Recent content by djhope120

Please dont worry too much, things can go wrong whatever method you choose, normally totally out of your control and i have sold and recieved youngsters many times this way, and is actually fairly kind to mare and foal as they cannot hear each other calling and settle fairly quickly. I wouldnt...

Hi, its difficult to say because i have a gelding shetland that looks similar when he gets fat! Couple of questions though, have you noticed her in season at all since you have had her? You mentioned she had a foal at foot when she arrived, how old was this foal approx? because if she was...

Hi, thank you for your reply, yes he is on horse deals, im really pleased with him, just frustrated by the situation! I will send of send off the the DNA this week. Just hope i can find him a good home

I have a colt foal, born March, by Two Tone, a coloured Sports horse, out of a Holtein mare by Landmark. The problem is i couldnt get the covering certificate from the stallion owner after months of chasing and eventually the society (BSPA) tells me Two Tone is gelded and the owner has moved...

Hi, very much looking forward to this show, doing coloured, sports horse and amateur, likewise im worried about mine looking fluffy because some of the foals from last year look like theyve still got there summer coats. But will be a good day out

Thanku for all the posts Im not quite sure what to say to people now, I am honestly trying to do the best by this mare. The vet has reassured me that this technique has a very good success rate from the cases they have carried out and there is almost no risk to the mares welfare from this...

Im a little confused as to why people think i want twins, im doing everything i can to get rid of atleast one foal, hence this other technique, which i was told is new, apologies if not but i hadnt heard of it before so trusted what i was told. Please do not assume either that i have never...

Thanku mellie, yes it is very stressful trying to know what to do for the best. Chrissie, i dont think there was any need for the tone of your post. My vet is trying to give me the best chance of having a live foal at the end of all this, She phoned me this morning after being in contact...

If needs be, the pregnancy can be terminated at 100 days, there is no chance she will get back in foal this year anyway so we might as well give her a chance

Why!?! What did she do wrong!?

Hi, I had my mare re scanned today, and she is still carrying both twins, alive and growing. The vet has suggested scanning her again at 100 days to see what is going on and see if she looses one naturally between now and then, she is currently 47 days

No the foals are in different horns, so does this mean she is less likely to abort one of them?

1 in 10,000 doesnt sound very hopeful to me! Hopefully there will only be one foal in there on thursday when she is scanned again

No they said just have the 2 done, although i will have one at 28 days in the future i think! The vet i had yesterday was suprised the vet that did the scan at 16 days didnt notice the twin.

My mare was scanned today and they found twins. this was a 40 day scan. she had a 16 day scan where they only found 1 foal. They attempted to pinch the smaller foal today, one measured 6cm the other 6.5cm. She is being scanned in 7 days to see if they were successful. The vet seemed to think...