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shinny nipples???????

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#1 ·
ok people, really needing some help here.
i know about waxing but what does this mean?
she is due on the 20th of this month
obviously this is my first baby and i dont quite know what to expect other than a baby. lol
for another thing...
why hasnt she gotten as wide as ive seen other pregnant mares?
sorry forgot to add pics
lol
toooooo excited
 
#2 ·
Photos?
Breed of mare and stallion? size of both?

Our mare didn't get really wide until the last month.

Her udder bagged up probably three weeks prior to foaling, she was producing clear milk up until the day of foaling, never waxed from what I could tell, never had a "bloody show" in her vulva...yet she foaled. :) They don't always show all or any of the signs the same, but from what I understand the milk color is supposed to be a big indicator. Our mare was kicking her belly (looked like colic) the week before foaling.

I had read a whole stinking book about how to help if something went wrong, what to expect, etc., but in the end, our mare surprised us and foaled in between my 10pm and 1:30am checks on a day that I didn't get any signs she was even within days of foaling!

I would say read and learn about the signs, complications, and have the vet on hand anyway. :)
 
#4 ·
Lol.

Just popping in to say that your mare sounds like mine when mine was preggers.

I read, I looked up things, I asked questions... My girl NEVER exhibited ANY of the signs. She didn't even bag up when she was supposed to... no kicking, no rolling around (according to some people, a mare will roll to get the foal into the proper position). My girl got pretty large, but she never had any signs. My girl foaled when I was gone in Altoona for the night... Lol.

Hope your mares pregnancy goes well! The baby'll be a beaut!
 
#5 ·
If your mare will let you milk her a bit, I find that is the most reliable way of monitoring. Like AK said a the mare will have a clearish liquid coming out of her nipple once she starts to bad up and it won't usually turn milky until the day before of the day of foaling. All my mares have turned milkly the day of foaling.
 
#13 ·




hey i figured it out
imagine that
lol
ok so this is my pregnant girl. she is due on the 20th of this month
was wondering why she didnt get very big or wide i should say,
and i didnt know what it meant that her nipples were shinny
had the guy i bought her off of tellme that she was just cleaning them
so tell me what ya'll think [/img]
 
#14 ·
Wow she is not that big at all. Is this her first foal. I wouldn't get to worked up judging from her udders she still looks a ways off (unless she is infact a maiden mare)

Here are pictures of my mare. She is not due until June1-June15 (We have to have her bred lots in order for her to catch) These pictures are a couple of weeks old. This is Kita's third baby. She was breed as a two year old (not by us) Then when she was 6 She had Tika and the one in the belly will be number three! :D



 
#15 ·
no this is her 3rd baby(first with me)
she has a 7 and 5 yr olds
so you see why i am concerned
her udders are alot bigger now that pics was taken about a week ago
she is 97% foundation and the daddy is 100%
and neither one of them are very tall
starr is 14 2 hh and the daddy is about the same
she is probably gonna have me a little draft pony lol
dont care, will love it just the same
 
#16 ·
this may sound really weird, and i'm sure youve checked, but was she confirmed in foal by a vet?

I only ask because I knew a TWH mare that a BO bought from a dealer who said she had been 'exposed' to a TWH stud. Well, the darned heiffer was growing a HUGE belly (had been wormed), udder was bagging up - so the BO decided to put her on mare care - - she fed that mare and fed that mare - and her belly got bigger and bigger. Well, 11 months went by; no baby. It wasn't till after the 12th that the BO decided to have a vet out....you guessed it; no baby. :lol: :lol:
 
#17 ·
Looking at her sacks...its normal. When she waxes up, she will drip thick colostrum and it hardens leaving a creamy white drip from the hole in the teat. This is usually (possibly longer or shorter) 24 - 48 hours before birth. You will notice it and its your sign shes ready so dont worry.
Sharon :)
 
#24 ·
next time you see her, feel around the base of her tail - mares go from firm (like a gelding is back there) to spongy, or loose.

I know that before they are ready to drop, everything widens a bit...causing the sponginess. (not sure exactly what the timeline is once they are spongy, though)
 
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