tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post390169455442498328..comments2023-10-23T12:43:45.847-07:00Comments on Eventing-A-Gogo!: Gogo's GoodiesAndreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15902291220984883182noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-14792121952752914302011-07-12T14:55:39.798-07:002011-07-12T14:55:39.798-07:00Poor Gogo. I hope it's just mastitis and the ...Poor Gogo. I hope it's just mastitis and the antibiotics clear it up. Congrats on the almost soundness :)<br /><br />I saw the picture of Gogo at the bottom and was like "holy crap I've never seen a horse that obese look at that crest!!!!" And then remembered she has a mohawk lol.Achieve1dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-90473933730583423082011-07-11T11:51:40.074-07:002011-07-11T11:51:40.074-07:00AA, I thought about that but I don't think so....AA, I thought about that but I don't think so..... she switched barns in the middle of all of this and was in one pasture for the first episode, and the other (many many miles away) for the second. Although you never know... she certainly hasn't lived in the south for very long so perhaps she is sensitive to a new type of plant/allergen/something?Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902291220984883182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-70975955479582802812011-07-11T09:18:40.905-07:002011-07-11T09:18:40.905-07:00Have you looked around her pasture for any strange...Have you looked around her pasture for any strange plants? Some can supply ectopic hormone effects (e.g., red clover is an estrogen mimetic, but it's probably not the only one).Ambivalent Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908454781195782927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-67662225898830317722011-07-11T05:29:18.598-07:002011-07-11T05:29:18.598-07:00Hmmmm....I'm with Val... does Gogo have a secr...Hmmmm....I'm with Val... does Gogo have a secret boyfriend we don't know about? It was a biiiig ranch out there in Texas...triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233440504006949353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-57266686475152000342011-07-10T22:43:34.724-07:002011-07-10T22:43:34.724-07:00If it's mastitis the swollen part will feel re...If it's mastitis the swollen part will feel really hot and the fluid will be thick and gluggy or have clots in it. A clean fluid is probably more likely to be hormonal.Beckzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09114970876099684280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-45508772626830599282011-07-10T21:50:10.519-07:002011-07-10T21:50:10.519-07:00She is a *little* poofy. (Females can have sensiti...She is a *little* poofy. (Females can have sensitive feelings about weight, you know.)Bifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648037666735227722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-88452367572600191612011-07-10T15:32:01.695-07:002011-07-10T15:32:01.695-07:00Every so often the same thing happens to my mare. ...Every so often the same thing happens to my mare. She doesn't seem uncomfortable and never goes off her feed or anything, but she'll just swell up for no apparent reason. She has also never been bred, so we did a whole bunch of tests, put her on antibiotics, and none of it seemed to make a difference. The vet has assured me that it's just another "weird Lilly" think most likely related to hormones. <br /><br />Hopefully Gogo's is something similar! Mares!!in2paintshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15721328264615241612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-17636684365923130762011-07-10T15:12:41.129-07:002011-07-10T15:12:41.129-07:00Young Equestrian, fat is a SUPERB way of hiding ho...Young Equestrian, fat is a SUPERB way of hiding horrible comformation faults AND simultaneously giving the image of a big strong powerful topline.... hence alllll those hunters and dressage horses out there who are morbidly obese!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902291220984883182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-20622326874938157692011-07-10T14:43:36.812-07:002011-07-10T14:43:36.812-07:00Did a stallion jump the fence? She's glowing....Did a stallion jump the fence? She's glowing. ;)Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335385366138424092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-18212906724561127802011-07-10T14:25:25.012-07:002011-07-10T14:25:25.012-07:00I'm not familiar with mares as I've had ge...I'm not familiar with mares as I've had gelding my entire horse life, but that is a bit puzzling.<br /><br />On the fatty front, I do know what you're talking about. My 20-yo QH (with heaves)is out in pasture right now getting fat because I'm preggo and can't ride. I know how to fix that one with him, but that's gonna require this kid getting out of me (only in Oct), then I'm back to riding.<br /><br />Good luck!!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05662570477040740415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-20749275759022907392011-07-10T14:19:16.268-07:002011-07-10T14:19:16.268-07:00It's unhealthy, but I think the fat works for ...It's unhealthy, but I think the fat works for Gogo. It gives her sort of a baroque horse look minus the intense muscling.<br /><br />Baroque horse:<br /><br />http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2011/118/2/5/bay_andalusian_stock1_by_geoera-d3f3car.jpg<br /><br />For comparison:<br /><br />http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2qyf4of8c-I/ThmuZNo_X7I/AAAAAAAAC5Y/Unna336AwTk/s1600/IMG_0182.JPGArethusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410692683489966169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-85739945724972747162011-07-10T14:02:20.991-07:002011-07-10T14:02:20.991-07:00Weirdo mare...
