Recent content by MountainMeadows

Whooo Hooo --- congratulatons Kay & hugs and scritches to Tease for finally coming around. I sometimes wonder if the new mommy's aren't totally bewildered and somewhat afraid of their foals - I know that I have a couple of mares that were scared to death of their newborn baby and had to get a...

A friend of mine had a mare that went thru this and was also having trouble with her mare's appetite. What really seemed to help was about 20-30 cc of Karo syrup just before she took her out to graze or offered her any other food. For some reason the Karu seemed to kick start her system and...

Oh Kay I am so sorry that you are going thru this - I am not sure what sedative you are using, but perhaps the very could prescribe something that lasts a lot longer - I used dormosdedan in a pinch with a first time mare that was not letting her foal nurse - the baby was kind of a preemie, and...

Raspberry leaf is the primary ingredient in Mare Magic which is often used to "soften" a mare's heat cycle - I do believe that it can also help regulate the cycle, but I was warned that it also can tend to make the cycle less obvious, (less "strong) so not necessarily what you would want for a...

Might still be in transition - I know it is late for that, but some mares aren't paying close attention to the calendar this year. Another thought is that the mare might be having non-ovulating folicles develope - the only way you can check this out is thru an internal ultrasound -- they are a...

It took a week of vet oilings - yep, 7 total to get him totally cleared out -- never forget that week I was soo scared that I was going to lose him

Amy - try another enema and see if she will keep it in long enough to help. I kind of go by the way they carry their tails. If they are holding their tail up that is a sign that something isn't moving as well as it should, if there is a lot of flicking going on, again, another sign of an...

Aaaaahh what a little cutie -- and I am seeing a bay, might go bay roan like her mommy. That is the color that most of my bay's are born looking like

Amy you will be fine - Stepper is an old pro. Glad to hear that Leia is going to come an sit with you - it is always nice to have an extra set of hands & eyes. Keep me posted and call if you need to Stac

Hi Seattle -- I am not sure if you actually live in the Seattle area - but I live just 30 miles east of Seattle out in Duvall. If you would like to give me a call I can point you in the best direction for feed/vet/farrier, etc that seem to work well for miniatures. I have been breeding minis...

Hi Mary Trust your seasoned stallions - they know when everything is "right" There is a lot that comes into play with a mare - far more than just "peeing and winking" - her folicle needs to be of the optimum size to ovulate, her cervix needs to be soft, her uterus needs to have edema, and on &...

If you give the Luytalyse shot be ready for her to get really sweaty and kind of colicy acting. The first time I gave this shot I did not know what the effects were going to be and I pretty much freaked out. The affects will last about 1-2 hours USUALLY ! ! !

We run our farm as a business and I have been fortunate to have sellers allow me to make payments - had they not, I probably would never have been able to get into this industry. I do have to question Dr Taylor's comment about "the biggest mistake that people make in the businee is that they...

HI Robin We live in the boonies also - Hughes Net is satellite and they work pretty well - not as good as a DSL or cable line and not as good as Clear - but since we don't have much choice, we are stuck with HughesNet -- customer service is marginal to say the least, but at least I can get on...

I would take it one step farther and suggest that the most "viable" club would be AMHA - AMHR & ASCP -- of course it would be a big job, but in the longrun I truly believe that is the direction that a successful longterm club is going to have to be -- don't get me started on my opinions on...