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RE: [SPAM] [RC] Overdue Mare - heidi

Any suggestions would be welcome on an overdue mare. She was bred February 
12th, 2007 and was due January 25th. She is acting ok, but I don't feel the 
foal move. She has a hard udder and no milk in her nipples. I bred her and 
she was two weeks late but I felt movement in her mother. When does one 
start worrying and call a vet? This is an Arabian mare, first foal, bred to 
an Arabian and she is 10 years old.



She's not "overdue"--she's just "past average."  :-)  Remember that mares have 
the most variable "normal" gestation range of any of our domestic animals, and 
that "normal" is anywhere from 305 days to 395 days.  (I have personally had 
mares carry up to 383 days...)  Winter foals tend to be carried longer than 
summer foals, colts average a few more days than fillies, and some family lines 
are particularly prone to long gestations.  (I have one family that tends to 
average a year...)  

If she is eating well and feeling good, I wouldn't worry too much.  If she 
seems at all depressed, or goes off feed, then by all means call your vet and 
have her checked.  But she is still well within the normal range, particularly 
for this time of year.

Heidi



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