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| I am considering placing my mare on Regu-mate to hopefully help with her major attitude problem when in heat.
The directions say to give 1ml per 110lbs of the horse 1x a day for 15 days.
My question is, after the 15 days will she be in heat?
Is this not to be used year round to keep her out of heat?
I would be new to this so any suggestions are appreciated!
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| I always gave my mares 10cc's a day, every day, to keep them from coming into heat. |
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | Regumate is used primarily to regulate/manipulate heat for breeding purposes. The directions you quoted are for that. Your use of it for a performance enhancer is off label. You should ask your vet how to use it for that.
Edited by OregonBR 2014-11-14 10:41 AM
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Location: Sunnyland Florida | Anything to keep them from coming into heat is not recommended, per my team of vets. This is a natural bodily function and as with everything, with every action is a reaction. Many vets think we mess with mother nature too much. I agree. |
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| You can also give it as in injectable once a month instead of having to deal with the messy daily dosing. Your vet should be able to come up with it, here's a link if they can't:
http://www.atlantaequine.com/pages/altrenogest.html
eta: Altrenogest is the generic name for Regu-Mate.
Edited by trickster j 2014-11-14 8:38 AM
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| Runaway - 2014-11-13 11:21 PM Anything to keep them from coming into heat is not recommended, per my team of vets. This is a natural bodily function and as with everything, with every action is a reaction. Many vets think we mess with mother nature too much. I agree.
Which is why when choosing a vet, it is important to make sure they are "performance horse" vets, not just a farm vet. There are lots of great mares who wouldn't be great if you couldn't supress their heat cycles. If you want a broodmare, have a broodmare, if you want a money winning barrel mare, supress the heat cycles- if they are too distracting for her. |
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Location: The Frozen North | Yes, it will bring her into heat when you quit giving it. |
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| trickster j - 2014-11-13 6:46 PM I always gave my mares 10cc's a day, every day, to keep them from coming into heat.
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Location: Sunny So Cal | No sure, I only used it for breeding purposes at the beginning of her pregancy. Didn't realize it had other qualities and thought it wasn't suppposed to be used year round. |
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Location: EDGE OF INSANITY | rachellyn80 - 2014-11-17 11:01 AM
...and keep it off of your skin!!
YES!!! Or you will have uterine cramps like you won't believe. If you are pregnant, get someone else to handle it too. |
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