No Foal Yet :( - Page 2

Terry · 10-28-2009, 12:57 PM

I also have always just used my hand and wiped in between until all the gunk is gone.

cowgirlup · 10-28-2009, 01:19 PM

If you use a baby wipe make sure to wash off afterwards with warm water that way there is no residue that may bother the foal.I hope you don't mind my input.

dimpleflirt · 10-28-2009, 02:38 PM

Keep your fingers crossed that she's just not due yet. I'm going through the same thing with Pickles.She is not outrageously big but you can tell she is preggers and her teets are getting longer but have not gotten hard again like a month or so ago but I can now work some sticky fluid out of the teets. I also don't know her due date and she looks about like your mare does progress wise. Best wishes!

muttduck · 10-29-2009, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Strawberrygirl

Any tips on cleaning udders in very cold weather? Baby wipes and baby shampoo maybe?

On all of my girls, I just use my fingers/fingernails - nothing wet, unless they are in the middle of a bath.

Most of the crusties can be 'rolled' off gently by 'massaging' small areas, and the stuff that doesn't can be gently 'scritched' or picked off with your nails.

For the most part, that stuff is itchy to the mare, and it feels good to have it removed. (Some mares scratch their tail heads and rumps on things when it's really yucky down there, as an attempt to relieve it.)

I have yet to have a mare dislike it... in fact, mine will line up like cars at a car wash to get it done. (Some less patient than others.) Most of the girls will stretch their necks out, and mumble with their lips while they get cleaned, too.

Our mustang will actually go so far as to tell me when she needs it, by parking her flank in my face. If I go to walk around, she will move to block me until I clean her. (She's also the less patient one if I'm cleaning someone else first.)

Just watch the ears and weight shifts while you clean, since they will tell you if you've hit a tender spot, and will be a warning of a foot stomp to come.

singing tree · 10-29-2009, 09:24 AM

My mare comes up and lifts her leg like a dog for me to clean it. Pretty cute

Strawberrygirl · 11-04-2009, 08:51 PM

My vet came today . . . she doesn't think Bell is pregnant at all. After checking out my other concerns, she didn't even have to palpate Bell -- but pretty much said she isn't pregnant. Since we got Bell in March, she would have to be 9 months and would probably look like a hippo by now (especially if she had a foal before).

As for her udder, the vet said a lot of mares always have a stringy fluid in their udders if they had a foal before (and some have fluid with no foaling history). So that doesn't relate to a pregnancy at all. She thinks either Bell was never bred or maybe she lost her foal a few months ago . . . which most likely happened because a few months ago was when the kicking in her belly stopped.

I guess I'll just start working her out and start re-breaking her to ride again. I really wanted her to be pregnant so its still hard for me to think that she isn't!

Any thoughts or comments?

muttduck · 11-05-2009, 12:23 AM

Odd that the vet didn't at least palpate to confirm...

I'm sorry that you have built up your hopes on this baby, and it looks like she isn't going to have one.

Terry · 11-05-2009, 07:25 AM

Sorry to hear that your mare isn't pregnant after all. I agree with muttduck though, it does seem odd that your vet didn't palpate to confirm.

livinthedream · 11-05-2009, 09:34 AM

Oh, goodness....Im sorry, but I would have to ask for a palpitation, I think, internal is the best way to get a for sure, if you are not. Again Im sorry to hear..but I feel your pain....

Chrystalstar · 11-05-2009, 09:05 PM

A lot of vets won't palpate if there isn't a proper palpation shute. Getting kicked is no fun.
And in my opinion, she doen't look preggers to me either, rather she looks like a mare that has had a lot of babies. When I retired my one brood mare it took her teats 2 years to shink down in size and for her bag to quit making milk. She was jersy cow in another life.

