Re: question about mares in heat

["GESA BRINKS" <gesaeqfx@pe.net>]

You dont need to have an ultra sound.  She would be far enough along that a
palpation would be sufficient.   A friend of mine had a black qtr mare that
was bred for 6 months in a row when they finally called the vet to see what
was wrong with her and he told them she was 6 months in foal.   An old
cowboy friend of mine saw a stallion cover a mare at 11:00 am and the mare
foaled at 4pm that evening. (How's that for curb service!!!)    The stallion
was running all year long in pasture with his band of mares.  This poor mare
didnt know how to say NO!   So yes,  there is a slim possibility that your
mare  could be in foal.   Emphasis on the word "slim".      gesa
-----Original Message-----
From: Maggie Mieske <mmieske@netonecom.net>
To: Ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Saturday, November 20, 1999 1:36 PM
Subject: RC: question about mares in heat


>For those of you with the years of experience I don't have....is it
>possible that a mare in foal might continue to exhibit signs of heat with
>frequent exposure to a stallion?  We bred my sister's mare in April.  She
>missed one heat cycle, went on a ride and subsequently came into heat
>again.  We assumed she had overheated at the ride (it was the 2 p.m. LD
>ride) and reabsorbed the foal IF she had taken in the first place.  She has
>since exhibited signs of heat whenever she sees our stallion (we live next
>door and ride together frequently)...no regularity at all.  My sister
>swears she looks pregnant...I don't look at the mare on a daily basis so am
>not sure what I think.  She can't afford an ultrasound right now (I am
>tempted to pay for it myself cuz she is driving me crazy!!) so we can't say
>for sure!  I just wondered if it was possible.  If someone out there thinks
>it might be, maybe I'll go ahead and pay for an ultrasound but then again,
>we can save the money and just see if she has a foal next spring!!  :)
>Thanks, guys!!  :)
>
>Maggie Mieske
>Mieske's Silver Lining
>McBain, Michigan
>http://www.netonecom.net/~mmieske
>
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