Mare's milk looks similar to cow's milk. The first milk is not actually milk however, it's called Colostrum and looks a bit like watery honey. True milk comes in within a few hours or days.
Some mares are already in milk before the foal is born. It is generally only maiden mares or early foaling mares that take more time for their milk to come in.
Hormone levels can cause mares to lactate and mares can be induced to lactate using domperidone and oxytocin. Generally, the mares do not produce colostrum.
She should have udder growth but there are waxy substances keeping the milk from being leaked out. Some mares get more milk sooner, some later. Some right before they give birth.
lactation
when you put water inside milk, the milk will look like what it did without water.
Yes a yeast infection can look like milk.
Yes. You can drink any mammals milk including a mares. The taste is probably different than that of cows milk.
Yes, there are medications available to stimulate lactation in mares. Dopamine antagonists such as domperidone are commonly used to increase prolactin levels, which can help stimulate milk production in nursing mares. These medications should only be used under the guidance and prescription of a veterinarian.
Yes.
There are many: Sour cream, cottage cheese (and all other forms of cheese), yoghurt, kumis (fermented mares milk). kefir
You should take your cat to the vet!
Someone with smooth white skin