Number four (sired by Miramax) is a pretty little colt out of LeeLee (Las Doradas Blazing Beauty a LK Bay ABlaze daughter). LeeLee a maiden delivered her son sometime after 1 p.m. while I was out running errands. We found her and Toki (the new baby) standing together getting to know each other.
Fortunately she had really lovely colustrum, and Toki had already been nursing. We gave Toki the going over (nolvosan stump, check sex, eyes, mouth), 1/3-1/2 tube of Foal Response, some colosturm my son milked off LeeLee (Utterly Amazing really is just that!). Then Leelers got a bit of banamine as she seemed fairly uncomfortable, along with Ivermectin and a warm mash. We checked her placenta – really nice as far as not heavy or thick and the cord was not overly long.
One of those ‘unofficial’ things I watch is cord length after having had 3 over the years strangle – I check all newborns cord length. I think the longer corded foals are at higher risk. Something that can’t be proven and then is it genetic or chance or ??/
Nine to go!
Tags: AMHA, AMHR, Foaling, miniature horse
