Isabelle is never ever ever gonna foal
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Re: Isabelle is never ever ever gonna foal
If she doesn't like the company she's just going to have to deal with it! She's one of fifteen horses in the barn currently.
Actually, she seems relatively unconcerned with the other horses now that she is at the opposite end of the barn from her evil arch-nemesis, Teddy. (no idea where she came up with this idea...) Her dam is right next door and I think that's the most important thing.
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[quote="Sara"]This was just the most convincing performance yet.[/quote]
You need to give her a Tony Award. Or nominate her for the SAG industry awards. Heck, make her a plaque or give her a certificate for her stall door. Let her feel proud of her accomplishment and she may not feel the need to continue her act and will finally consent to begin The Grand Finale immediately after the intermission. Hurry getting your popcorn and soda, though...you don't want to miss the final act if she decides to rush through it while you're in the ladies' room.
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[quote="Sara"]I can't believe her. Seriously. I [i]swear[/i] she was in labor last night/early this morning from about 11:30 - 3:00 but then she just stopped and went to sleep. Monsterpony, I hope you got some sleep too![/quote]
I think I probably fell asleep about the same time. I finished my book around then. I was really hoping that I'd wake up with news of a foal though...naughty mare, playing tricks :lol:
Wait, I just had another thought...both times that Isabelle seemed to give signs of imminent birth and I was staying up to wait, she stopped and went the sleep at the same time that I did....uh oh...I better not sleep tonight.
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Put her in the trailer and take her for a ride around the field a few times....we used to call this "jumbling" and it worked every single time......I don't mean a really rough ride, BTW, just a little bumpy!!!
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Never heard of that before but if it works !!
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:laugh1 :laugh1 :laugh1 Rabbit - it reminds me of the "road trip" my ex took me on when our son was over due...not a pleasant experience to be sure... :bounce :bounce :bounce
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What about feeding her some spicy food. :laugh1 :rofl
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She has wax? How many days is she now? What were the breeding dates?
I wanna place wagers!
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Okay, she first got wax on Tuesday, started dripping a clear, sticky fluid Friday or late Thursday, and today (Saturday) is dripping white milk. She's 357 days in foal.
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If she is dripping milk then I would say shes very close.
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I say May 4th!
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357? OK..... last day she was bred?
Sticky milk and she should be a go in days, NO?
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I also think tonight! Crossing fingers!
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Does it say something that we haven't heard from her? Isn't she normally on around this time? Hmmmm.
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If she is dripping milk, I sure hope that it is not days til the foal appears; she could have lost all her colostrum by then. I have my fingers/toes/anything else crossed for a foal tonight.
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Nope, I'm here. I was just down in the barn grooming the show ponies for tomorrow.
The breeding dates were 5/8 and 5/10. If she drips milk much longer I'll have to milk her which will involve a twitch and someone holding a leg up at least.
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I had it in my head that Mira had dripped forever too but I just looked in my notes and she started dripping on April 7 and foaled on April 8.
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It's a boy!!!
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Is that for a fact Jenks or just observation about males in general being slow, aggravating and just plain annoying? :laugh1
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No she had it last night. She just posted also from her mobile that Belle is a bad mom. So she must have her hands full. Is anyone else following her on twitter? I can't remember my login! But she is mobile posting to facebook.
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I am following her on twitter (finally...I have been staying late nights watching for the foal and the one night I fell asleep on the couch in the living room studying is when she finally decides to go :BH ). She hasn't made any updates since the one about Belle not being a good mother.
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I finally remembered my twitter login. How do I make her updates go to my mobile? I have device updates "On", but I'm not getting her updates! I have to go to a browser on crackberry, but I want a ding or a message when she updates...
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I don't know. I don't having a texting plan on my phone so it would be expensive for me to get them (though it would have been nice to have been woken up last night :x ).
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well on twitter it says he is a bay & He has a little lopsided blaze and two or three short socks. Oh, and a warmblood head :)
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...any other horses in the barn? She may not want to push it out if she's uncomfortable with the company. Tiger held out on me until she was the only one stalled, after the false labor it was raining for a week and as soon as everyone was turned out, you bet the next day the baby was there!