New filly foal!!

[rja]

She has arrived!! our new filly foal, Welsh section D. gorgeous very light chestnut, four white socks, and small white blaze, perfect!! A bit small, but after 2 days is so cheeky, and tries to climb on your knee if you sit on the floor in the stable. She didnt get enough of the all important 1st milk, so is going to have some plasma tomorow, also feels the cold a bit, but apart from that is stunning, and mum is fine too! what more could i ask for?

[paulal]

congratulations - sounds perfect and adorable - dont know about the sitting on your knee bit lol x i am getting so excited reading all the new foal threads - just hoping for a safe delivery of ours in three weeks!!! Wishing my life away.

[hazel]

Congratulations and well done - any chance of a photo or two!

[vjc]

many congrats!!!! she sounds lovely!!! ;D

[stormyskies]

congrstulastions

[rja]

Could someone let me know how to put photos on! thanks.

[holiday]

Congratulations, you need to get a photobucket account then copy the image link and paste on here!!!!!

[rja]

Ok thanks, will try!!!

[suzee]

Congratulations

[rja]

Our poor mare having got pregnancy induced laminitis is having a bad time!! x rays show pedal bone has dropped considerably, and she has today had some clogs on!! Farier seems slightly hopeful but vet not so much, and saying we may have to have her pts, has an abcess now in foot and seems so unfair she is going through all of this, dont know what the future will bring, but will be a very hard descision to make as she is such a lovely mare!! its heartbreaking. Bit concrned as cannot let foal into paddock as cannot let mare out..........Why is life so cruel

[paulal]

Oh no thats so sad x positive thoughts coming your way x

[kayjayem]

May 17, 2010 20:51:27 GMT rja said:

Our poor mare having got pregnancy induced laminitis is having a bad time!! x rays show pedal bone has dropped considerably, and she has today had some clogs on!! Farier seems slightly hopeful but vet not so much, and saying we may have to have her pts, has an abcess now in foot and seems so unfair she is going through all of this, dont know what the future will bring, but will be a very hard descision to make as she is such a lovely mare!! its heartbreaking. Bit concrned as cannot let foal into paddock as cannot let mare out..........Why is life so cruel

Go with the farrier, he's the foot expert. Take every day as it comes, don't look too far ahead and best of luck!

[rja]

Thanks for that kayjayem especially after your sad news, thinking of you, and thanks for yours kind wishes!

[amumwithapony]

Oh dear your poor mare.

Echo what KJ says, your farrier is the expert when it comes to feet and I think on the whole vets are a bit more dramatic these days about lami than what they need to be.

We all know the potential devastating effects of lami if left untreated, we all know what can happen and it is a very serious condition.

However in the old days the treatments for lami were completly different to what they are now. They used to make you walk the pony to get blood pumping back round, cold hose for the same reason and would be horrified at the thought of boxrest. I know science has moved on and we must respect the fact that we can now xray and so on, but I do sometimes wonder at the differences in treatment that seems to have happened in a very short space of time and that maybe the old ways did work?

I never heard of a pony being PTS from lami when I was younger. I'm not saying that they didnt but it didnt seem to be as common as what it is now and If it were humanly possible I would like to see research conducted into which method does actually get the best results.

Anyways, enough rambling from me. I hope your mare responds well to the clogs (which from reading the post and link in the snug are another old fashioned remedy!) and soon gets well enough to enjoy her baby. You may find that as her hormones settle the lami controls itself a bit better. Good luck with her and listen to your farrier! If he is fitting the clogs he obviously knows what he's on about as they are pretty new to the market.

[holiday]

Im so sorry to hear your news and I hope your mare will be ok your foal however will know no different and will deal with being in on box rest however unfair it seems.

Im assuming reading your post your mare did not cleanse properly which would have more than likely caused the lammi, I assume your vet has assessed and treated this? I would try and have your farrier and vet visit at the same to time so they can assess together for a postive way forward.

Good luck with her.

[rja]

Thanks everyone for your kind words, the laminitis has being going on since January, and so was going on before she had the foal, seems like ages!! Just so hard as now good weather is round corner feel we (and the mare) should be enjoying life with the new arrival, but things seem so difficult at the moment! At least we have a lovely filly but love the mare to bits and wouldnt have wished this on her or any mare!

[vjc]

Oh Dear i am so sorry, at this stage the mare must come first as you and her new baby need her. As for staying in, as long as her stable is big enough its amazing how foals just accept thier surroundings, we may think what a shame they are not out in a paddock but the foal knows no differant as long as they have their milk bar in tow. Keeping all crossed for your poor mare and hope she is feeling a lot more comfortable soon.xxx

[rja]

Thanks for that makes me feel a bit better (I am far too sensitive sometimes!) the milk is not that plentiful probably due to the mares stress and medication so have started trying the foal on Baileys foal creep pellets!! she is playing with them more than anything at the moment, but i assume she will get the idea eventually especially if she is hungry!! She seems fine at the moment, still VERY strong and full of life!

[suzee]

Best wishes for a successfull outcome.