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Anonymous
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 12:50 pm: | 
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I have one mare is who now at 370 days, she has had opaque yellow tinged milk for about 3-4 days now, bag is still loose. And now my other mare is at 349 Days, with a tight bag and clear yellow sticky fluid. I am wondering if it is time to call the vet out? These mares do not seem to be making any progress??? I live in Washington and feed eastern WA or OR hay. Could this be the endophyte poisoning? Thanks! |
Sandy
| | Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 04:57 pm: |
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If you have been feeding hay with fescue in it, then you'd need to worry about the possibility of endophyte poisoning. As for the gestation length of your mares, I don't think you need to be worried yet. I had a mare last year go to 375 days. And her milk never did turn totally white before she foaled. It was kind of butterscotch colored.
Your mare that is 349 days with the tight bag and clear yellow sticky fluid sounds like she is getting close. I know everyone says that 340 days is the average gestation for a horse, but I actually think that 350 days is more of an average. I had 3 mares that foaled last year and they were 375, 351 and 350 days. So this year I have calculated my mare's "due dates" to be at around the 350 day mark instead of 340. So, if they go closer to 340, then I will consider myself lucky and that they went early! |
Corine
| | Posted on Friday, April 11, 2003 - 05:27 pm: |
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Strange isnt it? I live in The Netherlands, Europe, and my mare went 336, first baby, colt, a friend has had 5 baby's so far, the earliest at 323, the latest at 336!! We'd been thinking they are all going early this year!!
Also two other mares I know of went 320 (!) and 325... |
Sandy
| | Posted on Sunday, April 13, 2003 - 12:44 pm: |
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Geez, I wish I had that. I'd much rather have them going at the 330 range instead of 350. All of my mares will be at 330 within this next week and all of them are pretty well bagged up at this point, but I don't think they will go before 340. |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 - 04:29 pm: |
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Here is a quick update. Still no foals! I had the vet out today(for my peace of mind) and the mare that is now at 376 days, cervix is totally shut. Foal is way down. The mare that is now at 355 days, cervix is about 50% open. And foal is high. So he said she could go soon. He said possibly the other mare (376days) could make fast progress as this will be her 6th foal. I sure hope so! She is going to break all records if she does'nt! LOL |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 - 09:55 pm: |
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When is it considered a problem overdue mare date wise, if you know the correct and only breed dates, and mare is having no problems, but just doesn't seem to be close to foaling? Is there a time frame to say that it's been long enough?
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Anonymous
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 - 09:56 pm: |
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Continued from last.. sorry..
Or that it's a danger to the mare, foal or both?
Thanks.. |
Jos
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 - 10:22 pm: |
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Please review the article on this site available by "clicking" here. It should answer many questions for you. |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 10:38 am: |
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Thank you, that was very helpful! I have had so many people tell me things, that I wanted to make sure we were doing the right thing.. which is sounds like we are.  |
deb
| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 10:51 am: |
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Jos, I read your articles and tried them on one of my mares last night. She has been bagged up for a couple weeks. One side you could see all black and the other side there was a little white and some small white granules. So I had a good night sleep last night. Thanks
I will sure try this method, but I have some
maiden mares also and one wont let me milk her,so still have to keep an eye on her.
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Anonymous
| | Posted on Saturday, April 19, 2003 - 08:35 pm: |
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Another update on these mares. Now at 380days and 359 days. BOTH mares are waxed and dripping milk off and on...so I guess it is finally going to happen. funny how they both decided to get busy at the same time! Will let you know what happens. Maybe we will have two EASTER Day foals! |
Sandy
| | Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2003 - 01:18 am: |
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Sounds like you're going to have babies soon! I bet you will be soooo.... relieved 380 days is an awfully long wait. I think I would be nuts by then.
