tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053415389447235937.post693088177799039195..comments2023-10-28T00:51:22.112-07:00Comments on MiKael's Mania - Arabian Horses: Reflections on Foaling Season 2006 - The Twins Part 4Rising Rainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04239592070775412669noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053415389447235937.post-50944855466989109962007-01-26T19:19:00.000-08:002007-01-26T19:19:00.000-08:00I am really enjoying this story and you have a gre...I am really enjoying this story and you have a great way of telling it. Looking forward to the next edition.<br /><br />I was lucky that even though my baby was a few weeks prem, we could not get her to take a bottle, she was a bit like your filly which is why I called her wiggle, would pin her ears back stick her nose out and stretch her neck and show her displeasure wiggling her tail wildly LOL. My husband told me to try putting the milk in a small bucket and once she had dunked her muzzle in it and she got the taste we never looked back.<br /><br />The only problem I had was that on the third day the vet gave momma a hormone injection hoping to bring her milk in and later that day while I was feeding the foal, she came at me with her ears pinned back and her full 1100 lbs behind her teeeth bared and bit me badly kust above my right breast. If I hadnt had the wall behind me I hate to think what would have happened. I was bruised over half my chest area and extremely sore for over six weeks. I never did trust her after that and eventually took the baby away from her at five weeks. I was hoping that the baby was getting even a small amount of something from the mare but it didnt appear so because of the swelling that was starting in her legs and the vet telling me that we were probably going to lose her. That was when we did the plasma transfusion.<br /><br />So glad you had your help at hand or I am sure you would have been totally exhausted and probably would not have been able to cope.<br /><br />LoriLori Schmidt (LoriProPhoto)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01786227217137143996noreply@blogger.com