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To: HairOfTheDog; deaconjim

Misty is the one that has already foaled, Sugar is still expecting.

I'd take the grain away. One of the things vets say is no grain for 24 hours after colic.

Watch her close if she is laying down and getting up alot, she's probably colicing. If she is rolling you need to try to stop it, best way is to keep her walking. If she lays down and doesn't roll leave her alone.

I had a friend who had a mare start that behavior a few weeks after foaling. The final diagnoses was she retained a part of the after birth, and it got infected. She died. You might want to take her temp.

Becky


1,626 posted on 01/10/2005 7:42:35 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Thanks a lot,
we checked the placenta and it was whole, and i think it would be a good idea to take her temp. However, she has stopped rolling and is just standing still. She was rolling a lot earlier and hanging her head with her legs splayed. Now she is just standing still, at times letting the foal take milk and looks tired.
We will keep a close watch and get the vet if she looks worse.


1,628 posted on 01/10/2005 7:45:19 AM PST by deaconjim (Freep the world!)
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