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Post by ashvale on Mar 30, 2011 11:24:20 GMT
Has anyone used this before?
I was just reading through an article on testing a mare for foaling and wondered if anyone had used this method and how acurate they found it?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2011 11:35:14 GMT
Do you mean a proper horse one?
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Post by ashvale on Mar 30, 2011 11:38:22 GMT
yES
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Post by bow1607 on Mar 30, 2011 11:45:03 GMT
I don't know anyone that has ever used one of these but it reminded me of a girl that used to be on a farm I was on who told me they had just found out the mare they had bought was in foal..... how did they come to that conclusion? A pregnancy test from boots!!!!  Needless to say the mare wasn't in foal ;D |
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Post by Fizzyflora on Mar 30, 2011 12:04:37 GMT
I would interested in finding out how successful it is too as I have a mare that will not let a vet within a 100yrds of her so we have to guess wether she is in foal, not always easy as she never gets the typical pregnant belly!  |
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Post by elmere on Mar 30, 2011 12:11:38 GMT
I think the only problem you have with them is that you have to wait for the mare to urinate or catch it somehow, could be quite hard to do.  |
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Post by sarahp on Mar 30, 2011 13:33:24 GMT
I have a tip for that from when mine was drug tested at a show (negative as I knew it would be!). They have a box with clean straw down but sprinkle some pee around on it which prompts them to go when brought into the box. A saucepan on a long stick and bob's your uncle!
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Post by pattendown on Mar 31, 2011 19:11:16 GMT
i have used them and found they are very accurate and catching the wee is very easy just have a rug on over night ,then get 2 joddy clips ,get an old carrot bag cut it down then put a cut down leamonade or coke bottle in it with a sponge then clip the carrot bag to the rug and hey prestow the sponge stops the wee plshin out and it doesnt have to be starile
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Post by sundance20 on Apr 1, 2011 9:23:04 GMT
A lady i know has used one she had to stand in her field 7 hours a day as pony lived out to try catch her wee.
The results show within 5 minutes but a vet has told us they are not the most accurate of things.
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