VoyForums
[ Show ]
Support VoyForums
[ Shrink ]
VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, [4] ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 23:27:58 06/18/03 Wed
Author: Wynne
Subject: confined mare and crippled foal ... I have the blues

I guess I just want to find out if anyone shares a similar experience... I have a Warmblood mare that gave birth to a stud colt 6 weeks ago. Unfortunaltely the foal has very crooked front legs and tight tendons. The vet recommended keeping the foal confined until we got the legs corrected. We have done several things so far...First we tried to relax the tendons with large doses of Tetracyclene. It worked temporarily but they tightened back up. We have done surgery on both knees. Both horses (including the mare) have been confined this whole time, to allow for recuperation. Now I have been told I have to take them Monday to have more extensive surgery done on the foal's knees plus both front tendons have to be cut. That will involve 6 more weeks of confinement or we risk undoing all we have done.

I have several problems...
1.) the foal is going crazy to get out and run and play, since he never has. He rears and jumps on me when I enter the stall. I have to carry a broom and use the hanndle on him often to protect myself(I hate this). He does nothing but eat and sleep so he is getting huge and strong and I am getting afraid of him. (I have raised 4 foals before this)

2. The mare is a big warmblood and has always been a pasture horse. She does not do well in a stall. She also pees ALL the time. I am having to rent two stalls instead of one so I can transfer them back and forth every 36 hours to let the other stall dry. Today I had 3 inches of standing urine in the one stall they had been in for 2 days. With his legs situation, he was laying in this urine. I board, so i don't want to spend a lot of money investing in fixing up someone else's stalls. (but maybe I need to, any suggestions for better urine drainage will be appreciated)

I have many financial difficulties already, none that I planned on when I bred this mare a year ago. Now I have had to spend 1800.00 on surgery for this foal and also double board for 2 stalls and stall mats and tons of bedding that I throw out daily. I had planned to have this mare and foal back in the pasture within a week of foaling and now it is going to be 12 weeks!

Please, someone who has been thru something like this, please say something to make me feel better. Like it will all be worth it one day. Like how the foal who I am making major sacrifices for will one day appreciate me for saving his life. (doubtful) And tell me how to make my mare unrinate less.

thanks!! -Wynne

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]
[ Contact Forum Admin ]



Forum timezone: GMT-6
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.