Horselady44 · 11-06-2009, 12:30 AM

Oh what a bummer. Im sorry. I know you were looking forward to this foal. Keep your spirits up...at least you dont have to wonder anymore and you can start working her

xXBirdieXx · 11-10-2009, 09:04 AM

Oh, thats really too bad when you were getting you're hopes up about having a foal. At least you know what is going on now though.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Prairie View Farms on foal watch!! one filly 2 wks old..2nd Foal has arrived..	pvf	Breeding & Genetics	113	05-14-2008 09:52 AM
Foal dance please!!! Gypsy Drum foal COLT was born!!	prancingpony	Breeding & Genetics	59	05-04-2008 05:59 AM
when oh when will my mare foal?..updated foal is here..pics	misty74	Breeding & Genetics	16	06-06-2007 08:31 PM
Foal watch for Scylla UPDATE: Foal is here! Lots of Pics!	NChase	Breeding & Genetics	44	07-27-2006 01:07 PM
Foal cams!! This mare should foal tonight.	taisjia	Breeding & Genetics	46	01-31-2006 07:57 PM

10-28-2009, 12:57 PM
Terry Yearling Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 973	I also have always just used my hand and wiped in between until all the gunk is gone. __________________ In loving memory of Roxy - 00-08. RIP my sweet girl. Proud Army Mom.

10-28-2009, 01:19 PM
cowgirlup Newborn Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Langley,B.C.Canada Posts: 2	cleaning teats If you use a baby wipe make sure to wash off afterwards with warm water that way there is no residue that may bother the foal.I hope you don't mind my input.

10-28-2009, 02:38 PM
dimpleflirt Coming two Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,549	Keep your fingers crossed that she's just not due yet. I'm going through the same thing with Pickles.She is not outrageously big but you can tell she is preggers and her teets are getting longer but have not gotten hard again like a month or so ago but I can now work some sticky fluid out of the teets. I also don't know her due date and she looks about like your mare does progress wise. Best wishes! __________________ "Lord, Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference."

10-29-2009, 09:24 AM
singing tree Long Yearling Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hartville, Ohio Posts: 1,025	My mare comes up and lifts her leg like a dog for me to clean it. Pretty cute

11-04-2009, 08:51 PM
Strawberrygirl Weanling Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 249	UPDATE ~ Vet Opinion My vet came today . . . she doesn't think Bell is pregnant at all. After checking out my other concerns, she didn't even have to palpate Bell -- but pretty much said she isn't pregnant. Since we got Bell in March, she would have to be 9 months and would probably look like a hippo by now (especially if she had a foal before). As for her udder, the vet said a lot of mares always have a stringy fluid in their udders if they had a foal before (and some have fluid with no foaling history). So that doesn't relate to a pregnancy at all. She thinks either Bell was never bred or maybe she lost her foal a few months ago . . . which most likely happened because a few months ago was when the kicking in her belly stopped. I guess I'll just start working her out and start re-breaking her to ride again. I really wanted her to be pregnant so its still hard for me to think that she isn't! Any thoughts or comments?

11-05-2009, 12:23 AM
muttduck Kid Safe Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Central Kentucky Posts: 6,957	Odd that the vet didn't at least palpate to confirm... I'm sorry that you have built up your hopes on this baby, and it looks like she isn't going to have one. __________________ Custom stall signs and pet portraits, Wood Burned by hand with your equine's (or pet's) image: www.WoodburnedPetPortraits.com Self Defense Supplies, Stun Guns, Pepper Sprays: https://selfprotectionsupplies.com/

11-05-2009, 07:25 AM
Terry Yearling Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 973	Sorry to hear that your mare isn't pregnant after all. I agree with muttduck though, it does seem odd that your vet didn't palpate to confirm. __________________ In loving memory of Roxy - 00-08. RIP my sweet girl. Proud Army Mom.

11-05-2009, 09:34 AM
livinthedream Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: In the Oven!!! Posts: 991	Oh, goodness....Im sorry, but I would have to ask for a palpitation, I think, internal is the best way to get a for sure, if you are not. Again Im sorry to hear..but I feel your pain.... __________________ 3 next year for sure... Barney changed my life because I changed his ! www.ponderosaminiatures.com

11-05-2009, 09:05 PM
Chrystalstar Halter broke Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Alberta Posts: 185	A lot of vets won't palpate if there isn't a proper palpation shute. Getting kicked is no fun. And in my opinion, she doen't look preggers to me either, rather she looks like a mare that has had a lot of babies. When I retired my one brood mare it took her teats 2 years to shink down in size and for her bag to quit making milk. She was jersy cow in another life.

11-06-2009, 12:30 AM
Horselady44 Started Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Montana Posts: 2,401	Oh what a bummer. Im sorry. I know you were looking forward to this foal. Keep your spirits up...at least you dont have to wonder anymore and you can start working her __________________ A happy horse equals a happy rider!

11-10-2009, 09:04 AM
xXBirdieXx Newborn Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 8	Oh, thats really too bad when you were getting you're hopes up about having a foal. At least you know what is going on now though.