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Posted on 12/30/2004 7:01:16 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
Is the area where she will be lighted enough for you to watch?
We watched my mare, and to tell the truth, it isn't really anything I care to watch again:). Altho, I probably will this spring, mainly to make sure if there is a problem I will know,. It's neat to watch as soon after birth as you can catch. It's kind of funny in a heartbreaking way to watch to foal try to stand for the first time:)
Becky
Yes she has light from the workshop that we are leaving on, its also sheltered. She appears to be very restless today. Lots of stomping, tail swishing and snorting. (she is normal the quiet one).
We were lucky that although we missed Adge birth we were close behind. He was still struggling to stand and was as wobbly as could be. He struggled to find her milk too! Misty was pretty good and turned to help him.
Bambi lovers.........eat your heart out!
Keep me posted.
she has not eaten her usual amount today, its still there and she is picking at it......little by little. I just hope and pray that if she foals when James isnt here, that everything goes ok. I am reading everything I can get my hands on and am probably scaring myself to death.
Good luck! I'm so excited for you!!! :-)
I will, all I know is that I am losing weight today, running upstairs to the study and back down to Mama and the children and running to the balcony and going out to see Sugar and.............whew............need to breathe!
Do you have a first aid kit on hand? And the number of the vet?
yes and yes.
My mare was pretty good about standing still while Dot tried to get started. Poor girl tho. She was awful sore. Every time Dot did get hold she hump up in a reflexive way, and make like a snorting whinny sound, but she never moved away. I think she was really trying to let Dot get a hold, but reflexes caused her to arch up her back which pulled the teat out of Dot's mouth. Jenny, my daugher, and I finally helped. I stood at Belle's head and patted her, to get her attention off what the foal was doing. It took nearly 2 hours to get the foal nursing good. That worried me, because the book said they should nurse in 1 hours. I think books tend to be "ideal". If she hadn't got the job done with in the next 30 minutes I would have called the vet. But since they were both doing their best, I waited a bit, and it all worked out fine.
Becky
That leaves me out. I'm old and set in my ways.
My gut feeling says tonight. This is soooo exciting!
exciting.........yes.
nerve racking...........yes.
Still no sign. Its 5pm here and I am checking on her about every 30 mins. She will probably wait till I have the kids in the bath tonight, or am in the bath myself! LOL
Most generally, it is after dark. Between 10-12. Sorry, but hey at least it's not cold there.
It was 11 here this morning, barely reached 20.
Becky
Low of 25 tonight. Hopefully, she'll wait until I get home from work.
Oh, my, I thought it was in the 70's there?? during the day at least, I didn't realize it would get that cold at night. Sorry, that will make it hard to stay out there to watch.
Becky
We'll put a heater in the shop and watch from there if need be.
I dont think it will get that cold, its still very warm. If it does though, maybe i should start evacuating your tools from your workshop? Cause if you think you need to be in from the cold, so does Sugar! LOL
just checked outside, its still 62 so i dont think it will drop that far. The kids have only just come in for supper!
I'll take 1am:')
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