Erica
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Arlene
I as for the concentration of milk to water.......I used the Mother Natures test strips as well (I just haven't placed my 08 order yet) along with the pH. It calls for a 1 to 2 dilution. Some things you get (most made for big horses say) 3cc milk to 6cc water........but for minis I've always used 1.5 milk to 3cc water. And if I have a mare that I want to test but doesn't have "a lot" of milk I do .75cc milk to 1.5 cc water.
Mother Natures tests for CA levels; and then the pool strips test for Hardness and pH.
I've never had a problem with using the small amount of milk requried for testing; as on the mares when they get close I test daily. When they are progessing I'll test about every other day or every third day.
Of course it's not a "cure all" as you can see with Geisha, or CC last year tested last square on Mother Natures (Calcium tests) for like a week, she was a maiden and I was about to give up and that is when I started the pool tests as well........and she tested 1000 on hardness (as high as it goes) and 6.2 on ph (as low as it goes) and foaled 4 hrs later.
Then I've had mares test just so-so on hardess to foaling "soon"; with like 7.4ph and 400 hardness; but tested last square on CA test and foaled the next morning.
Anything helps though. so between just watching daily, the strips, breeder alert, cams and marestare; I only missed on foaling in the past two years and it was a maiden mare who snuck one in last year....
I as for the concentration of milk to water.......I used the Mother Natures test strips as well (I just haven't placed my 08 order yet) along with the pH. It calls for a 1 to 2 dilution. Some things you get (most made for big horses say) 3cc milk to 6cc water........but for minis I've always used 1.5 milk to 3cc water. And if I have a mare that I want to test but doesn't have "a lot" of milk I do .75cc milk to 1.5 cc water.
Mother Natures tests for CA levels; and then the pool strips test for Hardness and pH.
I've never had a problem with using the small amount of milk requried for testing; as on the mares when they get close I test daily. When they are progessing I'll test about every other day or every third day.
Of course it's not a "cure all" as you can see with Geisha, or CC last year tested last square on Mother Natures (Calcium tests) for like a week, she was a maiden and I was about to give up and that is when I started the pool tests as well........and she tested 1000 on hardness (as high as it goes) and 6.2 on ph (as low as it goes) and foaled 4 hrs later.
Then I've had mares test just so-so on hardess to foaling "soon"; with like 7.4ph and 400 hardness; but tested last square on CA test and foaled the next morning.
Anything helps though. so between just watching daily, the strips, breeder alert, cams and marestare; I only missed on foaling in the past two years and it was a maiden mare who snuck one in last year....
OH!.
