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Help not sure if my mare is in foal

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#1 ·
Hi can any one help me in finding out if my mare is in foal had the vet do a rectum internal and she said she could feel nothing my mare was used as a foaling machine and has had 5 foals to what i know off
I got her 10 years ago and never wanted a foal but i was told 3 weeks ago a colt got into the mare's field.

I think her shape is wrong to how she normaly is has with been a full welsh when she is over wieght she is round allover not just in the belly part

i have photo's showing her size

thank you :D
 

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#30 ·
That is a foal if I ever seen one! What was the colt? Sorry you have to find out this way but she looks like she has been well cared for and not missed a meal or a good grooming. Baby should be fine. Just a day or two before she foals she will bag up and stand funny, back legs slighly apart and behind. Being a seasoned mare she should foal just fine, but have a vet on call and the necessary items ready. ( foaling kit)
Heheheh, send a request for " child support" to the colts owner.
 
#31 ·
Hi the colt is a black gypsy cob, :( my mare is a full welsh section d, the bloke in question owned the colt at the time is saying it was everyone else fault and not his fault, says how responsible he is :( still not talking to him and never will i really want to knock his head off

Anyways tonight i felt it kick my hand after pressing on my mares belly after she had her tea and nope i go without and my two horses get everything :)

I will keep you all posted

Tx
 
#38 ·
Hairy little beast she is! She is beginning to bag up. Will she let you wash her teets? There can be some nasty crusties between those things. Clean with warm water and baby soap, rinse well, braid her tail ( optional, but keeps it out of the way) and get ready for baby. Could be weeks, or days. Her teets should point outwards when she gets closer, but this is not a guarantee. Oh, I wish we did not live so blasted faraway ( like different continents, heheheh) I would be there to help in heart beat.
 
#39 ·
Yer she has still got her winter coat not letting it go with the weather been still cold here in the uk, I used to clean her teats ones a week but she stopped letting get to them and her mare parts a few months ago thats when i notested the changes in her temprement i am really dreading it (no one on the yard know's they all tuck the vet's no as thats it she not in foal lol what a shock they are going to get.
 
#44 ·
Hi just some updated photo's that i tuck this morning,
I think her belly has droped what do you all think ?
Is the greenish colour wee alright or does that say something is wrong ?
and her teats look diffrent to me do they to you ?

what do you all think this is doing my head in

thank you
 

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#45 ·
As for the pee...She could be a little dehydrated. She could just have too many hormones in her system or it might just be normal pee that you're obsessing over. Is she drinking at least one full bucket of water a day? Preferably you want them drinking a lot when they are pregnant so make sure she always has nice fresh water. Her tummy definitely looks like there's a baby lurking in there but it doesn't look ready to come out yet. And as for the teats, she's not bagging up much yet so I wouldn't get too worried yet.
 
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As for the pee...She could be a little dehydrated. She could just have too many hormones in her system or it might just be normal pee that you're obsessing over. Is she drinking at least one full bucket of water a day? Preferably you want them drinking a lot when they are pregnant so make sure she always has nice fresh water.

Hi she has a a very big bucket in her stable at night time and a bath full of water in the field both with clean fresh water and she does drink loads and also wee's loads.

thank you for replying to my post i will keep you all upto date and some more photo's
 
#46 ·
I think you've got a ways to go from the size of her udder, although some mares bag up just a week to days before foaling. I have three pregnant mares and two of them have bigger bags than that and same size belly. They're due around April 14. The other mare doesn't have much of an udder going yet, big belly though, she's not due til end of April.
 
#47 ·
I can't wait to see what the baby looks like!! For reference, here is my mare three days before the gave birth last year to her sixth foal. Once she gets pretty close to foaling her teats will point to the ground usually. Good luck and keep us updated!!
 

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i have heard when they get farther along like this they can miss the pregnacy due the baby being bigger and "sagging" in the lower part of the belly. i don't know if this is like mid pregnacy or the end but just seen something like this on another forum once...
 
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