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| 1952.1 | Orphaned Filly | STOWOA::GBELLIVEAU | | Thu Feb 23 1995 12:25 | 5 |
| I don't have much experience with raising the little ones, but I
would say lots of love and attention will help. As for feeding
etc. - not sure about that one.
g.
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| 1952.2 | find a replacement | TOOK::MORENZ | JoAnne Morenz NIPG-IPEG US DTN 226-5870 | Thu Feb 23 1995 15:07 | 15 |
| I don't know if this is feasible for you - but - you might want to check with
some local area vets to see if there is a mare around who had a foal die at
birth recently. She would still be able to produce milk and it would be
beneficial for your foal to nurse from a horse.
It sounds like a long shot but it would definitely be worth it if you could find
one. You would only need the help for a 5 months or so - 'til the foal was
weaning age. I have heard of people having very variable rates of success with
hand raising a foal....it is an incredible amount of work - and the
socialization (if you can call it that for horses) of the foal is very difficult.
I'll keep my ears peeled down here in MA to see if there is anything around here.
Good Luck
JoAnne
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| 1952.3 | How's the baby? | BIRDIE::ROY | | Wed Mar 01 1995 09:30 | 5 |
| How is your filly doing? My friend lost a mare almost 2 years ago, but
I think that the foal was about a month old. He will be 2 in May. He
did develop ulcers from worrying and being so depressed.
Karen
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| 1952.4 | orphans progress | DNEAST::SLADE_DICK | | Wed Mar 01 1995 17:27 | 10 |
| So far so ggod. plenty of other horses around to indentify with. She
seems to be addapting well to all the people attention she is getting.
A little skitterish at times. (A novice observation). She is feeding on
formula out of bucket regularly. No more bottles. I'm not sure I agree
with this but people more horsey than me think its O.K.
Doing well, over all, from my point of view, so far.
Rgds, Dick
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| 1952.5 | Nipple bucket | CSCMA::SMITH | | Thu Mar 02 1995 14:46 | 7 |
| If there was a problem with the bucket feeding, or if you wanted to see
her sucking instincts satisfied you might want to try one of the cow
nipple buckets that cow farmers use. It is just a bucket you hang up
with a nipple attached to it. Much easier than a bottle and less chance
of him getting it up his nose.
Sharon
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| 1952.6 | From one orphan to another | OTOOA::GALLOP | | Mon Mar 20 1995 21:09 | 10 |
| We have not had personal experience to the same extent as your orphan.
Our 2 year old was orphaned at the age of three months and was already
eating solid food. The best influence we found for her was my 13 year
old mare, for all the extra attenton she got from us she still had to
learn to be a horse.
All the best.
Nancy and Gary
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