She does look great in that pic yo...Weirdo mare...<br /><br />She does look great in that pic you posted at the bottom. She is quite ahem, rotund, at the moment. The new place looks sweet!! Congrats on that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-28416530315183330202011-07-10T13:28:33.474-07:002011-07-10T13:28:33.474-07:00Also I TOTALLY think she is violently overweight.....Also I TOTALLY think she is violently overweight.... here is her ideal weight in my eyes: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XJPVbyyr-oY/SXvZ8r5Z0-I/AAAAAAAAARg/wVykDh5rITk/s1600-h/DSCN0149.JPG<br /><br />FO SHO a 200lb difference! ;)Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902291220984883182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-5706072404468332562011-07-10T13:18:36.772-07:002011-07-10T13:18:36.772-07:00Yow I said barren... I meant "open." NOT...Yow I said barren... I meant "open." NOT barren as in totally infertile lol.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902291220984883182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-75723594503228223322011-07-10T12:09:10.220-07:002011-07-10T12:09:10.220-07:00Fat cells do produce oestrogens (an estrogen compo...Fat cells do produce oestrogens (an estrogen compound) but the primary source of estrogen is the ovaries, placenta, the corpus luteum, and also the lutenizing hormones which stimulates production of oestrogens and estrogens in the ovaries. Fat cells producing estrogen primarily affects fertility, potentially why underweight and overweight females are usually infertile, thus it would be odd if Gogo is overweight that adipoctye-produced estrogen would cause her to produce anything at all in her udder (although I don't think she is THAT overweight, but she could afford to lose those pounds!)<br /><br />Mastitis is usually caused by a bacterial infection, and usually only on one side of the udder, so it sounds exactly like what you think it is. Here's a good article on it: <a href="http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/horse-health/1994/december/31/mastitis-in-mares.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/horse-health/1994/december/31/mastitis-in-mares.aspx</a>. So yeah, a vet call and antibiotics should help. But I've never dealt personally with mastitis before, much less milked a mare haha, although a friend did have a maiden mare who got it once and the vet told her that it usually happens during the fly season and bacteria can get up into the teats just like in a UTI. Hopefully antibios will help!!!<br /><br />Is Gogo really barren?<br /><br />Sorry, wall of text there :DDressagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04849960430806754249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-90021569729279277492011-07-10T10:29:04.054-07:002011-07-10T10:29:04.054-07:00Far out idea but fat produces estrogen. She is a ...Far out idea but fat produces estrogen. She is a wee-bit chuncky.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01659349136325735147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-79359817775037833932011-07-10T09:38:58.078-07:002011-07-10T09:38:58.078-07:00If I remember correctly horses don't get actua...If I remember correctly horses don't get actual ovarian cysts like humans and cattle do. What they DO get are tumors that are sometimes referred to as cysts. We actually checked her for granulosa tumors at her vetcheck 5 years ago, when she was the right age for their usual development... but that was 5 years ago and anything could have happened since then. <br />I wouldn't suspect it at the moment, seeing as she isn't displaying the behaviors I would associate with ovarian malfunction... but you never know. And again, this is me dusting off information from my repro degree that I haven't even thought about in 3 years, so I could be wrong... lol.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902291220984883182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-52923225912144492492011-07-10T08:51:36.794-07:002011-07-10T08:51:36.794-07:00Andrea, I don't mean to give you something els...Andrea, I don't mean to give you something else to worry about, but the only time I've heard about something like this was on a mare with ovarian cysts. It could be worth checking out...Trinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13131086404185858972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-79235379058924258602011-07-10T08:25:23.681-07:002011-07-10T08:25:23.681-07:00Mastitis isn't uncommon even in maidens. Glad ...Mastitis isn't uncommon even in maidens. Glad to hear she's looking so much better soundness-wise!!sweetbayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248743114944736346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-5138511329342936382011-07-10T07:59:00.391-07:002011-07-10T07:59:00.391-07:00Good grief... that belly, and bootay....
that sai...Good grief... that belly, and bootay....<br /><br />that said, a friend of mine is having issues with her mare who won't stop lactating. She foaled out well over a year ago, but just won't dry up. Weirdest thing ever.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593511785946843528noreply@blogger.com