juliehannah58
Well-Known Member
This is my 5th day / night on foal watch and my mare is at 349 today
The last 3 days she's not wanted be out in the field (most unusal) and is now only happy to be out for an hour max, would much rather be in on her own. Since I posted on Wednesday that she had hardly any bag she's sprung up and this morning before she went out the ligament inbetween them had all but gone and they were hard and tight. Today I was inspecting them and just touched one and fluid squirted out of it with hardly any pressure at all, it's not milk though, yellow clear fluid, not sticky though thicker than water.
She's been restless between 1.30am-3.30am the last few nights (previously she has always foaled between 2-3am), lots of tail swishing and weight shuffling, kicking etc then just goes back to her hay!
This morning she's been pooing lots of small soft piles and seems to be peeing a lot more too so I'm soooooo hoping it will be soon! 5 nights sleeping in my (small) car are taking it's toll (and I wish I drove something larger than a Saxo, lol!).
Surely it can't go on much longer!
It will cheer me up to know I'm not the only one who feels the like world stops turning everytime you see your mare take a step in her box!
Oh and I have just heard it's thundery heavy rain tonight, so what is the betting it does happen tonight?!!
The last 3 days she's not wanted be out in the field (most unusal) and is now only happy to be out for an hour max, would much rather be in on her own. Since I posted on Wednesday that she had hardly any bag she's sprung up and this morning before she went out the ligament inbetween them had all but gone and they were hard and tight. Today I was inspecting them and just touched one and fluid squirted out of it with hardly any pressure at all, it's not milk though, yellow clear fluid, not sticky though thicker than water.
She's been restless between 1.30am-3.30am the last few nights (previously she has always foaled between 2-3am), lots of tail swishing and weight shuffling, kicking etc then just goes back to her hay!
This morning she's been pooing lots of small soft piles and seems to be peeing a lot more too so I'm soooooo hoping it will be soon! 5 nights sleeping in my (small) car are taking it's toll (and I wish I drove something larger than a Saxo, lol!).
Surely it can't go on much longer!
It will cheer me up to know I'm not the only one who feels the like world stops turning everytime you see your mare take a step in her box!
Oh and I have just heard it's thundery heavy rain tonight, so what is the betting it does happen tonight?!!
