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Hi All
I am new to this forum so please excuse me if i get things a bit wrong, right heres my problem.
Back in february i bought a 13.3 apaloosa cross B mare, needed some work which was fine, but pony kind.
After a short while we discovered she didnt like being on her own and completly freaks out if she cant see her field mate so i have looked up ' separation anxiety' and we are working on that, so then up pops next problem.
Sudden weight gain - had vet out didnt think she was in foal, following month had vet back as i thought she was going to pop !!
vet took one look and said she was in foal, did bloods to double check - Negative !!
Pony is still huge and vet still thinks she is in foal - no internal - we really dont know

right so after all that waffle - has anyone ever had a blood test come back negative and found the horse to still be in foal and does anyone have any ideas what it could be if it isnt in foal??

many Thanks
 
We breed Welsh B's and C's. The only definitive way to find out is to have your vet put his hand in. Some mares can present as looking very in foal (we had one last year, could have laid odds on it being in foal!) and had our vet to visit. No it was just fat!! She has had foals previously. I dont bother with blood tests as they are unreliable. Too many anecdotal stories of mares testing negative only to produce a live foal and vice versa. I dont as a rule scan my own mares but do visiting mares. You need a horse vet though as opposed to a "cat and dog" one.
 
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