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| Someone shared with me on FB a video of a vet doing a exam for , and removal of a vaginal bean from a mare. Never ever heard of it from a vet or anyone else for that matter in all my years with horses. Once in a while my mare will rub her butt on her hay net hung on the fence. Never raw or aggressive just like it felt good. Lol so I decided yesterday to see if she had a bean. Sure enough she had a HUGe one. About the size of a dime , harder than ones geldings get. I gently massaged it and worked it out of the pocket it was in and out it came !!! She absolutely was happy to let me get it out of there! I felt horrible. Lord knows how long that thing was in there. Just sharing in case anyone was interested ! |
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Location: Oklahoma | I, too, saw that video and I have never heard of that in over 50 years of having horses! I plan to check my mare this weekend and I have no doubt I will find something, too. Thanks to the Aussies for sharing that video! |
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Location: Kansas | Also to be watched is the crud that can build up between the teats. Black tarry buildup.
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Location: Gainesville, TX | Never seen this and am curious. Could someone send me a link to the video? |
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| Frodo - 2018-03-02 6:36 AM
Also to be watched is the crud that can build up between the teats. Black tarry buildup.
Yep! Knew about that and take care of it regularly. lol Just not the beans.. lol |
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| oija - 2018-03-02 6:50 AM
Never seen this and am curious. Could someone send me a link to the video?
I am not sure how I can share a FB link on here.. Let me look on youtube and see if there is a video there. Nope can't find one and I even did a normal google search and can't find one. If you PM ME here with your name maybe I can send it on FB?? |
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| Slap a caslick on your mares they will thank you!
Always clean titties and between the booty crack. Some might be iffy at first but they love it once they figure out your getting gunk and sand outta there  |
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| oija - 2018-03-02 6:50 AM
Never seen this and am curious. Could someone send me a link to the video?
I just watched the video again...... Its posted by a Vicki Wilson and its called " Mare Bean Cleaning". I bet if you searched for it on FB it would pop up. I think its public.. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | FLITASTIC - 2018-03-02 9:31 AM oija - 2018-03-02 6:50 AM Never seen this and am curious. Could someone send me a link to the video? I just watched the video again...... Its posted by a Vicki Wilson and its called " Mare Bean Cleaning". I bet if you searched for it on FB it would pop up. I think its public..
I just watched the video and very interesting never knew this either, a gelding is alot easier to clean then a mare. I love how she says mare, lol..
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Location: Gainesville, TX | FLITASTIC - 2018-03-02 9:31 AM
oija - 2018-03-02 6:50 AM
Never seen this and am curious. Could someone send me a link to the video?
I just watched the video again...... Its posted by a Vicki Wilson and its called " Mare Bean Cleaning". I bet if you searched for it on FB it would pop up. I think its public..
Found it! |
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Location: Georgia | https://www.facebook.com/VickiWilsonNZ/videos/195727211015710/?hc_re...
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Location: Muskogee, OK | As a veterinarian, this is NOT a general thing. I've seen the video and in my opinion can cause more harm than good trying to express a normal mare in the way she does. You can see how uncomfortable the mare is in the video as she is doing it. If a mare is showing issues as far as rubbing, excessive discharge etc then yes a full vaginal exam is warranted but I do not recommend this as a general maintenance thing as I do de-beaning a gelding. |
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| barrelracingchick16 - 2018-03-02 8:31 AM
As a veterinarian, this is NOT a general thing. I've seen the video and in my opinion can cause more harm than good trying to express a normal mare in the way she does. You can see how uncomfortable the mare is in the video as she is doing it. If a mare is showing issues as far as rubbing, excessive discharge etc then yes a full vaginal exam is warranted but I do not recommend this as a general maintenance thing as I do de-beaning a gelding.
I agree I don't think this is something you should do or have to do very often. I will tell you this, my mare was quite the OPPOSITE of the mare in the video!!!! Mine was MORE THAN HAPPY to let me get it out of there! LOL and my mares was WAY BIGGER than the one she got out of the mare in the video!!!! LOL |
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Location: Cocoa, Florida | FLITASTIC - 2018-03-02 10:45 AM
barrelracingchick16 - 2018-03-02 8:31 AM
As a veterinarian, this is NOT a general thing. I've seen the video and in my opinion can cause more harm than good trying to express a normal mare in the way she does. You can see how uncomfortable the mare is in the video as she is doing it. If a mare is showing issues as far as rubbing, excessive discharge etc then yes a full vaginal exam is warranted but I do not recommend this as a general maintenance thing as I do de-beaning a gelding.
