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Is my mare pregnant?

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#1 ·
Hello you all!
I have a wonderful Polish Arabian mare and I bred her to a beautiful red Quarter horse - pasture breeding.
I left her there for two weeks when she started showing singns of "heat".
So, about 300 day's have passed and I really need a second opinion on her pregnancy. I am "new" at this - foal/pregnancy thing - and I am not sure whether she is preggers' or not.
Her udders did not "drop" (or grow) yet, but she did gain a lot of weight.
Thank's to all!
P.S.... I would put pics on, but I don't know how to on this web.
If any-one could help, it would be lovely!!!
 
#6 ·
Another vote that it is time to call a vet.


Since I have to assume you do your own vaccinating since you have not had a vet out at all in the last year do you not think it is a good idea to at least have a relationship with a vet in case something goes wrong during foaling?
 
#12 ·
It is hard to tell if a mare is pregnant by looking at just one picture. Either call the vet or wait another couple of months and see what happens. I think her wieght looks fine. It's better for a mare to be a little light when she foals than a little heavy. Get her vaccinated and de-wormed and everything should be fine.
 
#14 ·
If the mare is heavier then the foal will be heavier and it will be harder on them both. I have raised a lot of foals and it seems like when the mares are lighter the foals have straighter legs and the mares recover more quickly. It's hardly scientific and I don't take extreme measures to redice a mares wieght but it's been my observations.
 
#16 ·
That could relate to women also. The rate of C-section doubles once you have entered the 'overweight' and 'obese' stage. The better shape you are in, the better chance you have of having an easy delivery.

Either way, I am on the 'get the vet' boat. If shes not pregnant, something else could be wrong with her.
 
#17 ·
It is hard to tell from a picture, let alone a picture at an odd angle, if a horse is pregnant.

If she is supposed to be 300 days along...I would go with not pregnant...but thats me.

You should be calling your vet to be sure.
 
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#22 ·
I've been just lurking around this thread, but I thought I would mention that there is really no "due date" as such on a mare. Not like a human, where you can say she is due on a particular date. Horses can vary close to a month if I remember my foaling books right.

Maybe the original poster already knows that, but I wasn't sure by the "due-day" statement.

For what it's worth, which is probably not much because I have only had one mare foal, but she does look pregnant to me. But don't go by me, because I really don't know anything. :lol:

I guess how I suspected my (recently purchased) mare was pregnant, was because her shaped changed from what it was when I first bought her. She was getting a larger belly despite me riding her a lot and not overfeeding. So maybe that is something YaelFauth should consider. Is her shape different than it normally is?
 
#23 ·
I should have worded that better. But the concept is the same. There is no exact date, but there is the average (approximately 340 days +/-) which gives you an idea of about when a mare should foal. Each foaling is different though.

But being as she is not even to 300 days yet... I don't see that it really matters.

I can also show a gelding that looks the same with same belly shape and would you say that he was pregnant without knowing he is male? Nope.

There is no way to tell off of pictures, or looking at a mare that she is pregnant for sure or not. The only way is to have a vet out or to see the feet coming out.
 
#24 ·
NdAppy, the OP stated something about a "due-day." Maybe that was in response to something you had posted, I don't know, but that is why I mentioned the due date not being a set day.

We actually agree on everything I think. :) I had my mare checked after I bought her (because I knew she had been exposed to a stallion), and the vet said she wasn't pregnant. Then, when she started growing a belly many months later, I had her checked again. I could never just sit back and wonder whether or not my mare was pregnant. I would always definitely have a vet out if I had any suspicion. I think everyone, OP included, should have a vet check if they want to know if their mare is in foal.

Oh, I do know another way to tell though! When she was getting pretty big (and I already had her vet-checked pregnant at that point) I could see the little booger kicking around in there! Her belly would be almost bouncing around at times! But, by the time the baby was that big, it was kind of obvious that my mare was pregnant. But I got such a kick out of sitting out with my mare when she was eating her dinner and feeling the baby kick. :lol: I guess I am getting pretty off-topic!
 
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