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What would cause movement in a mares belly other than pregnancy?
Chenoa73
I love this question as I have heard it so often. The movement is just the gut processing food, the intestines doing their job. If you put your ear near or above the horses flank you will also hear gurgling sounds. And if you put you hand there you can almost feel something that feels like a baby horse kicking, but it will come out the other hole and you will be scooping it away into a wheelbarrow. :) FYI if your mare is ever ill and you DON'T hear those gurgling sounds, then its a very serious case of colic.
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Do horses lose their hair during a pregnancy?
no at least none of my mares have!
Do mares produce milk or colostrum if they have never foaled?
Hormone levels can cause mares to lactate and mares can be induced to lactate using domperidone and oxytocin. Generally, the mares do not produce colostrum.
Phantom pregnancy in mares?
A horse who is experiencing a phantom pregnancy will have symptoms of an actual pregnancy. These symptoms include the horse being tired with a puffed up stomach.
How far into pregnancy are horses allowed into a field?
In the wild, pregant mares live out in pasture all through their pregnancy. Domestic mares aren't as different from the wild ones as some people think. A mare can stay out to pasture all throughout her pregnancy. They SHOULD be out in the pasture all throughout their pregnancy, or at least have to option of being inside or outside. Most will choose outside.
Hormones to help with pregnant mares?
The primary hormone used to maintain pregnancy in older mares is progesterone or the synthetic version of it, regumate/altrenogest. This product is used to great effect in preventing EOD (early embryonic death)and a subsequent return to heat due to prostiglandin release due to illness, injury, inflammation etc. especially when pregnancy is being maintained by the primary CL alone. Can be used with anti-inflammitory drugs during transport or when injections that may cause inflammation are required for mares that have to be moved during the early stages of pregnancy. Can be used in late stage pregnancy in conjunction with antibiotic therapy for mares with certain types of low grade infections to insure the foal reaches full term although foal may be dismature, premature septic at birth. Some farms have mares on progesterone therapy as a safeguard. Oxytocin, Prostiglandins can be used to help with the foaling process, milk let down etc.
What signs tell when the pregnant horse is due?
a mares pregnancy is approximately 11 months, more or less.
What is the length of pregnancy of mares in foal with Cushings disease?
Most cushiniod mares can't get pregnant due to hormonal issues. There is a yahoo list that deals with Cushings and IR horses that may have some information.
How large should a mare be at 4 months along?
The size of a mare at four month into a pregnancy will depend on several factors. These include the size of the fetus, the amount and quality of the food the mare is receiving, and the mares exercise level. However a mare at four months will typically show a 'slight' belly.
Does a horse become less aggressive with pregnancy?
Each mare is different but most mares do not make significant behavioral changes because they are pregnant. Mares that are nervous or aggressive before pregnancy will very likely be the same way when pregnant and some behaviors may become intensified once the mare foals and her protective behavior kicks in. Like the old "wives tale" that a dog should have a litter of puppies before she is spayed to make her a better pet...mares with behavioral problems will not improve merely through pregnancy and foaling.
What is an example of a sentence using the word mares?
Please separate the mares from the stallion.
What is older mares or highlands?
Mares
How will a mare look pregnant?
Mares show few if any changes in appearance through at least the first half of their 11 month, 1 week gestation. Some will show changes in attitude but not all do so. The most noticable thing will be the lack of heat cycles although up to 20% of mares will continue to show some cyclic behavior even when pregnant. At about half way through the pregnancy the flank area will begin to thicken and there will be less of a "dip" in that area, especially at the top of the flank. As pregnancy progresses most mares will get thicker through their flank area and begin to show some widening of the belly and a bit deeper bottom line....this happens as the weight of the fetus begins to sink the uterus below the pelvic rim and lower into the abdomen. At about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way through the pregnancy it is possible, with patience, to see foal movement..... some are much more active than others....at this point the foal is on it's back with forelegs folded and nose tucked in toward foal's chest...so most activity will probably be hind leg movement. Usually within the last several weeks to a month the foal drops deeper and its butt begins to hang low in the mare's belly, sometimes giving her the look of having a bowling ball dropped in her belly....this allows the foal room to begin extending the front legs and nose and beginning to make the turn over from laying on its back to rotating into and through the birth canal. At about this same time (it varies a lot) the udder of the mare will begin to fill in and this will continue for the rest of the pregnancy, sometimes more noticable than others but gradually becoming much fuller. There are a few mares that don't fill in an udder until just before foaling and some produce almost no milk until the foal is actually born. Several days to several weeks prior to foaling most mares will lose muscle tone over their hip/croup/tailhead area and some also down into the buttock area as well...this area becomes soft and almost mushy feeling compared to firm muscle elsewhere. The top of the hip bones may show, the tailhead may show and some mares even lose tone along their entire back and suddenly (as in almost overnight in some cases) look as if they have dropped 100 lbs....not all mares do this. Sometimes in the last several days prior to foaling you can actually see movement from the front feet of the foal in the area along side the tailhead of the mare.
