Prince just coming up 4 months old and was weaned on vets advise 3 weeks ago.
Before weaning he was a little terror... rearing, biting, kicking up and was really lively.... he went very quiet when weaned as i expected him to be but normally my foals have bounced back after a few days... but not him...
He was weaned with his field playmate for company before going to the baby sitter to be looked after.
He's extremely quiet and just looks so depressed... he's really lethergic, differcult to get him to walk and when turned out in the morning will just stand with his head down or aimlessly wander.... his temperature is fine, he's been wormed, he's eating and drinking (although noticed last night he was drinking more than normal...)
Today i shuffed all fields just so he could be out with my 3 other foals... in a hope they would put some spark back into him... but dispite my the older colt trying to get him to play and my 3week old colt trying to hang off him Prince just isn't interested in the slightest bit and just continues to seem very down and really not acting normal for a 4 month old foal....
Have phoned vet and am going to put it to her and see what she says.... and if need be just run some test to make sure he's not anemic or got an infection that is causing them but any ideas here?
Before weaning he was a little terror... rearing, biting, kicking up and was really lively.... he went very quiet when weaned as i expected him to be but normally my foals have bounced back after a few days... but not him...
He was weaned with his field playmate for company before going to the baby sitter to be looked after.
He's extremely quiet and just looks so depressed... he's really lethergic, differcult to get him to walk and when turned out in the morning will just stand with his head down or aimlessly wander.... his temperature is fine, he's been wormed, he's eating and drinking (although noticed last night he was drinking more than normal...)
Today i shuffed all fields just so he could be out with my 3 other foals... in a hope they would put some spark back into him... but dispite my the older colt trying to get him to play and my 3week old colt trying to hang off him Prince just isn't interested in the slightest bit and just continues to seem very down and really not acting normal for a 4 month old foal....
Have phoned vet and am going to put it to her and see what she says.... and if need be just run some test to make sure he's not anemic or got an infection that is causing them but any ideas here?
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