Ya it's normal because i know mine has i don't know why though
Goodheavens, yes! I don't know if you're a female or not. If you are imagine being pregnant yourself. As for any mammal, pregnancy in certain stages can be very uncomfortable, of course the female may become moody because of this. Not only due to comfort, but also due to levels of estrogen, progesterone, and other hormones that rise during female bodily reactions (ovulation, pregnancy, etc).
Haha, I have a brood mare. They are pregnant for 11 months about. The moodier and the bigger the more far along they are. They screech and yell when having contractios and the night before they have the foal (filly or colt) their udders drip milk! Such an amazing experience! (:
Yes. The further along a mare is the less she will want to move around and travel. Just as if a human pregnant and almost due. It isn't abnormal at all.
It means that the mare is pregnant.
From a stud.
The diet of a pregnant horse does not really change with the breed. The only exception is if the mare was / is a hard keeper and will need even more food than normal. A pregnant mare should have all of the high quality hay she can and will eat. In the last trimester or so of pregnancy, she should likely have a supplemental feed of hard feeds such as a mare and foal ration.
With a really good ultrasound system at about 10 days post ovulation. 12 days with a normal ultrasound. By day 16 to 18 a veterinarian can palpate and can determine if the mare feels pregnant or if she is showing signs of coming back into heat.
horses never get pregnant, its the mare who gets pregnant.
No.
If a mare has foaled before, being around other pregnant mares can sometimes bring on lactation.My freinds horse has this problem but the vet said it was nothing to worry about, she is not in with other horses so im not sure why it happens.Our mare had three foals by the time she was 4 yrs. old. The previous owner was not a very good horse person. When we bought her, #3 foal was by her side. This mare had milk until the day she died at age 29.
No, it just means the mare isn't pregnant.
After 140 days from the breeding, urine test or veterinary ultrasound exam can determine if your mare is pregnant. Also, if your mare has not come into heat for a few months, then she is likely pregnant.