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Is My Mare Pregnant2007-11-24 21:18:07

Hello everybody, quick question for ya.

I bought a new mare a few months ago, and she's been changing a little here lately. I thought her teets looked a bit big when we got her, but they said it was nothing. Then, she started looking a little hollow in her flanks and I thought she needed to gain a little weight.

Well, she's on perfect fresh grass as much as she wants, and the hollowness in her flanks is getting more pronounced.

NOW, she has HUGE veins visible under her belly, she is CONSTANTLY lipping at us and rubbing her head on us for attention, and tonight I noticed her teets are looking even a bit bigger. When I got ahold of one to see if there was any waxy build up, there was milk. LOTS of milk. I felt like I was milking a cow!

Her udders aren't getting fuller, but she had no shortage.

She's not getting wide from side to side when I look at her from the front.But is there any other reason besides pregnancy for a horse to have milk?

Answers:

It very much sounds like your mare is pregnant, and due to deliver soon.

Where do you have her? A birthing stall should be huge, especially for a draft mare.

It's actually better for the mare to give birth in a pasture, with nice grass.

Birth for the mare will either go one of two ways. Horses almost always birth when your back is turned. You may go inside for a 30 minute nap, and come out and find a foal. That's great, if the mare does all the work.it's highly unlikely she needs human help.