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I thought it was very strange too. I could have sworn it was new and looking back at older pictures, and texting my husband lol it’s definitely new today. She was completely smooth there before today. Recently I have been thinking she looks thinner in her hind quarters, like she used to have a...

Nope not up yet - I will just be checking her constantly, ugh. Oh well. I just went out to her a moment ago. I am not allowed anywhere near her! But I noticed something I hadn’t seen before. Not sure if it means anything or not. At the top of her tail/on her croup she almost has a dent. I tried...

Oh goodness, thank you. So is there anything I can look for with her that will help with knowing that labour is imminent? Or is it all just a shot in the dark?

So now I am really confused! Rosie is an absolutely cranky little toad today, tried getting a picture of her udder (not that there’s much of an udder there) and she turned her butt to me like she was thinking about kicking me! She hasn’t done that since we got her last year. She also tried to...

Ah ok thank you, glad to hear it’s normal! Lol yes I was absolutely miserable, like all women are I’m sure. My other two children were March and December so I didn’t have to be heavily pregnant in the heat, but with my son ugh it was awful lol Aww so glad to hear he’s doing well and Tilly seems...

I believe Rosie is changing shape. She looks like her belly is getting lower, and she seems to be curving in more at her flanks. Obviously I know that her belly will get lower, but is it normal for her flanks to sink in? She was just a grumpy little moo this evening but it has been so hot and...

Your vet or a person knowledgeable in horse teeth will be able to have a good idea her age by her teeth. I would start with 500g of mare and foal feed and adjust accordingly, but others on here may be able to give you better advice on that one.

How big is she? The mare and foal feed I have says 500g to 1kg per 100kg of body weight, so my little 30 inch, approx 200lb mare gets 500g and a handful of alfalfa pellets, split into two feeds as it’s too much for her to eat in one sitting. Pasture is good but make sure not to let her graze too...

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Some people just have no compassion when it comes to animals. The auction where I got Rosie, a mare and young foal got ran through together and the auctioneer made a comment about them being a package deal, then someone from the crowd yelled out to separate them, so they did. It was...

That could be because she’s in a new place. Were there other horses where you got her from? If there were then it would be normal for her to be calling out for her friends having been separated from them. When one of mine had to be put to sleep, her best friend was calling out for her, looking...

Oh perfect! I have syringes here so I will make one, thank you!

Wow yes that is quite the udder! Please keep us updated.

I don’t! I assume you can buy them online?

Aww too cute! Do you have any pictures of her from the side down at her level/from behind at her level/her udder? If you need an idea of the sort of pictures I mean, have a look at the two most recent threads in this section - we have been posting quite a few lol Those would give the more...

Oh poor sweet girl, so happy she is with you now.

Oh no, that would be awful! Though admittedly, I do check the paddocks for that, just in case. Sounds like you have a great plan! Well I sure hope you’re right! Lol thankfully I am blonde so any greys I might have are not particularly noticeable 😅

The people who do the whole “wait and see” must have the patience of saints!!

Lol I definitely need to get more if I’m going to come out the other side of this without grey hair!! But between what little the vet could see, the positive estrone sulphate urine test, Rosie’s belly growth and a little something with her udder, would you think it’s safe to say she is indeed...

Well that was fun lol tried to do an ultrasound externally again and couldn’t get an image at all, at most she could see a bit of intestinal loops. She tried internally and got the probe into the perfect position but obviously with Rosie’s size she couldn’t reach in to get her poop out so her...