squeal - The horse usually squeals with its mouth closed.
A squeal varies in length and loudness depending on the intensity of the situation. Often you hear a mare squeal when she did not like something that is happening or is being courted by a male. It can mean irritation with a mare, challenge, aggression or even pleasure. Mares can be really "fickle"! I have also seen mares paw with the front hooves, arch their necks and lunge forward when they squeal.
The sound is a powerful exhalation of air through the nose. With stallions and geldings the body posture is usually a head and tail held high. Male horses are usually in the "fight or flight" mode when they squeal. It usually means there is concern, worry or challenge with a gelding or stallion.
There is not "guess work" like with a mare. Horses Squealing. Blow - The blow is a simple exhale through the nose but the horse has his mouth shut.
The blow is much like the snort but without any vibration or fluttering noises. Curiosity, well being, happy anticipation of a good romp and ride, or the greeting of another horse will bring on a blow. The horse's body movement and the situational moment will let you figure out what the blow is all about.
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