Some of you know that our JoJo has been a "puzzle" She was quite obese and the weight has not ever come off easily. We tested her for thyroid and had a reproductive exam, because she was difficult to settle or the one time she did since she came to live with us she aborted at 8 months, and was sooo sad.
I had found that she had registered foals in the past on the "studbook" and had consulted with the vet. We had decided that JoJo might not be a mom, though she loved the other babies when they arrived and was a wonderful babysitter.
We worked to get her weight down and had given up and let her winter last year with her "boy buddy" they get along so well and really like each other.
Well JoJo didn't come into heat all summer and I started watching and worrying, my first thought was that she was just done even "cycling" though she is just 12, perhaps there was something going on we just didn't know about.
My other concern was that the progress we had made on her weight seem to disappear though she didn't look as bad as she had previously.
Well we had a big "move" to make this fall and the week before we were to move I discovered that she was "bagging up". Man now I was really concerned. But move we did and she came right along. We watched carefully with no idea of when she was really due.
I looked for a vet couldn't find anyone who would come out, until Monday this last week, whew!
But it seems that all the worry was totally unnecessary, On Wed, eveing about 8:30 pm JoJo delivered a healthy handsome son in a textbook delivery, 12 minutes from the first push, The little guy was up and nursing enthusiastically within the hour. JoJo was nickering and licking him for about 4 hours, she is so happy and proud.
Here's the little guy
Havencrofts Heart of Fire pending of course.
He's under a heater and wrapped in a blanket right now, but doing super,
our first foal in our new home in Westby WI.
Anne
I had found that she had registered foals in the past on the "studbook" and had consulted with the vet. We had decided that JoJo might not be a mom, though she loved the other babies when they arrived and was a wonderful babysitter.
We worked to get her weight down and had given up and let her winter last year with her "boy buddy" they get along so well and really like each other.
Well JoJo didn't come into heat all summer and I started watching and worrying, my first thought was that she was just done even "cycling" though she is just 12, perhaps there was something going on we just didn't know about.
My other concern was that the progress we had made on her weight seem to disappear though she didn't look as bad as she had previously.
Well we had a big "move" to make this fall and the week before we were to move I discovered that she was "bagging up". Man now I was really concerned. But move we did and she came right along. We watched carefully with no idea of when she was really due.
I looked for a vet couldn't find anyone who would come out, until Monday this last week, whew!
But it seems that all the worry was totally unnecessary, On Wed, eveing about 8:30 pm JoJo delivered a healthy handsome son in a textbook delivery, 12 minutes from the first push, The little guy was up and nursing enthusiastically within the hour. JoJo was nickering and licking him for about 4 hours, she is so happy and proud.
Here's the little guy
Havencrofts Heart of Fire pending of course.
He's under a heater and wrapped in a blanket right now, but doing super,
our first foal in our new home in Westby WI.
Anne
