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Changes in the Mares Prior to Foaling Last year we had many emails from 'first time mums-to-be' asking about signs of imminent foaling so I thought people might be interested to see some of the physical changes in our own mares prior to foaling - as they say, a picture speaks a thousand words... and some of the changes are very obvious...! So if bagging up is an alien term to you and puffy vulval lips sounds like someting from an x-rated video then have a look at these pictures... Obviously every mare is different and we have been caught out a couple of times when mares have started foaling - despite not looking 'ready' but these pics mighth elp give you an idea! | ||||
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Bambi bagged up - 12 hours before foaling |
Bambi - you can see her vulval lips have become 'fleshy' and are opening slightly - 12 hours prior to foaling |
Again, 12 hours before foaling, you can see a droplet of milk on her teat...and if you look closely there is dried milk onher inner thigh. You can see how full her udder is |
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Phantom - 2 days before foaling - almost completely full bag...Compare it to the picture below though |
Phantom - 2 days before foaling - you can see her vulval lips are starting to open slightly |
2 days before foaling - pretty full but still not completely taut and hard accross her udders |
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Compared to the pic above you can see how much fuller her udder is from behind - this was 12 hours before she foaled |
Phantom again - 48 hours later from the pic above and to the right, and you can see a big difference - the teats are full, taut and pointing outwards. She has drips of milk on both teats and she had dried milk down her legs - hard to spot on a cremello but you could feel it! |
Meg 2 days before foaling... you can see a golden 'waxing' on her teat.. not yet the white colour that tends to come as they get closer. The swelling infront of the teats is oedema - nothing to worry about |
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Kya - 12 days before foaling - not yet fully bagged up |
No signs of 'wax' (dried milk) on her teats and you can see her udder is a long way off the fullness and tightness of Bambi's above - 12 days before foaling |
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Lola - 18 days before foaling... still a lot of filling to do...there's still room for a fold between the 2 udders - that tends to disappear closer to foaling as the udder fills properly |
Just 2 days later you can see that Kya has bagged up some more - but yet she still has a long way to go...she foaled 10 days after this picture was taken |
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Compare Eclipse to Bambi above... This was taken 19 days before Eclipse foaled...you can see how much fuller her bag still has to get before it reaches Bambi's tightness |
You can see Eclipse's vulval lips do not have the same fleshy, puffy look to them - this was 19 days before she foaled |
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