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Tess is having the vet out tomorrow, she has started to bag up like she is pregnant :eek::( has lost quite a lot of muscle over her bum so the tail bone is more visible ( work load not changed, feed etc). She is still eating her hay and drinking normally so no change there.

Bloody worried now we are hoping it is mastitis and she isn't pregnant ( we got her 8ish months ago) so if she was it would be about now it would start showing. She has always had a droopy belly from having lots of foals in the past so have not really seen much of a change in her belly. Just worried now, really want to find out what's up with the super cob who is never ill or broken down.

pointless post needed to offload
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Hope your girly is ok. They are such a worry at times arent they :(

Lots of vibes its something nice and simple!! xx
 
Buds_mum said:
Hope your girly is ok. They are such a worry at times arent they :(

Lots of vibes its something nice and simple!! xx
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Thank you lovely, they are and on top of coursework my head is brimming with worries :o

I have everything crossed it is simple
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I think FW has suspicions to what may be arriving in your field shortly :P baby tessy!!! Aww!!
Would you be happy or is that nightmare situation?
 
I did just attempt to quote but :eek::eek::mad::rolleyes::( < that sums up my feelings at this moment i think we knew it's likely to be a foal.
Just praying it's not, our land cannot support 2 of them so would have to stick her on livery, we have no experience with foals and i am afraid to say it will be unwanted :(

Loved, do not get me wrong Loved but not wanted another horse bred for no reason :(
 
Buds_mum said:
I think FW has suspicions to what may be arriving in your field shortly :P baby tessy!!! Aww!!
Would you be happy or is that nightmare situation?
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See above comment, idealy i do not want a foal on our hands will ruin our summer we had planned :o, have no experience with them, will need to move them to livery as at the mnoment field is like a swamp. I hate breeding without a reason, and this foal im sure i will grow to love and will probably end up keeping :rolleyes: but at the moment im in the "OH GOD" stage :D
 
Good to get th vet to check, I'd be asking for preg check first. We had a mare on our yard, covered and scanned in foal with twins, vet came out to squish one but on that scan both had been reabsorbed (common with twins) so back into work, started getting a little fat (maiden mare), feed cut, exercise upped. Owner got vet out to double check and def not in foal.
Next season vet came to inject her to bring her into season so she could be covered again - we were all suspicious so vet double double checked and she gave birth about 3 weeks later to a lovely health foal !!!!!

She was a maiden mare and hardly showed at all.
 
Polos Mum said:
Good to get th vet to check, I'd be asking for preg check first. We had a mare on our yard, covered and scanned in foal with twins, vet came out to squish one but on that scan both had been reabsorbed (common with twins) so back into work, started getting a little fat (maiden mare), feed cut, exercise upped. Owner got vet out to double check and def not in foal.
Next season vet came to inject her to bring her into season so she could be covered again - we were all suspicious so vet double double checked and she gave birth about 3 weeks later to a lovely health foal !!!!!

She was a maiden mare and hardly showed at all.
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He did say that will the first check he does , oh bloomin heck' Mum did say when she worked at the RS they had a mare who hardly gave any signs she was pregnant bought her from sales and a few weeks later out pops a foal :D

I think we can plan and think ahead ( probably with a lot of wonderful people on here) advice we decide how to best look after Tess and mini T if she is pregnant
 
Many years ago I had a frantic call from someone who had been chucked off a livery yard as her mare was pregnant. They had purchased her from the sales and thought covered meant she was used to wearing a rug.

A foal will alter your plans but wouldn't it be easier to adapt home rather than use livery? Unless you have somewhere familiar with foals?
 
Thought you'd had her a year tho?


tessybear said:
:eek: Oi you dont be puting that in my head :O :O we did wonder that when we frist got her but its been a year now and no foal... although a mini Tess would be cute ...:D :p

Yes but she doesn't count because she always look impecibly clean on every photo on here i couldn't imagine her muddy beuatiful girl !
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Delicious_D said:
Told you ;) Poor you :( has it got worse since we last spoke?
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:( Yes they are now more swollen and sensative to touch :(

FfionWinnie said:
Yep. I expect she will do all the hard work and you don't need to worry much :)
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This is going to sound extremely stupid but should we think about leaving her rug off ? will the *poo tube* bit that goes under her tail do damage to foal if she is pregnant and i dont know pops out before vet comes :o
 
s4sugar said:
Many years ago I had a frantic call from someone who had been chucked off a livery yard as her mare was pregnant. They had purchased her from the sales and thought covered meant she was used to wearing a rug.
snort :D

A foal will alter your plans but wouldn't it be easier to adapt home rather than use livery? Unless you have somewhere familiar with foals?
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I agree. Once its out feed the mare well.
 
s4sugar said:
Many years ago I had a frantic call from someone who had been chucked off a livery yard as her mare was pregnant. They had purchased her from the sales and thought covered meant she was used to wearing a rug.

