Gloi
Too little time, too much to read.
I'd say a BOGOF but not for a few weeks yet. Hope you get a nice foal and it was the Welsh cob and not a Shetland on a box. 
Fat or in foal
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JJS
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I promise she doesn't have neck wrinkles! I'm pretty sure it's just the way her hair is sitting. Mare has been on a strict diet and I'd be mortified if she actually did have them!
FfionWinnie
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I don't think she looks all that fat she looks pregnant to me. Can you feel her ribs op?
JJS
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Yes. No fat pads, no rain gutter along her back, and she's not at all cresty. If she was fat elsewhere, I wouldn't be worrying, but she isn't, and she's had her weight carefully monitored ever since arriving in August.
FfionWinnie
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That's absolutely how she looks to me from the pics. I'm surprised how many people think she's just fat as she has a big belly and not fat in my eyes over the rest of her for a cob. Pictures can be deceptive of course but to me she doesn't look fat enough to have that belly on her.
Equi
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If she is pregnant you want weight on her. They drop that weight after with feeding a foal!
JJS
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That's my dilemma - and the reason I want her vet checked ASAP! If she's not in foal, it's time to seriously restrict her grazing and up her exercise; if she is, I should be doing the opposite!
Wagtail
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One of the first things I noticed was that her rump was not at all fat like many cobs. You can see her hip bones, not curves.
SEL
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I spotted the little Welsh mare on our yard was pregnant last year by the lack of crest and bottom - she was all tummy. My YO bet me £10 I was wrong & never paid out! Waiting for her to pop was painful. She was 'a few weeks off' for months.
Equi
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Yes I agree that's why I'm so convinced she's in foal.
Cinnamontoast
Fais pas chier!
Indeed. The vet was up to our yard last week to do this. Love him, he's a man of few words: 'Yes, that's a leg'. Pretty skew mare, no-one has any idea what the sire is as she came from a dealer.
JJS
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Boobies seemed bigger again today, so although I'm still holding out hope that she isn't, I'm not sure what else would explain that.
OldNag
Wasting my time successfully....
I am also going for Foal.
SatansLittleHelper
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I also think she's in foal...could be interesting!!!
windand rain
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I think its a foal too but some mares bag up in spring due o the grass
JJS
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Actually, that's a very good point, and one that I was worrying too much to come up with by myself. I just saw this and freaked!
horselady
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I think you should be doing a pregnancy test now!!!!
JJS
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I think that she'd be too far along for anything but a physical examination, wouldn't she? I'll qualify this with the fact that I have absolutely no experience of breeding.
horselady
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they can only be done up to the 5th month so too late for yours then but I would be getting the vet out to check.
JJS
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Friend is calling the vets on Tuesday to book in both my mare and hers as we're planning on splitting the call out charge, so hopefully they'll be able to fit M in soon!
varkie
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There is a blood test which will test in late stage of pregnancy, but it's probably easier for the vet just to have a feel.
I do breed, and she does look suspiciously round and as if a bag is developing (the lengthening of the ladyparts usually only happens in the last days. But if I've learnt one thing breeding, it's that you never know for sure what will happen next! So test first, then make a plan.
The problem is, mares can vary so much. I have two mares due to foal imminently. One mare is due Wednesday, and is HUGE. The size of a small country. She also has a nice big bag and has slackened off well. The other mare is due a week today, and if I didn't tell you see was in foal, you'd never know. She has a smaller belly than your mare, and a smaller bag! But this is normal for her.
I do breed, and she does look suspiciously round and as if a bag is developing (the lengthening of the ladyparts usually only happens in the last days. But if I've learnt one thing breeding, it's that you never know for sure what will happen next! So test first, then make a plan.
The problem is, mares can vary so much. I have two mares due to foal imminently. One mare is due Wednesday, and is HUGE. The size of a small country. She also has a nice big bag and has slackened off well. The other mare is due a week today, and if I didn't tell you see was in foal, you'd never know. She has a smaller belly than your mare, and a smaller bag! But this is normal for her.
Coblover63
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Have a look at her from the front and see if her belly sticks out more one side than the other. It won't do that if she is just fat.
Goldenstar
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It did on the mare I cared for I suspect it was epic wind .
JJS
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Possibly the silliest question anyone has ever asked, but would there be any reason for the flies to bother her more if she's bagging up? The area around her teats is still enlarged today, but covered in lots of pinprick-sized dots of blood. The only explanation would be flies, but they've never bothered her before and didn't seem to have bothered the six others that she shares a field with. I just wanted to check that this wasn't some sort of sign that she'd produced a bit of milk hence attracting them.
Equi
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It's entirely possible.
Hexx
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Any news?
JJS
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The vet we wanted out is not available until Wednesday 26th, so another week of waiting before we find out for definite.
shirl62
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The suspense continues....When my female yorkie ( she is not petite a big 17 lber ) was ravished by my sisters lad ( a yorkie as well ) it was very difficult to tell. I was very fortunate that my OH had a portable ultrasound scanner. I managed to scan her and yes indeed she was pregnant...At first we thought maybe 3 pups, but as time went by it was apparent that she must have absorbed the other 2. Managed to see ribs and also heart beating on the scan. Had a lovely 6 0z pup which we kept.
Shirl
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Equi
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Eeeek. A week can change them a lot at this stage if she is. So keep watching her
3Beasties
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Blimey, I think the suspense would kill me if I had to wait a week!!