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Old 07-09-2008, 09:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Difficult foalings
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Just wanted to show you the cutest baby that arrived on friday night. As a foaling down centre, we take on mares that may have trouble in delivering their foals. The owners had a terrible expreience in their one and only previous foaling in a recto-vaginal fistula delivery (foal came out wrong hole!!).
So a 8 yo Tb mare, first foal was presented to us with a veterinary advice that "she was very narrow".
After 9 days of foal watch (constant CCTV monitoring and physical exam every 90 mins ( Day and Night) the mare went into delivery,351 days gestation (remember "when the apple is ripe it will fall from the tree") at 6pm on friday.
As the foaling was progressing, it became evident that something was wrong. Given that the mare was a fine boned TB and the sire was a heavy boned QH/Paint, it wasnt gonna end well. The foal had very serious shoulder lock (both shoulders present instead of one over the other).After lots of traction and lube (and phone calls to anyone close who could help) I had to repel the foal ie push it back in, re-arrange it and extract it. After all this (or because of) the mare rejected the foal. Lots of restraint and positive re-inforcement later the mare accepted the foal, fed it/mothered it and the owners picked them both up today.
So... moral of the story is... the price of a live foal is education and eternal vigilance.
Right, now that the community service announcement is over, back to the foal!!!
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Old 07-09-2008, 09:35 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Good on ya breakawaystud

glad to hear..a happy ending..and that the owners had the sense to give their trust to you.

Cheers & happy foaling

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Old 07-09-2008, 09:42 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Congratulations on the safe outcome!
We had few difficult births and foaled very valuable mares for our friends in the racing industry , so i know first hand how touch and go things might turn out to be. Every mare we foal, we are hoping for the best and are prepared for the worst.
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Old 08-09-2008, 07:19 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Blimey that is some story! Glad they are both ok and doing well
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Old 08-09-2008, 09:15 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Those photos were truely lovely Angela!! I am surprised you had time to take them after what you told me!

You are a natural talent at what you do mate. You are a wonderful asset to the WA horse breeding industry and I know that it is a true passion to you, and you do it so well!

Good on ya!!
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Wow Angela they certainly are lucky they had the best person on the job. Cute foal too and coloured ! Bet they were happy.
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Wow what a lovely bub! Congrats to the owner and welldone for your hard work.
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what a pritty baby ,and a great happy ending .
and thanks for the lesson,im looking forward to reading your posts,very informative
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