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My mare finally released her hostage on Friday. I'm looking for tips and tricks and all the help in raising a happy well adjusted mini! So far I have been handling her all over her body am/pm. They are stalled at night and turned out when weather permits. She's used to wearing a blanket thanks...

Textbook foaling thank goodness, only a little help needed as baby has a big head in relation to moms vulva. We have a Buckskin Tobiano filly! Mom is momming great, baby is strong and spunky. I am relieved and grateful!

Pasture bred mare with a surprise BOGO foal. In with stud from 4/16/23 to 6/2/23. Based on her being in visible heat when she went in we are somewhere between 334 days and 361 days depending which cycle she took 😭 She's been low on and off and loose for weeks now, and I've been monitoring the...

What days have your mares foaled, and what times were babies born? Still passing time waiting for my mare to foal. We now are beginning to thing she took in her may heat not April (pasture bred with prior owner, I was unaware at purchase) Thought this could be a fun way to pass the time and...

I was gifted some straw to use as bedding that includes sorghum among others. It's nice, clean bedding however I noticed a lot of these seed heads and I am not able to ID them. The mare I planned to use the bedding for is 331 days into gestation and could foal at anytime so I'm concerned it...

~Day 325 My maiden mare has had a fairly loose vulva for a few weeks now, this morning she had some discharge (reddish) and looked well dropped, which has been on and off for awhile as well. Tonight when she came in she wasn't crying to come in, didn't try to trot the whole way to the stall...

My mare is roughly 306 days. She's been having some red tinged discharge on her vulva the last couple days. This morning was pretty red, though her vulva was not as relaxed as I've seen it some other days. I can post photos if requested, and allowed. Is this normal? Sign of foaling soon? Or is...

Maiden mare. 302 days from first exposure. Not eating her hay as vigorously but she ate grain and is drinking. Restless. Wringing tail on occasion. Biting and kicking stomach(some scratching as well we are treating for mites from the new straw supplier, yay) pushing her but into the wall and...

My mare is being treated for mites, but she is scratching so bad she has large patches of hair missing and is creating open sores. I don't know what to do to help with the itching, and it's complicated by the fact that she is roughly 302 days pregnant. Part of me wants to clip and blanket but I...

Me again. We are day 299 from her first day of exposure(pasture bred). I believe I read the safe date for minis is 300 days? Last night she decided we are going to enter the oh so fun phase of 'stage 1 of labor or just uncomfortable from baby moving around?'😭 She is slowly starting to bag, and...

My surprise bogo mare is 294 days from the date she was put in with the stud(6 week window). When my vet did a confirmation ultrasound he believes she took earlier in that window than later. So I'm basing it all on the first day she went in just to be safe. I have started bringing her in at...

We purchased an 8yo mini mare, and after purchase we learned she was pregnant. Pastured with a stud from 4/21/23 to 6/2/23, vet said based on ultrasound it was likely towards the beginning of that. I've been watching her for the generic signs of udders filling, tail head loosening, however...

Hello, I am not new to horses but I am new to minis! We purchased a mare we later found out is a BOGO. She was pasture bred so there's a window of 4/16/23-6/2/23(they didn't think she took), however based on the confirmation ultrasound vet believes she took earlier in that window. Hoping to...