Make her realize the way she dumps food can KILL the minis. Pretty much no one knows the right way to feed them.
It'll be a big problem then, since you'll be blamed for their deaths or sudden serious health issues.
I'm worried about that as well. The mare in the avatar I bought a few weeks after she gave birth to a foal that was deformed. She still had milk in her udders. The owner said the vet took the foal and was going to try to save him. (not sure of the outcome of that). Anyways, it's possible she was rebred in her foal heat which would make her only a few months along. If she is indeed in the early stages of pregnancy she shouldn't be showing now and she looks like she is going to drop a foal any minute. That said, if this excess feeding doesn't stop she WILL have complications, (if she is bred) based on the known high risk related to minis in foaling and I would imagine any overly obese horse. There's always a risk when buying livestock they might be bred. Sometimes it's a wonderful surprise with minis not necessarily so since foaling requires a lot of preparation and diligence on the owner's part. It's really important to know the due date since you want to keep a close eye on the mare due to the high frequency of red bag deliveries that require help. You don't want to add any unnecessary negative factors to an already risky pregnancy like bad nutrition or excess/underweight. Does anyone know how early you can use a sonogram on a mini? I have 3 minis and need to take the newest one in for shots etc and will bring in the other 2 if a.) I can get definitive answers about whether they are bred or not, and b.) cost (I thought I read somewhere sonograms are not reliable based on position of foal, and palpating mini's causes abortion)???
