Does she look pregnet--Worried!

Appy_Lover · 02-10-2007, 01:09 PM

Teresa usually aborts her babys for no reason and she has been keeping her tail off to the side latley (showing that she wants to get pregnet) and im worried that she adoted her baby. Here are two pictures that i took today, I'm going to go and measure her when i go and do chores to see if she aborted---but does it look like she is still pregent? sorry for the bad quality of the photos!

Fire Chik · 02-10-2007, 05:03 PM

Have you had her checked to see why she aborts? I wouldn't keep breeding a horse that always aborts, especially without knowing why it happens. It might be something that is easily treated.
How many times has she done it?

Appy_Lover · 02-10-2007, 05:09 PM

We haven't breed her since we owned her but with her other owners about 3 or 4 times and she carries about 1 or 2 times...but other than that we don't know why she aborts but people that owned her said that she just doesn't like to carry.

Fire Chik · 02-10-2007, 05:12 PM

I would get the vet out to check and see if she is pregnant and if not, to do some tests to try and determine why she aborts. Sometimes it is a simple imbalance that can be fixed with some supplements.

Appy_Lover · 02-10-2007, 05:32 PM

ok thanx!!!

Kicks · 02-10-2007, 09:16 PM

Horses (as with other animals, humans included) do not just 'abort for no reason'. If she was my mare and I though that she might be in foal and couldn't find something that was positive (feeling the foal kick) I would get her Vet checked.

Reece's Peices · 02-10-2007, 09:28 PM

I agree with calling a vet, at the farm i worked at a tb mare always wouldnt take, and the vet said it was becouse of an imbalance, then she took, but then she aborted!! It turned out we caused a different imbalance by trying to correct another! We figred everything out and now she is carrying to term

I hope all goes well with your mare!

Appy_Lover · 02-11-2007, 09:35 AM

Thanks everyone! we will call the vet soon and have her cheecked!

Appylvr · 02-13-2007, 02:07 PM

How far along would she be? Cause to me she looks like a nicely trim, fit mare... unlike mine...

(mine are all fat)

I would see why she aborts and definately don't breed her if she does because it will just be a waste of money on your part.

My neighbor's bought a Appy mare from a breeder. They were told when they bought her that she wasn't wanted anymore because the last time she foaled she tore her cervix, so the breeder sold her.

Then a few years later they decided they wanted a foal from her. I don't know if they forgot about why they were able to buy her in the first place or what (that's something I'd never forget) but they bred her. She carried the foal full term, but the foal was born small and sick and they had to put it down.

The vet said it was from Placenta Seperation (the placenta seperated from the wall while the foal was developing - that's what feeds the foal, so it wasn't able to get enough nourishment) that's also why twins don't survive normally. There's not enough room for the placenta to feed both babies.

(I don't know if it was related to the earlier problem, but I think they would have been so much better off leaving that mare alone and breeding one of their others)

SpiritSaddle · 02-13-2007, 02:34 PM

Did you get ahold of the vet yet?

02-10-2007, 01:09 PM	#1
Appy_Lover Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,441 Blog Entries: 150	Does she look pregnet--Worried! Teresa usually aborts her babys for no reason and she has been keeping her tail off to the side latley (showing that she wants to get pregnet) and im worried that she adoted her baby. Here are two pictures that i took today, I'm going to go and measure her when i go and do chores to see if she aborted---but does it look like she is still pregent? sorry for the bad quality of the photos! __________________ Proud Owner Of: Beau- 7y/o QH Gelding. My Barrel Racing Powerhouse. Jaden- 5y/o QH/Appy Mare. My Hunter Jumper,Training in Barrels. "Yes, Im a barrel racer. And it is more than running around 3 barrels."

02-10-2007, 05:03 PM	#2
Fire Chik Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Durango, CO Posts: 630 Images: 351 Blog Entries: 1	Have you had her checked to see why she aborts? I wouldn't keep breeding a horse that always aborts, especially without knowing why it happens. It might be something that is easily treated. How many times has she done it? __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting, "....holy ****.... what a ride!"

