Rescued foal 4 to 5 months old - No back ground - How tall will he get.

[mylilgirls]

Hi

I am just wondering about how tall he may end up once he is full grown, He is some were between 4 to 5 months and he is 24 inches tall. No info on mom or dad. Going by teeth he does have all his front teeth and his 1st molar on th bottom. I can get the pic to load so I will try to post one as soon as i can. see if this works

we cant wait to see what color he sheds out to be

 

[loveminis]

Wow ! That's tiny. Depending if he was fed well I am guessing 27 ?

You could measure his cannon bone.

 

[mylilgirls]

 

[shelly]

He looks very tiny!! Not a real good picture to tell very much from though...do you have any more maybe not grazing? Cute boy!!

:wub Bless you for rescuing him...he looks like he needed a good home!

 

[mylilgirls]

I will get some better pics this after noon, this pic was the 1st day he came and all he did was eat.

 

[loveminis]

I dont know why I thought I read he was 22", not 24. I would say more like 29-30".

 

[weerunner]

I'm going to guess he'll end up around 29 inches tall. Might be that he'll start a real growing spurt now that he's getting lots of quality feed though. He's a nice looking small mini, his legs are not too short for his body. Congratulations.

 

[rabbitsfizz]

Allowing that he could be older or younger than guessed at, and that he is in pretty poor condition (bless you for taking him on, BTW) I would think he is going to make around 30"

 

[luv2ridesaddleseat]

Bless your heart for rescuing him! Have you wormed him? Looks like he may have a belly full of them.

 

[mylilgirls]

Here are pics from today 3 weeks since he came

 

[shelly]

OH MY--he is a cutie!!!!

:wub He looks a similar color to my filly-a bay roan. He is looking much better already, though Joyce is right, he looks to have a worm belly!

 

[mylilgirls]

He was loaded with worms, The upper pic from his 1st day here, That was 3 days after he was removed & seen by a vet & wormed & he passed alot of worms she said, I also wormed him 3 days ago, & I have not seen him pass any worms. So I am thinking a hay belly, Plus he has an issue with locking stifles, so he does not run much, but I do walk him up hills & keep him moving.

 

[HGFarm]

It will take some good protein in his diet and continuing to keep him worm free to get rid of the belly. I dont think he will be very big either, poor little guy. He already looks happier just since you have gotten him and his hair color/coat are already improving! Good for you!

 

[mylilgirls]

He is now on foal feed with good protein, plus I am putting in purina 32 = 4oz a day in with the foal feed. He had bad rain rot, he felt like cement was just dumped on him, ears were cover, neck, back & rump. It was so thick... Nothing was helping so the vet gave me betadine, said to put it on him leave it for 1o min. then rince & do it every 3 days... we have it about gone, just a few tiny spots were it was real bad, So in the 3 weeks we have had him, he has had 5 baths. He is pretty good about a bath now. The 1st one was a mess. We then made a wood shoot like box walked him in, put a board across so he could no back out, by the 4th bath we could just hold him on a lead. He will be the best one to bath for sure, he is just a sweetie & loves the hands on. A true joy