our horse we believe to be pregnant is on her late 10th month of pregnancy, due in a few weeks, and my sis checked and her vagina is swollen and red, could this indicate something bad, or does it mean she is getting ready to have the baby, or what could this mean???
2007-01-17 12:49:04 · 9 answers · asked by cowboy1991 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
she said it looked almost bloody, is it normal, does it mean she could be goin into pregnancy
2007-01-17 13:41:06 · update #1
She's completely fine. As long as she doesn't have any smelly discharge, you're good to go. The vagina swells during this time, to allow room for the baby. You'll take a look (or your sis will) in 2 or 3 weeks and you'll probably be scared to death with how large it gets. Don't worry, it's completely natural, almost like dilating for mares.
2007-01-17 14:14:42 · answer #1 · answered by hey_its_from_clare 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
To answer your question,Yes! She sounds like she is foaling!Late tenth month is DUE any time.One point that concerns me about your mare: this redness/almost bloody look is new? If it is dramatically different than yesterday then YES shes' foaling: your new arrival sounds imminent. That look does NOT occur until First stage labor,which is marked by a dilated vaginal opening,often wet looking or glossy. She might show hollow flanks and a change in her body shape. Milk may appear or not, often dripping. Do not milk her, Do separate her from pasture mates. If she's comfortable in stalls then by all means give her a nice roomy one,with deep bedding and her usual food and water amounts.
If she is NOT used to stalls, Its no time to try upsetting her. Make her a nice bed in the lean-to or shed with straw or shavings(shavings can get in the foals eyes but some mares do eat straw). Bust a grass hay bale or two if your out of bedding and fluff them up.She wont eat too much grass hay.Keep an eye on your big lady. If she is used to pasture she might try to foal a long way from the house. Its a bit too cold for that though so keep her in. "Guaranteed sign she is foaling: a Foot can be seen.This is the only almost 100% sign that a foal will follow" (see link)
It is a huge mistake to assume a mare is pregnant for exactly 11months :Foals come when they are ready to, so Good luck on your new colt/filly!
2007-01-17 16:35:12 · answer #2 · answered by Zair 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
This is very normal. Her vagina is loosening up and expanding, getting ready for the baby. It could be a few more weeks, and it will get very loose and very swollen. Like any pregnant woman, she will be very tender and more irratable. Keep her locked up in a stall with lots of straw, but only at night. the stall needs to be at least a 15x15, 12x12 is too small for comfort birthing. A few days before birth your mares milk bags will fill up and begin to leak. It could be whitish, or yellowish, but it will be thick and rich from it being the first wave of milk.
Here is also a link to what you will need in a foaling kit. These are vital, and be sure to have this kit ready ASAP
http://www.gaitedhorses.net/FoalKit.html
2007-01-17 15:29:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
This variety of breeding is completed at all times and is riskless offered that the mare is given right nutrients and care for the duration of her being pregnant. Many breeders will likely be breed a mare again on her foal warmth - the primary warmth cycle after the mare foals - approximately nine-12 days put up foaling. I have heard you get higher notion at the following warmth cycle however it has no longer made a change for us. Regardless, in case your mare is in well situation, it will have to no longer be a situation. Her 3rd foal at age 7 isn't that unusual for profession broodmares - so much are bred at both three-four to foal at four-five so that's no longer quite suspect both. Edit: We permit our mares be ridden till the ninth month in their gestation. Post foaling, we wait 6 weeks earlier than getting on board once more however it is almost always riskless to trip a little prior. (We wait almost always longer than so much after having obvious a reputedly average, healthful mare expand a uterine hemorrhage six weeks after foaling).
2016-09-07 21:34:36 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have your vet come and check her, a sign a mare is getting ready to foal is when her udders are filled, also called bagging up... when she gets really close they may drip milk or have a wax covering them. Keep her stalled at night with lots of fresh straw just in case. Go online and read up on foaling if you are planning to do this yourself. You will need to know what to do if she goes into labor and what trouble signs to look out for. Good Luck!
2007-01-17 13:26:09 · answer #5 · answered by andi p 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Its ok....it should also be a little waxy, and both sides of the tail should have droped a little as she is preparing to give birth... but if you ant shure just ask your vet
2007-01-18 00:05:58 · answer #6 · answered by Horse Lover 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
thats normal
2007-01-17 12:53:47 · answer #7 · answered by :) 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its normal
2007-01-17 14:07:11 · answer #8 · answered by Jordan J 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
normal it should be tender.
2007-01-17 13:18:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