Thanks Diane. Vet is on speed dial but in this neck of the woods, he's two hours away as our other equine vet left the state so I have a very experienced friend standing by and thank you for your phone number. I might be using it.
EEE, need some quick advice - way back in February I posted photos of a mare I purchased as bred but not confirmed and she really didn't look like she was going to foal. We all pretty much decided she's not pregnant. She is not a maiden and has had foals before and she doesn't look pregnant but all my horses are on the chubby side in the winter but no visible baby.
Well today, I'm doing spring grooming and this is what I see. If she's bred, baby would have to be here by the end of next month as that's been a year. Thoughts?
Here's the photos from February so you don't have to look for them.
Here's today. Her hoo haw is really bulging. Might not show in photos.
Looking through her back legs now - before there was nothing.
What do you think? Just went out with her again and her bag is very full and feels tight. I don't have any boys here so there's no way she was bred after she arrived. Her hoo haw haw is huge and pulsing. Don't know if that's a sign or not as I still have lots to learn. I'm secretly hoping she's pregnant as this would be my Billy Idol grand baby but I don't want to read signs that aren't there.
I would say that you have a baby on the way! With mares who have foaled before and that are a little overweight most of the time (as you and I seem to 'suffer' from!!), it is possible for their udders to also get a bit puffy, but I have never seen an experienced brood mare with that sort of change in her vulva unless she was in foal, plus that udder is a bit more than 'puffy'.
Get her (and yourself) on the watch closely list!!
Thanks Anna. I had told her previous owner she wasn't pregnant and she was surprised as she said Dreams always took very easily but she hasn't looked at all pregnant like my other mares so I just figured she wasn't. Thank you for your advice. I so appreciate it. I can't imagine what I'd do without these boards to help me along. All of you are so wonderful with your time and advice.
So maybe now I'm on baby watch for Dreams and Madeline.
Well I'm beyond excited then. Sire of foal is LM Idols Secret Regalo, Sired by Billy Idol and ASA Boy Blues Secret Love and is 2010 AMHA Regional Champion Sr. Stallion 30" and under and 2009 AMHA Reserve World Champion 2 year old stallion 29" and under.
It is exciting. I'm beyond surprised to say the least. I'll keep you posted. And if that's a baby in there then she has hidden it well.
I have her tucked into her stall and here's some photos from this afternoon. Her hoo haw keeps pulsating and I keep expecting to see a foal peeking out at me
Oh, exciting!!! I am so glad I was grooming this morning. I would have been caught by surprise for sure as I really didn't think she had taken. She's really got that foal tucked up and just looks like she has a hay belly and I never knew mares who had given birth before could hide babies that way.
I think he/she is coming tonight. I was just in the barn to do a check and she was laying flat out with her tail behind her. She saw me and got up but her hoo haw is even puffier and it keeps throbbing and her bag is even bigger. I'm going to be out in the barn every few minutes to keep checking. Wow. Don't even have words for this experience. I had given up in February after posting the photos.
I'll be so happy to have two foals the same age to be playmates.
All quiet. Maybe I'm just over anxious. Been an exciting day. I'll take a colt or a filly. All I really want is safely on the ground and healthy. Woops, haven't done the nail test. Need to run out there again and see
