CharmedMinis
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My black mare Dixie, who we have been watching like a hawk due to previous problems, aborted her foal this morning.
The first thing I do every morning as soon as I go outside is check her vulva for discharge and take her temperature, per the Vet's orders.
Everything was just fine and normal. I fed everyone their alfalfa and went back 15 minutes later to give everyone their grass hay and she had expelled the fetus, placenta and all while standing up with no signs.
Everything was intact, not a even a hole in the placenta.
Dixie was at exactly 193 days gestation.
She showed no prior signs, no bagging or acting off. The one abnormal thing was that her manure has been ever so slightly loose since Monday, but not even loose enough to be called cow patties.
The fetus was a filly and is at the lab being tested and necropsied for anything abnormal. Unless something definitive and easily fixable is determined for the cause of this, we will not be breeding this mare again because of her past problems.
I hope these pictures can be used for good reference points, and I will be emailing them to Kim at CrayonBox for her to add them to the fetus development page.
This is exactly how the fetus came out of the mare
And with a ruler so you can see the size, again 193 days gestation
I then broke through the placenta but left the sack on the filly
And with the ruler
I then removed the sack from the filly
And with the ruler
A better visual of size
Picture for height. Filly's cannon bones were 2.5 inches.
Up close of head. Even at this stage, this foal's jaws lined up perfectly
Even though the pictures tend to distort things, especially the head, everything about this filly seemed very proportionate. There was no hair growth yet at all, only eyelashes.
If anyone is interested I have up close photos of the foal's feet/hooves and of the jaw and gums.
My mare seems to be doing fine and was pretty unconcerned about the whole thing. She needed some banamine but is resting comfortably this evening.
I'm fine, just sad, mostly for Dixie. I hope this information will be helpful for someone. If you have any specific questions, don't hesitate to ask.
The first thing I do every morning as soon as I go outside is check her vulva for discharge and take her temperature, per the Vet's orders.
Everything was just fine and normal. I fed everyone their alfalfa and went back 15 minutes later to give everyone their grass hay and she had expelled the fetus, placenta and all while standing up with no signs.
Everything was intact, not a even a hole in the placenta.
Dixie was at exactly 193 days gestation.
She showed no prior signs, no bagging or acting off. The one abnormal thing was that her manure has been ever so slightly loose since Monday, but not even loose enough to be called cow patties.
The fetus was a filly and is at the lab being tested and necropsied for anything abnormal. Unless something definitive and easily fixable is determined for the cause of this, we will not be breeding this mare again because of her past problems.
I hope these pictures can be used for good reference points, and I will be emailing them to Kim at CrayonBox for her to add them to the fetus development page.
This is exactly how the fetus came out of the mare
And with a ruler so you can see the size, again 193 days gestation
I then broke through the placenta but left the sack on the filly
And with the ruler
I then removed the sack from the filly
And with the ruler
A better visual of size
Picture for height. Filly's cannon bones were 2.5 inches.
Up close of head. Even at this stage, this foal's jaws lined up perfectly
Even though the pictures tend to distort things, especially the head, everything about this filly seemed very proportionate. There was no hair growth yet at all, only eyelashes.
If anyone is interested I have up close photos of the foal's feet/hooves and of the jaw and gums.
My mare seems to be doing fine and was pretty unconcerned about the whole thing. She needed some banamine but is resting comfortably this evening.
I'm fine, just sad, mostly for Dixie. I hope this information will be helpful for someone. If you have any specific questions, don't hesitate to ask.