JJS
Well-Known Member
I'll start this with two provisos: one, I know that it's been asked a million times before, and two, I'll be making a vets appointment on Tuesday.
So, a bit of backstory. I bought my mare in August. I know that she was with a dealer between late May and mid June at least, although it may have been for a little longer than this. I also know that there was a Welsh D stallion on the premises, although I have no knowledge to make me think that my mare was ever with him. Before that, I believe she came over from Ireland.
I posted on the forum last summer because she had really prominent milk veins. I'd never before seen them in a mare that wasn't pregnant, but after a number of posters said they had geldings with the same, and after looking at practically every horse I could find, I realised she wasn't the only one, went on my merry way, and thought no more of it.
However, since having my mare, she hasn't come into season once. I've had mares before and know what to look for, so unless she's just incredibly subtle about the whole affair, I'm pretty certain she hasn't had one. And now she's started to pile on the pounds - but only on her stomach.
So, I'm going to share the call out cost with a friend who also needs the vet out, and she'll be ringing the practice up on Tuesday. I'm desperately hoping that she's simply fat and that we can crack on with bootcamp and get her weight back down, so losing the money spent on an examination is neither here nor there.
However, in the meantime, whilst I'm waiting for an answer, does anyone have an opinion one way or another: fat or in foal? I'm sincerely hoping that the consensus is the former to put my mind at rest whilst I wait, and that it's my overactive imagination and nothing more at play here!
Sorry for the essay and thanks in advance for your opinions!
Normal summer weight
Two days ago
Today
So, a bit of backstory. I bought my mare in August. I know that she was with a dealer between late May and mid June at least, although it may have been for a little longer than this. I also know that there was a Welsh D stallion on the premises, although I have no knowledge to make me think that my mare was ever with him. Before that, I believe she came over from Ireland.
I posted on the forum last summer because she had really prominent milk veins. I'd never before seen them in a mare that wasn't pregnant, but after a number of posters said they had geldings with the same, and after looking at practically every horse I could find, I realised she wasn't the only one, went on my merry way, and thought no more of it.
However, since having my mare, she hasn't come into season once. I've had mares before and know what to look for, so unless she's just incredibly subtle about the whole affair, I'm pretty certain she hasn't had one. And now she's started to pile on the pounds - but only on her stomach.
So, I'm going to share the call out cost with a friend who also needs the vet out, and she'll be ringing the practice up on Tuesday. I'm desperately hoping that she's simply fat and that we can crack on with bootcamp and get her weight back down, so losing the money spent on an examination is neither here nor there.
However, in the meantime, whilst I'm waiting for an answer, does anyone have an opinion one way or another: fat or in foal? I'm sincerely hoping that the consensus is the former to put my mind at rest whilst I wait, and that it's my overactive imagination and nothing more at play here!
Sorry for the essay and thanks in advance for your opinions!
Normal summer weight
Two days ago
Today
