Reignmaker Miniatures
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My mare had her foal 9 days ago (April 6) and everything seemed to go with out a hitch. She delivered, expelled the afterbirth and cared for her healthy energetic filly just as I would hope. She was wormed within hours of foaling (I worm the mares sometime during that first day with Ivermectin) and passed urine and had a bowel movement within a reasonable time frame. She seemed to be doing fine until the day before yesterday when I noticed she was not interested in her grain. I offered her her grain by hand and she accepted it so I assumed it was because I had given her a new rubber dish and it smelled wrong. Well yesterday morning it didn't look like she had eaten any of her hay so I fed her fresh stuff outside where I could see her (she prefers outside so I hoped she'd decide to eat there) and I watched her all day but she didn't eat a thing. I took her out in the afternoon and she was very interested in the tiny shoots of grass that have sprouted (we still have lots of snow here) so I let her nibble but she still had no interest in her hay even when I offered the much loved chaff from the alfalfa. Now she has gotten lethargic, walked away from baby and into her stall while baby is outside playing and sleeping and out of sight (this is a mare that threatened to stomp a kitten for checking out her foal a couple of days ago) She was drinking yesterday but today seems uninterested in that either. She still (for the moment at least) has milk and allows baby to nurse but without drinking and eating that won't last either. Her vitals are all fairly normal altho vet tech says her breathing is a bit fast (marginally) I couldn't get in to see the vet until 4:30 this afternoon (It was 11:30 when I called) since all the vets will be out until then (then I get to pay an emergency fee since it is closing time
) Don't really care tho I just hope this vet knows something about minis since the other one is of debatable use and this is a new addition to the clinic. Anyway I just needed to get this out to clear my thoughts. I am quite worried it may be hyperlipidemia and the vet will be too uneducated in minis to be any real help.