Hi Judy - yes the weather has been gorgeously sunny for us too, but that bitter freezing wind has been almost too much for my old bones!!
Glitter is looking good, nice tummy - even looks as though it might be moving forwards a little - hooha looking longer, but udder is certainly a bit of a disappointment!! Perhaps she is a mare who will 'fill up' at the last minute or even as she foals? But she is looking closer in all other respects, well to me anyway!
To me too! I just love her pictures! It looks like you've covered her in a furry rug that's hanging over her smoothly clipped sides!! So cute!
Mares can safely foal with not much udder, or even no udder. At foaling/immediately afterward, they will normally fill, and with baby nursing the milk will come in. What I would do, is if all the signs are saying go -- and she still has no udder -- just call your vet to give him a head-up that you may have a mare foaling with no milk. A shot can bring it in -- but usually just the act of foaling gets things going!
Glitter and Missy could be related. My mare is also at 346 today and that is confirmed, and no udder. I too can finally see *something*, udder isn't as drawn up, and it is bitter cold and windy with wind warnings here. Been that way for 4 days, with sunny and 70's before that so it is a hard change. Missy is shedding like crazy, she has a foaling history and bags up 1 to 4 weeks ahead. But she has nothing and it worries me. No other changes like your mare. We can chew nails and wonder together! Diane, that is good advice, and I will call my vet too, she knows Missy's diet and all. Just glad to see someone else to commiserate with.
I sure hope so! It is really miserable here. Maybe that's why she is so grumpy and throwing food. I just want it over, I bet she does too lol!
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