FunnyFarm -- Thank you for taking care of this mare and giving her a good life in her last days. Good thoughts and prayers for the both of you!

HF -- they generally do not do full hysterectomies on mares (I am sure it HAS been done, just not routinely). It is WAY too invasive a proceedure when, as necessary, the ovaries can be removed and the uterus left for hormonal problems and such.