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Post by nickiop on Nov 17, 2010 10:48:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2010 10:49:26 GMT
Sorry - might be me but i can't see photo  |
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Post by holly1 on Nov 17, 2010 11:34:53 GMT
im thinking shes deffo in foal looks a bit to big for a grass belly!
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Post by showingfanatic on Nov 17, 2010 15:52:49 GMT
surely there must be something other than grass in that size belly? lol
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Post by Jenna on Nov 17, 2010 15:58:15 GMT
i would say in foal
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2010 16:10:16 GMT
I think foalie was hiding when she was scanned! Good Luck!
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Post by horseymadamz on Nov 17, 2010 16:15:09 GMT
yeh looks in foal to me, my mare looks very similiar at the moment, but previous owner adimant she cant possibly be in foal
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Post by suzee on Nov 17, 2010 18:29:23 GMT
She certainly looks in foal
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2010 18:35:46 GMT
I can see it now (couldn't at work - that'll teach me ;D). Yes she looks in foal to me too |
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Post by kzzp123 on Nov 17, 2010 22:04:34 GMT
Normally they don't 'tend' to really show until Six months so it is difficult! Another scan would tell you, or if she has been in season regularly or not! Plus bad angle for photo need to see if her belly has dropped K xxx
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Post by eskvalleystud on Nov 17, 2010 22:10:59 GMT
well I would say possibly however I have a broodmare mare who looks ready to drop and I am not covering anything or have for the foreseeable future so think with my girl a grass belly and slacker tummy muscles makes her look infoal!
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Post by hj49 on Nov 17, 2010 22:11:58 GMT
very big grass belly if shes not haha
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Post by Wiltshire Man on Nov 17, 2010 23:01:26 GMT
Have you wormed her ?
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Post by nickiop on Nov 18, 2010 7:14:59 GMT
I take slight offence to that comment Wiltshire Man, without question she has been wormed as all my ponies are and have been on a very regular cycle. She was last wormed with Eqvalan duo, and yes it was within three months of covering which I know is not advised however we were lead to believe she was empty and had not recovered so didnt think it was an issue. Just for info kzzp123 she is prob just coming up to 6 months post covering, the thing thats worrying me the most is she was covered didnt come back into season was scanned vet said she was empty and had a bit of fluid and a dormant follicle so she was jabbed, recovered and scanned again empty.....my gut feeling is she had caught the first time too  |
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Post by nickiop on Nov 18, 2010 7:23:16 GMT
We too had made the decision this year to stop breeding for the forseeable future but this mare had been covered prior to us making that decision, Vanity is a mare that doesnt like alot of human intervention, we are due another round up at ok corral this weekend for the next worming session!!
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Post by Bombay on Nov 18, 2010 8:50:43 GMT
Why don't you get her blood tested so you know for sure?
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Post by nickiop on Nov 18, 2010 9:53:47 GMT
Easy answer would be to have the vet to either re scan, internal or blood test........call me tight but would rather spend that £100 on 5 round bales of hay at this time of year, rather than lining the vets pockets to find out something that at this late stage cannot be changed anyway. Feel slightly irritated anyway as already paid for x 2 scans and call outs plus other treatment to be told she was empty on both occaisions....when I now have a gut feeling that she had caught the first time too So would rather invest my money in hay and play the waiting game lol was just interested to know if like me the good people of HG shared the opinion that she could possibly be in foal.  I know her covering dates so will know when she will need keeping a close eye on. xx |
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Post by Guestless on Nov 18, 2010 16:16:07 GMT
She looks as if she may be in foal to me too - when would she be due. Although as had been said, they are often quite far on when in foal, I have a mare whose belly drops within 2 weeks of being covered if she has taken - always had her scanned (in case of twins), but her belly has always given the game away first that she is in foal.
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Post by nickiop on Nov 18, 2010 16:22:32 GMT
She would be due around end of May from the second covering. xx
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Post by stunstead on Nov 18, 2010 19:30:18 GMT
She looks like she is in foal to me too. Hope all goes well for you |
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Post by nickiop on Nov 19, 2010 11:31:04 GMT
These photos taken today 19/11/2010 a little bit more side on, excuse the mud the rest of the field isnt like it its just around the gateway and ring feeder but I guess cant be helped at this time of year with this grotty weather!!   |
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Post by Milliesmum on Nov 19, 2010 11:59:13 GMT
I regularly drive past nickop's fields, and can confirm they're lovely and green!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2010 12:05:20 GMT
They are better pictures, what a belly!
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Post by Guestless on Nov 19, 2010 12:27:32 GMT
Well if she's not in foal, I would be worried about her shape!
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Post by kzzp123 on Nov 19, 2010 17:06:56 GMT
Easiest thing that wont cost alot is get a home pregnancy testing kit and stand around and wait till she goes for a wee! That was the only way to know way back younder years!!
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Post by cowgirlsrocks on Nov 19, 2010 17:19:22 GMT
i am 90% sure that she is in foal.
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Post by LucyHebditch on Nov 19, 2010 17:21:51 GMT
Ohh for sure! Good luck |
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Post by corrie on Nov 19, 2010 17:50:17 GMT
Easiest thing that wont cost alot is get a home pregnancy testing kit and stand around and wait till she goes for a wee! That was the only way to know way back younder years!! I though that it was a different chemical / hormone that worked in a human test  I'd say quite probably is in foal - failing that have you lost a round bale recently ;D ;D |
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Post by nickiop on Nov 20, 2010 9:55:16 GMT
lol funny you should say that Corrie we seem to have lost several round bales of late, hubbie put them in the ring feeder and piff paff poof 3 days later......GONE!! LOL |
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Post by kzzp123 on Nov 21, 2010 17:16:36 GMT
I don't know about that? The old lady that taught my mother everything she knows always used them.... this is going back a few years now mind, before scans etc could be done. She taught her mares to pee when she whistled and used a home testing kit, modern ones might be different! I am sure the vets could do something with a urine sample anyway!
Her belly looks as though it has dropped, unless she is an elderly mare or has problems I would say you have prob got a little one in there!
Just looked on the web, apparently they are not meant to work as the hormones are called something different but are made up of the same chemical but there is just less of it in a horse or something like that! But people swear by them and the ones that they have been tested on have worked. Apparently the ones you get at hospital or doctors are the most accurate and free so even better.... Lets hope the docs don't ask questions! :-)
K xxx
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