Lucky-C-Acres-Minis
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Right now they are saying her COD was "hypercalcemia due to lactation" (a blood test at the local OSU clinic proved she was hypercalcemic when we first took her in, but we were told there that something else had to be causing it as the colt nursing (he was not quite 3 months) wouldn't have pulled her that low and she was on a good feeding program (grass/alfalfa hay free choice, grain 2X a day, pasture/exercise daily ) and that everything else came back clean, they're still waiting on two pathology reports.. Said that minis/ponies/morgans are prone to hypercalcemia though it's rare because they're such "heavy milkers" (Lexi had a decent size udder but Star and Tango are much heavier milkers) and that hypercalcemia tends to show around 60-120 days lactation.. Told us that if we ever have a lactating mare in that range come down with heavy sweats, muscle tremors and acting "down/off" to get her into the clinic asap for calcium as it's a 50/50 chance of survival and the sooner it's caught the sooner we can up that chance, and also said that within that time/lactation range if we notice a foal "pulling down" his/her dam it's time to wean as that will run the risk of pulling her calcium way down..
So at least we now have an "answer" now..
Now just gotta get the bills figured out..
So at least we now have an "answer" now..
Now just gotta get the bills figured out..