Do you think my mare is Pregnant or just Fat?

[paintponylvr]

She looks good!

 

[CheyAut]

As to your question on clear fluid, sometimes you can even get that on open (not pregnant) mares. One of mine tricked me for weeks, I thought she was pregnant, and was getting fluid... but, nope. Brat. LOL

That said, I do think your girl is in foal

 

[Carly Rae]

As to your question on clear fluid, sometimes you can even get that on open (not pregnant) mares. One of mine tricked me for weeks, I thought she was pregnant, and was getting fluid... but, nope. Brat. LOL

That said, I do think your girl is in foal

Oh really?

Ah! Now I am on the edge of my seat again

I really hope she is pregnant.

 

[CheyAut]

LOL So sorry! IIRC from reading the thread last night, she was with the stallion in May and June? So you can either have a vet come check, or you can do the Wee Foal 120. Then you can know

And let US know!

And hopefully I'm not confusing the months... I haven't been on this forum in years and I was reading a lot of it last night, so many threads, plus another forum... so hopefully I didn't confuse the two

 

[Carly Rae]

Thats correct, It was just a rough guess though as I never wrote down dates. I just looked up the Weefoal 120, its only $37. Ill surely try one! And Ill also share with everyone her results!

 

[Carly Rae]

So I have to try find a test in Australia. It will cost a fair bit to get one over here. Hopefully I will find one.

With that, some photos of my little Miss

 

[Carly Rae]

Oh and I forgot the udder photo. Her udder is small again. But she has been out eating all day. I read that the udder may 'shrink' while the mare is out and about then get bigger when she rests. But would that count for Snickas? She is only walking around eating so I dont know if that would make her udder go smaller.

 

[chandab]

This company is in Australia and it looks like they carry the WeeFoal test: http://www.kingstons.net.au/categories/Wee-Foal-Tests/

 

[Rocklone Miniature Horses]

I probably wouldn't waste the money on the test for her. She's pretty big.

 

[Carly Rae]

Oh okay, so I should just wait rather than buy the test?

 

[Suebe]

I'm curious I notice there's a lot of talk and photos about utter development, but would there actually be any utter change at all this early? I thought the changes are shorty before birth or maybe a couple weeks prior? Correct me if I'm wrong please

 

[Carly Rae]

I also read on the internet that pregnant mares will get the little white dots on their nipples. In the last photo Snickas has white dots on hers too. I just cant find what they mean?

 

[Suebe]

I have a couple of mini mares that have those on & off all year around, one hasn't had a foal in years and the other has never had a foal or been pregnant, I don't think they're related to pregnancy at all. Your mare is round and certainly looks preggy, better to buy the weefoal 120 and finally know for sure though

by looks alone she sure looks like she'd be farther along then 6 or is it 7 months?

 

[Carly Rae]

Oh alright thanks for that Suebe. I can't really see how she could possibly be any further along as we didn't have a fertile stallion until Steve, so really she has to be in that time frame I guess. I know what you mean tough how she looks farther along

Some days she just looks like a little balloon haha.

 

[Carly Rae]

Oh and I was out getting photos again and I had to put the horses away off the paddock. I got all in and Snickas was waiting for me to put her in too, I walked up do her and she ran away bouncing and prancing. Then she kept running back down the paddock away from me. I was going to go follow her to catch her. But instead I just waited. She went bolting around the paddock and then came back up and put herself into the pens. Silly girl.

Here are the photos I got. They aren't the best quality, my camera was on the wrong setting, oops.

 

[Rocklone Miniature Horses]

The white dots are calcium deposits and can form on any mare, pregnant or not. Udders will fill mostly before the end, and in maidens sometimes thy dont fill until they very very end, so i hear.

 

[Carly Rae]

Wow thanks Diane! That all helps a lot! Snickas is roughly 35 Inches and she is a maiden.

I will try get photos as you have described, I mainly just got the udder photos, those were the easy ones haha. I'll get some photos soon for you, proper ones

Thanks again!

 

[Rocklone Miniature Horses]

Im so excited to see what comes out

 

[Carly Rae]

Me too! I really hope a filly, otherwise I'll have to sell if its a boy. Out of the 2 foals born here both have been colts. So I really hope shes a girl haha. If we get a coloured filly I want to call her Moo

I think that would be pretty cute.

My mum asked what Id call it if I was a boy. I straight up said "Gavin" so I had a Gavin and a Kevin haha. But she said no cause one of dads good friends are called Gavin. Haha I'm still not too sure on the names yet. I'd like to see if she is 100% Pregnant

 

[Suebe]

Why do you have to sell if it's a colt?