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Our mare weaned her own kids at about 4 months old.  It seems to have worked
just fine.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Paus" <paus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Sonshine575@xxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] epiphysitis


> Why don't you want to wean the baby. At 4 months, it
> really isn't getting most of its nutrition from milk
> anymore.
>
> How long since you've wormed the mare? How long since
> she's had her teeth taken care of? I'd wean the baby
> and check out the mare thoroughly and start giving her
> beet pulp mashes and lots of good hay.
>
> chris
> --- Sonshine575@xxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Heidi,
> >
> > What is this?  I have a mare with a 4 month old by
> > her side.  The mare is
> > really losing weight but the baby looks great.  What
> > should I do?  I don't want
> > to wean the baby.
> >
> > Catherine
>
> =====
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>
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