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| moonlight |
Posted - 28 Sep 2009 : 11:17:32 AM
I'm hoping for a few heart warming stories of in foal mares who have had an accident yet gone on to produce a healthy foal despite the trauma. My newly in foal mare has a nasty rib injury, internal and external sutures, 32 staples and a drain in and I would love to be reassured that all could be well. She was in shock when it happened but let me work her ears until the vet arrived and has taken all the treatment very well. (She is a mare with an unusual past and doesn't trust strangers) The wound looks good, she seems very bright and the drain is due out tomorrow. Any thoughts or experiences would be welcome. Oh and before I bought she has had 3 foals in the past, don't know if that makes any difference.... |
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| Gazalah |
Posted - 29 Sep 2009 : 1:56:27 PM
So sorry to hear about your mare.
  Fingers crossed i'm sure all will be well!
To cut a very long tragic story short. My mare was 9 mths pregnant when she was turned out in the field cantered up the field and somehow fractured her pelvis.
She was then cross tied for the next 8 weeks, as suggested by my vets.(I made it very clear that if she was in pain then I would have to end her suffering, with or without the foal being born)
My vet's spent the next 8 wks on the phone to every vet in the country for advice, as nobody knew if she could foal or not with a broken pelvis.
As you can imagin with many many sleepless nights, and 24hr watch my beautiful mare that had stood perfectly for 8 whole weeks, produced a stunning Anglo arab filly.
Much to our amazement and the vets, both seemed in good shape all things considered!
On a very sad note we did loose the mare to a major internal bleed just 5 day's later,and an amazing foster mare was found.
The mare and foal bonded instantly, and the foal has never looked back. She is now a stunning 3 1/2 yr old and the spitting image of her mum.
In my experience a mare will do anything to produce a healthy fighting fit foal.
Good luck MOONLIGHT and i'm sure your mare and foal will be just fine! |
| moonlight |
Posted - 28 Sep 2009 : 11:19:55 PM
Thank you everyone for your reassuring stories, there have certainly been some very brave mares out there and very dedicated owners to nurse them back to health. Makes my mares accident seem far less dramatic, she seems to be doing well so far, but I really appreciate all the support from all of you, thank you again. |
| barbara.gregory |
Posted - 28 Sep 2009 : 9:23:07 PM
I am sure your foal will be fine. A healthy pregnancy is quite difficult to shift and even mares who have been starved almost to the point of death have live foals even although the foals are often small and weak.
Good luck and I hope your mare recovers soon.
Barbara |
| Sazza |
Posted - 28 Sep 2009 : 5:51:45 PM
I was actually watching a clip on u tube last night of a pregnant mare that had fallen through ice into a freezing lake. She was in the ice cold water for over an hour and got quite badly cut up as they pulled her out. She was also in a REAL panic (as you can imagine) she made a full recovery though and went on to have a healthy colt who grew up to be either a police or army horse. I cant remember which now.
Fingers crossed for your mare and foal. I'm sure they will both be fine! Keep us all updated!x |
| natntaz |
Posted - 28 Sep 2009 : 1:17:03 PM
My mare had strangles many years ago when she was in foal and fell down a ditch due to another idiot livery that was on yard at the time. She was quite poorly for quite some time but had very healthy
foal and went on to win a Nazeing show first part bred and then the championship against pure bred with her her foal at foot at four weeks old  Just try to keep her calm and eating. I hope she will
be o.k x |
| kathleen |
Posted - 28 Sep 2009 : 1:12:59 PM
Katalia the dam of my mare had a terrible accident when she was about 6 years old she was early in foal with her 2nd foal her then owner at the time found a nice 3 acre field to rent locally so thought it would nice to turn kat and a pony mare also in foal out together for the summer it was well fenced a nice hedge row with trees for shelter so i was idea, a few weeks later she got a call from the yard next to the field saying that one of the mares had cut herself ( she had been fine in the morning when she checked her) so off she went with a bucket, purple spray etc. When she got there Kat was not in the field so owner asked the yard where was she they told her her pony had attacked Kat and she had jumped over the water truth so she thought that was strange and wondered off to look for her. See found Kat at the bottom of the field covered in blood and mud she had bite marks all over her her front knee joint was exposed she had sliced though her tendon over the point off hock plus all 4 legs had damage of some description they got her up to the yard which then they put her in a staddle while the vet was called the 2 year old colt in the next box upset her as he was trying to get to her the vet took one look at her and said that she had to be moved now or they would not be able to move her. So he druged her up owner asked about the foal vet said that she had more than certenly lost it already and if not the drugs he was going to give her she would lose it as she needed out of where she was.
4 months later of box rest she was rescaned as she never came back in season and she had a lovely chestnut colt |
| Jamana |
Posted - 28 Sep 2009 : 12:24:59 PM
Just over tweleve months ago a mare on the stud who had recently been weaned got frightened (poss by a deer) and jumped into the next field. In the process she cut her front knee to the bone, her front fetlock had a puncture wound abot 2" deep and she had virtually amputated her off hind foot. She had lost a lot of blood and the emergency vet advised PTS. As she was only 5 (and quite valuable  ) the decision was taken to try to save her. She was 4 mths in foal at the time.
To cut a long story short, after FOUR general ansethetics, 8 mths in plaster casts and 10 mths box rest she has just been weaned from her perfectly normal and healthy filly foal  and is now out with the rest of the broodmares. She has no tendon on the front of her near hind joint and she is lame at trot. Her joint is mis-shappen but she is very happy in herself. She is a very brave mare. She lost so much weight with the pain from the inital injury the RSPCA would have been horrifed, and more than once we thought we would lose her,but through it all she showed no aggression or even laid her ears despite all the fiddling!
Just proves that even though your mare has had a stressful situation she can still carry a foal to term. Good Luck |
| honey |
Posted - 28 Sep 2009 : 12:15:44 PM
hope eveything goes alright, if your concerned maybe get a scan done just to make sure the baby is alright. we haven;t had that with a horse but my lab bitch had a similar accident and impaled her self on the fence and had to go in for stitches and it was over the ribs/adomin area she was about 6 weeks gone and vet said she didn;t think she was in pup, but went on to produce 9 lovely puppies three weeks later. |
| vjc |
Posted - 28 Sep 2009 : 11:41:56 AM
Keeping all crossed for you and your mare. A friend of mine had her mare chased and attacked by a gelding she turned her out with after reyurning from stud six weeks in foal, she sustained bad leg injuries and required box rest and drugs for six weeks, she went on to have a healthy strong colt foal. |
| moonlight |
Posted - 28 Sep 2009 : 11:31:38 AM
Thanks for such a swift and positive reply LesleyA! Colic surgery sounds a lot more dramatic, mine was just a case of some muscle repair so it was the shock I was concerned about. Glad your friend's mare and foal were fine, you've cheered me up, thank you! |
| LesleyA |
Posted - 28 Sep 2009 : 11:25:44 AM
Hi
I'm sorry to hear about your mare and I'm sure she will be fine. My friend had a mare who had colic surgery while pregnant and went on to produce a lovely colt foal. I would say as long as her uterus wasn't damaged she will be fine. |
