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| My mare gets cinchy when her ovaries are sore. When she is on regumate I have no problems when saddling. But when she's not on regumate she will reach around and bite when being cinched. She'd been in it for several months and I had to pull her off of it a few weeks ago. Almost immediately she started biting again while being cinched. As soon as I can I'll get her back in regumate and I know she'll quit. |
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Location: Northwest | HorsesNHarleys - 2014-10-31 4:58 AM
I have a mare that as she ages she seems to get more and more cinchy. I used the same saddle on her for around 4 years and she had no problems for several years then she started acting a little cinchy so as long as I tightened a little at a time and walked her she was fine. I sold her for a couple years and got her back last year. It seems like she has gotten worse. I have tried tons of saddles and some seem worse then others. and some days she wont flinch at all and the next she seems to tense up and the saddle pops up, and its the same saddle I used a few days before and she was fine with. Also if I get the saddle tightened up by walking her around as I cinch it will sometimes still pop up and she will look sorta tense. Then if I get on and ride a little and get off the saddle is fitting perfectly flat on her back and she looks relaxed...... I ran my thumb nail all down her back, ribs and girth area and she doesn't flinch at all.
I am just at a loss. I wondered if there was a super soft cushiony pad I should try or something???
I have read that being cinchy is a main sign of hind-gut ulcers, but that it does not correlate as much with gastric ulcers. Yet, as others have said, it could be saddle fit or just plain crankiness/bad attitude. |
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| My first thought is ulcers but make sure tack fits fine. One other thing make sure there is no sore from flies. It always seems like my mares get a little cinchy as they mature. I have a lot of horses both mares and geldings and I have rarely seen it in geldings. It might have hormones mixed in. Dont all females!? 
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Location: somewhere in the south | I have an older gelding and he slowly started getting cinchy..............I did all the things I was told, slower on cinching and walking. But it kept getting worse and he finally started to pass out, just fall out, involuntarily and hang on the lead rope!! I had a friend come and massage him at Lexington, VA show in August and she found multiple knots in his girth area. He didn't like her messing with them either, tried to bite her a couple times, which he has never offered to do!! After that he has shown no signs of stress in his face while cinching and rides sooooo much better! It could be something as simple as that! So glad I had Leslie Ramsdell do a massage..................he was and is worth every penny!!!
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Location: NC | turn3nhome - 2014-11-01 10:25 AM I have an older gelding and he slowly started getting cinchy..............I did all the things I was told, slower on cinching and walking. But it kept getting worse and he finally started to pass out, just fall out, involuntarily and hang on the lead rope!! I had a friend come and massage him at Lexington, VA show in August and she found multiple knots in his girth area. He didn't like her messing with them either, tried to bite her a couple times, which he has never offered to do!! After that he has shown no signs of stress in his face while cinching and rides sooooo much better! It could be something as simple as that! So glad I had Leslie Ramsdell do a massage..................he was and is worth every penny!!!
I did press around pretty hard in her girth area and she didn't flinch but might be something deeper. Thanks for the suggestion. |
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Location: somewhere in the south | Mine evidently were pretty deep and cinching just made it the worst! He's such a good boy that I just couldn't understand why he would fall out so investigate it all and do what needs to be done to get your "good" horse back!! |
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