Fw: Foaling preparation

["Merrie Boone" <merriesheik@paonline.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Merrie Boone" <merriesheik@paonline.com>
To: <RhndLev@cs.com>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: Foaling preparation


> The best book I have read on foaling is The Complete Book of Foaling by
> Karen E.N. Hayes . It is well written and has good illustrations and
> includes all different kinds of "what if " situations and what to do. I
> would definately want to be watching your mare like a hawk if she does not
> produce milk prior to foaling and if she doesn't produce anything after
the
> foal is born. I would contact your vet and ask her/him about this worst
case
> senerio as the foal must have the colustrum . Hopefully, this will not
> happen to her again.
>
> Happy foaling ! By the way I too love those old proven crabbet bloodlines
> too. I have a Silver Vanity daughter who is due the end of June.
>
> Merrie Boone
> Silver Dream Arabians
> MerrieSheik@paonline.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <RhndLev@cs.com>
> To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>; <horsesctr@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 7:53 PM
> Subject: RC: Foaling preparation
>
>
> > I'm expecting two mares to foal the end of April.  In the past, the
mares
> who
> > foaled on my farm were very experienced mares and I either knew what to
> > expect from past experience with them, or from information obtained from
> > grilling past owners.  One of the mares due to foal is a maiden mare and
> the
> > older mare has had only one previous foal.  And all I know about the
older
> > mare is that she had absolutely no bag and no milk when delivering her
one
> > previous foal and that she had to be a given a shot of something in
order
> to
> > bring in her milk.  The previous owner knew it wasn't an oxytocin shot,
> but
> > she didn't know what it was.
> >
> > So, my question is, what do you guys keep on hand for foaling?  I think
> that
> > I probably need to buy a twitch, just in case the maiden freaks and/or
> won't
> > let the baby nurse.  I already have v-tape, and sterile cotton.
"Blessed
> are
> > the Broodmares" says I also need to buy Dairmol, Novalson, or some other
> > non-alcohol or non-iodine based surgical scrub.  Can anyone think of
> anything
> > else?  Anyone know of what kind of a shot can be given to a mare with no
> milk
> > to make her produce milk?  Is it a shot I can get at Vet-Vax, or do I
have
> to
> > get it from my vet?
> >
> > Oh and just to make this endurance and CTR related, the older mare is a
> line
> > bred Gulastra mare in foal to a lovely stallion with wonderful legs and
> > conformation and I expect a wonderful endurance/CTR prospect who is also
> in
> > the Sweepstakes program!
> >
> > Rhonda
> >
> >
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