ladyaga
Well-Known Member
I will be as brief as I can, I have bought 6 breeding packages from the vets, for my 6 retired eventing/showjumping mares, we have two foals this year, both super sorts. it includes all scans some jabs etc. I have not gone into this lightly, and am using stallions with a fee of in excess £1200 each [Ramiro B] for two of them, of which this mare is one of them
Main vet for repro from practise has been watching this mare who missed last year due to no scans at the stud, she retained fluid, so was empty, She is not young, but a Cruising mare, so we have gone on to try this year again. Shes 17.
Main repro vet had injected her, she has taken a while to get a decent size Folical, on last Monday repro vet rang to say he was on holiday, but to order the semen to come on Tuesday, which I did, partner of practise came on monday to scan at 12-30 and said folical was not big enough, it was 30cm and to cancel order. which I did, it has still cost me the collection, but not the postage. [£156 to collect and send] He scanned the other mare too, and said not yet. He came on Wednesday, and to my disbelief and dismay the older mare had ovulated. I was a bit suspicious on monday at the scanning as the folical looked a slipper shape, but I did not say anything. Main vet know, didn't he.
This vet has been going on and on about August being the latest to AI mares. I am so so upset too. Anyway, he said on wed he needed to get semen into 2nd mare, this was on wed scan, so we had to drive down to whitchurch 280 miles round trip and collect it and we did not get back till 7pm, and he nearly was not going to come and inseminate her, telling me to put it in the fridge. But I told him the AI centre had said it must go in tonight as it would lose another 10% of quality over night. So he came, made a song and dance about getting it in the right place etc. but its in. £1200 up the u know where.
Got to try and see funny side, but how and what would you all do, the loss of the cycle, the mare turning 18 next year [would be her first foal] her breeding and she has eventing points too. the cost of the package which no doubt they will expect me to pay for,
Main vet for repro from practise has been watching this mare who missed last year due to no scans at the stud, she retained fluid, so was empty, She is not young, but a Cruising mare, so we have gone on to try this year again. Shes 17.
Main repro vet had injected her, she has taken a while to get a decent size Folical, on last Monday repro vet rang to say he was on holiday, but to order the semen to come on Tuesday, which I did, partner of practise came on monday to scan at 12-30 and said folical was not big enough, it was 30cm and to cancel order. which I did, it has still cost me the collection, but not the postage. [£156 to collect and send] He scanned the other mare too, and said not yet. He came on Wednesday, and to my disbelief and dismay the older mare had ovulated. I was a bit suspicious on monday at the scanning as the folical looked a slipper shape, but I did not say anything. Main vet know, didn't he.
This vet has been going on and on about August being the latest to AI mares. I am so so upset too. Anyway, he said on wed he needed to get semen into 2nd mare, this was on wed scan, so we had to drive down to whitchurch 280 miles round trip and collect it and we did not get back till 7pm, and he nearly was not going to come and inseminate her, telling me to put it in the fridge. But I told him the AI centre had said it must go in tonight as it would lose another 10% of quality over night. So he came, made a song and dance about getting it in the right place etc. but its in. £1200 up the u know where.
Got to try and see funny side, but how and what would you all do, the loss of the cycle, the mare turning 18 next year [would be her first foal] her breeding and she has eventing points too. the cost of the package which no doubt they will expect me to pay for,
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