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Jennifer Christensen
| | Posted on Wednesday, Jun 23, 1999 - 3:04 pm: |   |
Are there any risks (to the foal) associated with raising a foal orphaned at one month of age? A "nurse" mare was unable to be found for her so she is now being raised by people. |
SamLopez
| | Posted on Wednesday, Jun 23, 1999 - 3:37 pm: | |
I have been raising a colt by birth who was rejected by his mom. We got colostrum brought in and since then have been feeding him milk stright from a cow (see your local dairy farmer) and Land O' Lake Foal milk. He is about 6 weeks old now and is thriving. He now eats grass, drinks water (which your foal probably already does) eats grain and hay. We leave him out as much as possible where he can see other horses and how they interact. It is important to handle him enough so that if you need to get your hands on him, it doesn't become a tramatic experience. When he is older, perhaps you can put him with another weanling or even an older gelding or mare (gentle, of course). |
The Advisor Vet, RN Oglesby DVM
| | Posted on Thursday, Jun 24, 1999 - 7:36 am: | |
The switch to a different milk/food is the toughest period and may create a transient digestive upset. If should be done as slowly as possible and if you need to quickly switch types of milk I would make the formula up and then mix 1 part water to three parts formula, to water it down a little for the first three days. This will help prevent diarrhea. We have articles on orphan foals and feeding growing foals and weaning them in the nutrition section.
Dro |
janet smith
| | Posted on Thursday, Jun 24, 1999 - 6:50 pm: | |
dea sam nice work ...did u know that suckling foals can only matabilize milk so the feed hay etc are not the maain meal maybe dro can tell u how much to feed gallon wise i think the foal should be growing about 2 lbs a day now good luck and good work ....fastfoe |
Denny
| | Posted on Friday, Jul 9, 1999 - 4:02 pm: | |
I am interested in finding out if breeders or PMU owners would use a service that took in, and cared for orphaned foals with the payment being either a daily fee or the foal itself. If you have any opinions or suggestions please reply. |