A foal will alter your plans but wouldn't it be easier to adapt home rather than use livery? Unless you have somewhere familiar with foals?
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Yikes ! there is a yard up the road that breeds PRE horses, so could beg them if they could help and give advice they do livery, however we could keep at home just maybe get advice from place up road

FfionWinnie said:
Thought you'd had her a year tho?
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Not quite it is about 8.5ish months :(
 
tessybear said:
:( Yes they are now more swollen and sensative to touch :(



This is going to sound extremely stupid but should we think about leaving her rug off ? will the *poo tube* bit that goes under her tail do damage to foal if she is pregnant and i dont know pops out before vet comes :o
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You don't want a rug on an in foal mare incase the foal gets tangled in it, either on the way out or after its born. As for taking it off just like that, is she clipped?
 
FfionWinnie said:
You don't want a rug an in foal mare incase the foal gets tangled in it, either on the way out or after its born. As for taking it off just like that, is she clipped?
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Thank you, so perhaps take that off tonight then, She isn't clipped but has lost her winter fluff im sure she would easily adapt though :confused:
 
Didn't want to read and run, all I can say is good luck if she is in foal and keep us all updated. :)
Once u get over the shock u will probably start getting excited :p I know I would be :D
 
If they are sensitive to touch i would suspect maybe mastitis rather then infoal. You need a vet out today tbh as you need know what you are dealing with.
 
rainer said:
Didn't want to read and run, all I can say is good luck if she is in foal and keep us all updated. :)
Once u get over the shock u will probably start getting excited :p I know I would be :D
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Thank you lovely :) I will do will post the news tomorrow after the vet has been :o Oh i know i will do at the moment it's a bit to get your head around
 
Delicious_D said:
If they are sensitive to touch i would suspect maybe mastitis rather then infoal. You need a vet out today tbh as you need know what you are dealing with.
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Oh really ? It might have been my hands were cold :eek: poor Tess but she did lift her leg up slightly as a warning, Vet is booked for 9am tomorrow, shall ring mum later though and tell her the feedback off here
 
tessybear said:
:( Yes they are now more swollen and sensative to touch :(

This is going to sound extremely stupid but should we think about leaving her rug off ? will the *poo tube* bit that goes under her tail do damage to foal if she is pregnant and i dont know pops out before vet comes :o
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Certainly sounds like a good chance she is and not far off foaling if she's loosing definaition over her rump.
Rugs wise you can keep her rug on, just take off the leg straps/fillett string as the foal can tangle in those.

I would highly recommend 'Your Mare's First Foal' by Jane Skepper and 'From Foal to Full Grown' by Janet Lorch / Bob Langrish and 'The Foaling Primer' by Cynthia Macfarland. The last one especially as it talks you through the things that can go wrong and how to deal with them while waiting for the vet.

If confirmed in foal then welcome to a steep learning curve :D:D

Land wise certainly to start with you don't need extra land for the foal as it won't eat much grass at all so don't worry about livery from that point of view at least until the foal is a good few months old / at weaning.

Good luck :D:D
 
Eek.

If she is having a mini T then good luck and I'm sure once the shock where's off and you get the right advice and routine you will be fine.


My brother always wanted a foalie.
 
If she's that close you might see wax form on the end of her teats - if she doens't have this 9am tomorrow is probably fine.

If you've really no experience with foals it might be worth seeing what livery for a few weeks at a stud might be. Especially with a BOGOF when you don't know the dates, you don't know the stallion (hence size of foal) nor has she had 'maternity' care.

They will have a good sized foaling box, staff on hand 24/7 and plenty of experience!

Hopefully it's something minor the vet can give antibiotics for - but worth planning ahead.
 
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