Hi everyone, really wanting your thoughts ahead of a vet visit on Tuesday next week. I'm a little worried that my new mare may be in foal. I got this mare in early May, not overweight at all and from a lovely lady with no stallions around. However, she had only owned her from November time last year and there is a gap from August 2019 to November 2019 where I'm not sure where she was, probably dealers. The mare is 13 years old and had a foal 7 years ago. Shes very girthy and quite a madam sometimes but her behaviour lately has been off - more spooky and more prone to try and nip, lift back legs if anyone bothers her near teats. She's been gaining weight and 3 weeks ago is started with grazing muzzle - 2 weeks of this but no change in weight. I'd started to worry about ulcers due to girth issues, so had had decided to leave muzzle until I could have that looked at. About 1.5 weeks ago, farrier attended and remarked on her belly, tested teats and he said some milk came out. He didnt try again as she was getting stressed. I've stopped riding her pending vet visit this coming Tuesday, but she seems to be getting increasingly larger- the grass on her field is very short, shes out in day and in at night with just a hay net. I've added pics of belly, teats and vulva for your opinions. I do think vulva has changed colour, more pink than usual, looks a little longer maybe too?
I'm stuck at the min as daren't tackle the weight issue until I can rule out pregnancy.
If not pregnant, I can get her scanned for ulcers to investigate girthing issues go from there.
Sorry for the essay and thanks for reading! x
I'm stuck at the min as daren't tackle the weight issue until I can rule out pregnancy.
If not pregnant, I can get her scanned for ulcers to investigate girthing issues go from there.
Sorry for the essay and thanks for reading! x