Pregnant Mare

A mare I'm about to buy may be pregnant. Is there a shot that a vet can give her to make her abort the foal if she is pregnant?

I think there is, but I'm not sure exactly what it is called and I think a vet would probably want a good reason to abort a healthy foal.

Why do you want to abort it?

There's something a vet can give a horse to make it abort the foal, and IMO, it's really not the vet's position to ask for a good reason to make a mare abort, and a vet shouldn't say 'no' just because there's not a good reason. It's the horse-owners rights. Though I think that after a certain amount of time, a certain amount of months, it wouldn't be in a mares best interests health-wise to forseher to abort... but I may be wrong, I dunno...

It's not a vet's decisions. But I know of a few who would probably refuse it, mostly because half the time owners ask for it it is decently far into the pregnancy.

Well, the current owners aren't sure if she is really pregnant or just fat. Kinda irresponsible if you ask me. But this mare is only 4. I already have two horses of my own and I have never raised a foal before. I think it's be best for her if she had the foal aborted seeing her as so young and me as being inexperienced.

I would have a vet out to check for pregnancy as soon as you could because like already mentioned, it gets risky past a certain period.

Yeah. We are taking her in Thursday to get her preg. Checked. I hope she is either not pregnant or not too far in yet to get an abortion.

How old is this mare?? I have a 3 year old mare that is in foal for spring. I bought her already bred I think that's a little young but hopefully everything will be fine.

The only reason a vet should refuse to abort the foal is if the mare is too far along. What the shot they give does is basically induce labor, but at a certain point in the pregnancy, you stand a much larger risk of loosing the mare than you do of her simply aborting. I would have the mare preg checked and then consult with the vet about the best course of action from there.