02-10-2007, 05:09 PM	#3
Appy_Lover Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,441 Blog Entries: 150	We haven't breed her since we owned her but with her other owners about 3 or 4 times and she carries about 1 or 2 times...but other than that we don't know why she aborts but people that owned her said that she just doesn't like to carry. __________________ Proud Owner Of: Beau- 7y/o QH Gelding. My Barrel Racing Powerhouse. Jaden- 5y/o QH/Appy Mare. My Hunter Jumper,Training in Barrels. "Yes, Im a barrel racer. And it is more than running around 3 barrels."

02-10-2007, 05:12 PM	#4
Fire Chik Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Durango, CO Posts: 630 Images: 351 Blog Entries: 1	I would get the vet out to check and see if she is pregnant and if not, to do some tests to try and determine why she aborts. Sometimes it is a simple imbalance that can be fixed with some supplements. __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting, "....holy ****.... what a ride!"

02-10-2007, 05:32 PM	#5
Appy_Lover Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,441 Blog Entries: 150	ok thanx!!! __________________ Proud Owner Of: Beau- 7y/o QH Gelding. My Barrel Racing Powerhouse. Jaden- 5y/o QH/Appy Mare. My Hunter Jumper,Training in Barrels. "Yes, Im a barrel racer. And it is more than running around 3 barrels."

02-10-2007, 09:16 PM	#6
Kicks Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Beautiful Black Hills of Dakota Posts: 2,232 Images: 31	Horses (as with other animals, humans included) do not just 'abort for no reason'. If she was my mare and I though that she might be in foal and couldn't find something that was positive (feeling the foal kick) I would get her Vet checked.

02-10-2007, 09:28 PM	#7
Reece's Peices Full Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Barrie, Ontario, Canada Posts: 165 Images: 22 Blog Entries: 1	I agree with calling a vet, at the farm i worked at a tb mare always wouldnt take, and the vet said it was becouse of an imbalance, then she took, but then she aborted!! It turned out we caused a different imbalance by trying to correct another! We figred everything out and now she is carrying to term I hope all goes well with your mare! __________________ REECE'S PEICES!!! www.freewebs.com/ashleyschell

02-11-2007, 09:35 AM	#8
Appy_Lover Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,441 Blog Entries: 150	Thanks everyone! we will call the vet soon and have her cheecked! __________________ Proud Owner Of: Beau- 7y/o QH Gelding. My Barrel Racing Powerhouse. Jaden- 5y/o QH/Appy Mare. My Hunter Jumper,Training in Barrels. "Yes, Im a barrel racer. And it is more than running around 3 barrels."

02-13-2007, 02:07 PM	#9
Appylvr Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: California Posts: 7,007 Images: 307	How far along would she be? Cause to me she looks like a nicely trim, fit mare... unlike mine... (mine are all fat) I would see why she aborts and definately don't breed her if she does because it will just be a waste of money on your part. My neighbor's bought a Appy mare from a breeder. They were told when they bought her that she wasn't wanted anymore because the last time she foaled she tore her cervix, so the breeder sold her. Then a few years later they decided they wanted a foal from her. I don't know if they forgot about why they were able to buy her in the first place or what (that's something I'd never forget) but they bred her. She carried the foal full term, but the foal was born small and sick and they had to put it down. The vet said it was from Placenta Seperation (the placenta seperated from the wall while the foal was developing - that's what feeds the foal, so it wasn't able to get enough nourishment) that's also why twins don't survive normally. There's not enough room for the placenta to feed both babies. (I don't know if it was related to the earlier problem, but I think they would have been so much better off leaving that mare alone and breeding one of their others) __________________ ~Tonya~ Teak~Coco~Baylee~Dolly~Rosie~Shilo~Jazzy A solitary ride through the bush is more beneficial than six months with the best psychiatrist

02-13-2007, 02:34 PM	#10
SpiritSaddle Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,175 Images: 102	Did you get ahold of the vet yet?

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