I hope you have two Easter babies. |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2003 - 03:09 pm: |
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my mare is 354 days with here 2nd foal (first foal was born at 330 days). Her bag is still small and liquid is stil kinda clear. When does she start storing colostrum. I'm afraid i'm milking out the "good stuff" and that would really suck ;o) |
Jos
| | Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2003 - 03:27 pm: |
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You should only be milking out one or two drops a day! If you are milking out more than that, don't! With only a couple of drops a day, you will not deplete colostrum supplies - which only become present very close to term anyway. |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2003 - 04:35 pm: |
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Well...Finally! The 379 day mare foaled at 9:30pm last night. And the 359 days mare foaled at 5:30am this morning. What a relief! A colt and a filly! All are doing well!
Question though. I called my vet to come take a look at one of the mares because she tore out sideways a bit on both sides of her vulva. I thought for sure he would want to come stitch it. He said unless it tore towards her anus, that he would wait until all the swelling goes down and let it most likely heal itself. Is this normal practice? I had planned on rebreeding this mare on her foal heat, but will wait until her 30 day heat now. By not fixing these tears will it cause her problems when rebreeding? Live cover I might add. |
Jos
| | Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2003 - 05:41 pm: |
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Yes, normal practice. There is so much swelling there now that if one attempted to repair it, it is likely that the sutures would let go in a couple of days and you would be back to where you started - except you'd have a vet bill! |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2003 - 10:38 pm: |
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do you recommend giving oxytocin immediately after foaling or only on an as needed basis? If so how much? |
pam higginbotham
Posted From: 66.175.168.50
| | Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 05:34 am: |
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hi i have a maiden mare i breed her 13-14-15 of january last yr on the 15 i took my stallion back to hes place 7 miles from here ok stars due date was dec 17 shes big as a blimp her bag is tight no leakage i wonder when we will have a baby |
pamhigginbotham
Posted From: 66.175.168.50
| | Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 05:38 am: |
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i feed her about maybe 3 gallons of feed a day and give her a lil alafal hay to shes very conditdined ive shown her i stoped showing her 2 months ago |
Sandy
Posted From: 4.227.133.168
| | Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 11:45 am: |
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Hi Pam
No need to worry yet...as you can see from previous posts, there are quite a few mares who go well past their "due date."
It has also been said that the earlier in the year a mare is due, the longer the pregnancy usually is.
Also, you may not get any "leakage" out of her bag before she foals. There are a lot of mares who do not wax prior to foaling. And since your mare is a maiden, just about anything goes. |
Sandy
Posted From: 69.173.20.198
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 08:38 pm: |
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Hi, we have an older mare (18) who is past due 14 days her due date ,this is her 5th foal,and all seems well except when she lays down we have a cam on her , and watch as she looks to her rump again and again,lays flat then sits back up just seems so miserable,does this seem normal? She has been baggin for 4 weeks now but no wax Any suggestions? |
Jos
Posted From: 4.153.75.122
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 08:55 pm: |
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Yup. Take a look at the article on "overdue mares" (follow the link) on our web site. It should help a lot! |
Tim Thomas
Neonate
Username: Slidinstar
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Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 12:49 pm: |
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I have a mare who is at 359 days gestation. About a week ago her wax changed from a more white and not as thick appearance to a more yellow thick consistancy. At that time she seemed to have all the signs of impending foaling... loose around her tailhead, elongated vaginal area, staying off by herself and appearing to be having labor pains to some degree. Since that time her bag seems to be a little smaller and along with a couple of the other mares due to foal has a lot of liquid at the end of their stools. They are all on pasture... mostly rye and rain has been plentiful. I say that to hopefully support the high amounts of water in the stools. Was wondering if there's anything to be concerned about? |
Jos
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Username: Jos
Post Number: 10628
Registered: 10-1999
| | Posted on Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 06:43 pm: |
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You might want to check your pastures for fescue presence, or the grasses - especially the rye - for endophyte fungus. If there is no presence of endophytes, you're probably still fine. |
