CrescentMinis
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I've been looking so forward to the arrival of our first foals ever this year. One mare is overdue and holding (358 days), but the other isn't due till June 1st, so I got a major shock this morning going out to turn my girls out and clean stalls. My Toy filly aborted at approx. 285 days. A perfect little chestnut filly with a big star in the center of her forehead. 3.5" cannon bone and about 16.5" tall at the withers. Probably about 10-12 lbs.
I am so bummed out!!! I can't believe this happened. The cord was wrapped once around her neck very tight, and I am guessing that she died because of that. Her eyes are very black like a live foal's, so I don't think she was gone very long.
Sofie, the momma (in my avatar), seems to be OK, she is eating now. She had the baby out of the bag and was pushing her with her nose, to get up when I first saw all this earlier. Baby had been on the ground a while because she was very cold at 6am.
So can you guys reassure me, if the placenta passed intact (it looks like a pair of pants, the waistband is open but the "legs" are closed up), Sofie is not bleeding or anything, there is no reason to have a vet out is there?
I am so bummed out!!! I can't believe this happened. The cord was wrapped once around her neck very tight, and I am guessing that she died because of that. Her eyes are very black like a live foal's, so I don't think she was gone very long.
Sofie, the momma (in my avatar), seems to be OK, she is eating now. She had the baby out of the bag and was pushing her with her nose, to get up when I first saw all this earlier. Baby had been on the ground a while because she was very cold at 6am.
So can you guys reassure me, if the placenta passed intact (it looks like a pair of pants, the waistband is open but the "legs" are closed up), Sofie is not bleeding or anything, there is no reason to have a vet out is there?
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