HI , I lost my mare and foal last January and it was heart breaking , neally gave it all up... but here i am ..so as hard as it is it will get easier.. i know how you feel and i am so sorry
Did the vets tell you what caused it?I am very sorry to hear this Jennifer. She was a beautiful mare.
God Bless you, you did all you could do. This is something that is extremely rare, who would have known. The EXACT same thing happened to me and one of my mares too, they treated her for colic only to find out later she was full of blood too. We put her down as soon as we know we could not save her.
Sincerely,
Beth
It sounds like the same thing. Did you do a necropsy? My first thought was that my boss mare had kicked Arabesque but the vet said there were no signs of external trauma. She also said that the aorta is very strong like an umbilical cord and it was very unlikely the tear was caused by a kick. I think my vet was afraid to give me an definit cause. I was hoping someone on the forum would be able to help. I tend to agree with Horse feathers and think it was an aneurysm or something out of my control. I hate to think one of the other horses harmed her.We lost our first mare and the symptoms sounded exactly like what you experienced.
No interest in eating, quiet, just seemed depressed. Vet said to watch her for a few hours, after a few hours I knew something was terribly wrong and I took her in. They tapped her belly and got blood and sent us to New Jersey. She walked into the hospital and lost her fight.
We assumed she had been kicked. I wonder now if it was a tear in her aorta and just a freak thing.
She was 4 years old and had her first foal by her side. He was 10 wks old when she died.
And this year we lost my favorite little mare during delivery of her first foal (we lost the foal too).
I know your pain when you walk in the barn expecting to see those eyes or hear that nicker.
It does get better, but you will always miss her. Hold her in your heart.
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