Mare ready to foal?

[cassie]

Thanks sorry so like me to overexagurate everything

 

[AnnaC]

Cassie it is good that you are being over attentive. Suzie needs you to be there for her, so of course any little thing that you see MIGHT mean that she is in the early stages. Nothing can be classed as over exagerating at this stage of the game!

 

[cassie]

I still. Dnt think this is normal morning behavior for her she is at the gate now but has done to pees in under 5 min n is happy to be grazing the stall

 

[AnnaC]

I have been watching Suzie for most of my afternoon and evening, and wont be gong to be for another ccouple of hours, so plenty of time to see Suzie well into your 'daytime. Am sending you an e-mail for you to read later - no rush!

Have a good day at work!

 

[AnnaC]

Cassie if you turn back a page and read my (long chatty) post, you will see that at the beginning I too have said that it wasn't normal behaviour for Suzie to be snoozing at that hour of the day. But she seems fine now, so dont worry, OK?

 

[cassie]

Thanks Anna sorry I woke up n saw her down strange. Then saw her do some weird push thing ahh see what the girls thought of it ! No one posting on either site AHHH panic sent a msg to Renee but she didn't reply now I'm watching her like a hawk then you came on thank goodness she was doing some butt rubbing before but I think your right

no contractions

So sorry if I was a bit rude I didn't mean to be I was just worried

 

[breezy farm]

I have been watching and I too noticed that her behavior is a bit unusual. At one point she was laying flat out and I thought she was beginning to push! So I got on here to see if you had posted anything about it. Guess you saw it too. Fingers crossed! Karen

 

[cassie]

Thanks Karen

glad you saw it too she seems to have settled down now tho

she is breathing quite heavily though considering she is just standing still... N there was major butt rubbing n tummy biting just before

 

[bannerminis]

Shimmer was covered Friday and Saturday but is out of season today so she was only in for about 5 days.

Anna have you found your mares cycles all over the shop? You could normally set your watch by Slaney but I have yet to catch her in season so she will start running with the stallion next week and let him catch her when she is ready as she is not showing when she should show. So I am going to have late foals next yr which is not what I want but what can you do. Our summer has been more like spring so I think thats whats doing it.

As usual Suzie never lets us down and is waiting for her brekkie lol.

 

[Eagle]

sorry cassie, some friends popped round and then we all went out for dinner and I didn't get time to post and then I left me phone in the car. When I found the msg I didn't want to disturb you.

Sorry sweety for leaving you.

 

[cassie]

Thats alright Renee I think I must have been imaginaning it all.

oh well we keep waiting, I will go out and feed her now, it is FREEZING HERE this morning brrr I will let you know of any changes

 

[Eagle]

I doubt you imagined it, i watched her until about 4.00am your time and she was acting different, she stood for a long time by the gate and laid down right there which is strange for her. She doesn't sleep as much anymore

 

[AnnaC]

And out she goes!! You could never be rude Cassie - you are just concerned, which is both natural and very sweet.

 

[AnnaC]

Karina, most of those we want to cover seem to be keeping to normal cycles, just a bit later than usual, but then we want to breed later for the next few years. We had trouble with mares foaling much earlier than expected. But with all this strange weather so far this year, it is not suprising that Mother Nature is causing problems!

 

[cassie]

glad you noticed her acting different too, I noticed that she was asleep right near the dor last night... she has never slept there that I know of... I wish I could say, and I can't wait for the day when I say SHE HAS MILK!!! but alas up until that time I have to keep reporting that there is not much change

she looks like she has dropped some more and I took a pic this morning of her and you can't see her tummy hardly at all... will put them up later along with a pic of her un-udder LOL

Renee I hope I haven't made you stay up and if I have please go to bed now

Thanks Anna

you guys are so wonderful supporting me through all this!!

 

[Eagle]

Ok mum. I am off to bed now but only if anna goes too. Lol

Night night

 

[cassie]

haha night renee!!

alright Anna your apparantly off to bed too LOL

 

[Equuisize]

I was out in the barn for a few hours but the thing I noticed with

Suz, while watching beforehand was she didn't seem to have as many poops,

visible in her normal spots. When you just went out to feed, did it seem

the normal amount was there? Are they still 'apples' or are they getting

softer?

When I saw her sleeping she seemed to be resting well....she is the most

peaceful sleeper I've ever seen. You just want to snuggle up with her in

her in stall.

Seeing milk is nice but it isn't the only sign. I'd say not to just focus

on her milk arriving.

You are keeping track of her butt muscles relaxing; the progress of her vulva;

the shape of her belly. Those are as important signs as watching for milk.

Some mares just don't do the milk thing...even experienced mares.

Zoe has only ever had a full bag, that even waxed with one of her 6 foals and

it was filly #4... Her bag develops just nothing to write home about.

Once the baby arrives she has milk galore and has more than enough thru the

whole time, before weaning.

 

[cassie]

Thanks Nancy

she had a REALLY sloppy poop yesterday and she had cow patties over night, she is VERY soft around the rear end now, so I am hoping that she won't hold off to much longer for me...

 

[cassie]

Suzie seems very agitated n cranky today. Biting smartie n penny lots of tail swishing circling walking around I think baby is making suzie very uncomfy lol poor little girl!!