I agree I don't think this is something you should do or have to do very often. I will tell you this, my mare was quite the OPPOSITE of the mare in the video!!!! Mine was MORE THAN HAPPY to let me get it out of there! LOL and my mares was WAY BIGGER than the one she got out of the mare in the video!!!! LOL
I watched the video via Facebook as well and decided to check....I felt weird looking around in there almost like I was violating her lol, but she was squeaky clean as far as I could tell....I DO however always clean between her teets I can’t stand to find it all crusty and nasty, and she loves when I do that .....it doesn’t bother me as much either lol |
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| A little of this topic, but has anyone ever done Caslicks to a mare that's just miserable or always acting in heat?? Not miserable riding but on the ground and towards other horses she's horrible. I'm calling to ask my vet too, but thought I'd ask on here |
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| Frodo - 2018-03-02 6:36 AM
Also to be watched is the crud that can build up between the teats. Black tarry buildup.
my mare lifts her leg like a male dog in order for me to clean these out/ Poor girl...must be really uncomfortable. Like boob sweat that's been there for months! |
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Location: Way up North | Vicki isn't a vet but if you have time watch her videos especially her Road To The Horse demo from last year. It was pretty amazing watching her work on horses and I would love to go to one of her sore horse clinics! |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | AllAroundRider - 2018-03-02 5:44 PM Vicki isn't a vet but if you have time watch her videos especially her Road To The Horse demo from last year. It was pretty amazing watching her work on horses and I would love to go to one of her sore horse clinics!
is that the same video and same person that was demoing a horse that was sore?
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Location: Alberta | This is supposed to be in response to Wild1's post
I would definitely recommend having her ultrasounded to see if something is up. My husbands heel horse has always had horrible heat cycles, she has always been a nervous type so we always assumed her miserable personality was just her. But this winter she was in heat non-stop; would never go out - she was a hot mess. I finally convinced hubby to get her checked (as he really doesn't understand female reproductive pain! lol) and she had FIVE huge follicles on one ovary!! She also had a ton of edema and We gave her a short of Deslorelin and ultrasounded 3 days later and all large follicles had cleared and now has two healthy follicles forming on each ovary.
Amazing the difference in her personality already, shes not as nervous and jumpy and just seems MUCH happier - as you can imagine. We will be watching her closely now as if this becomes a recurring problem our next step will be to breed her or spay her.
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Location: Somewhere around here | One of my parents horses had issues like this. Needed to be checked every month. |
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Location: Where its HOT | My mare had one, and the other mare was clean |
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| I checked all 3 of my mares yesterday. 1 had several in there, 1 had 1 and the 3rd mare had none. Interesting and Ive never thought to check before. None of my mares got irritated with me. They just stood there like ok. But I also clean their udders regularly and the underside of their tails so they are used to me messing with them. My old mare had her tail broken by another mare a few years ago. She cant pick it up all the way so I clean under it and she enjoys. Spoiled much? LOL!!! |
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Location: MN | I wonder if a mare having a bean(s) could cause her not to stand still for breeding? We took a mare to get bred last summer the the stud's owner never had a mare bounce around like our mare during breeding. Finally had to use a calming paste to get her to stand. And yes she was in heat. |
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Location: Texas | Yes mares get beans. They're located in their clitoral fossa. They are usually unimpressive in size and most mares really don't have much for beans, but occasionally there will be a decent sized one. They are mostly of concern when you are trying to breed mares, because if they aren't detected and removed they can contaminate the clean glove and AI pipette as the arm passes into the vagina, and they can be a source of chronic infection in mares that can't seem to get in foal. In the repro world they are no big deal, no mystery, common knowledge.
As far as behavior, honestly, that part is an unknown. I don't have an actual % but the vast majority of mares aren't ever checked for beans to begin with so we don't really know if any ill behavior is due to them like they are attributed to in geldings.
Also, I do recommend, IF you feel inclined to dig around your mare's clitoris looking for beans, please please please, especially if you want to breed her ever, please use clean hands and gloves and don't stick dirty barn fingers in that sacred area of reproduction. LOL |
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| dawnb - 2018-03-05 7:41 PM
I wonder if a mare having a bean(s) could cause her not to stand still for breeding? We took a mare to get bred last summer the the stud's owner never had a mare bounce around like our mare during breeding. Finally had to use a calming paste to get her to stand. And yes she was in heat.
Yes, the only time I have ever seen one of these "beans" which we called a very unfortunately positioned black head or cyst, was a mare that was just having a hard time standing still for breeding. And once the stud was able to penetrate the mare let out a scream that could not be mistaken for anything other than pain.
Had her examined and sure enough there was this cyst kinda like cystic acne in a pore. And the hole stays once you remove the buildup. So you will want to check it. |
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Location: Aubrey, Texas | casualdust07 - 2018-03-05 8:22 PM
Also, I do recommend, IF you feel inclined to dig around your mare's clitoris looking for beans, please please please, especially if you want to breed her ever, please use clean hands and gloves and don't stick dirty barn fingers in that sacred area of reproduction. LOL
This. Some mentioned on the original Facebook post about wearing gloves, then patting a dirty horse and moving a dirty tail, etc., THEN looking for beans. . . . |
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| cloverleaf - 2018-03-06 10:10 AM
casualdust07 - 2018-03-05 8:22 PM
Also, I do recommend, IF you feel inclined to dig around your mare's clitoris looking for beans, please please please, especially if you want to breed her ever, please use clean hands and gloves and don't stick dirty barn fingers in that sacred area of reproduction. LOL
This. Some mentioned on the original Facebook post about wearing gloves, then patting a dirty horse and moving a dirty tail, etc., THEN looking for beans. . . .
If you have a performance mare or a brood mare....PUT. IN. A. CASLICK!! For the love of the reproductive tracts and sore backs of mares everywhere! |
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Vaginal BEANS in mares!!??!