Robin1
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Tuesday morning I notice Crystal down and rolling. First thought was , "uh oh". So out I go and grab my friend/tenant and we got Crystal out of her stall and took her out into the yard. Her water broke and one foot and head emerged.
Problem added: a few nights before this foaling I broke up a dog fight between two anatolian shepherds. In the process I strained the ligaments in my left arm, and when one of the girls made a lunge for the other, she snapped and sunk her tooth into my thumb between the two knuckles sinking down into my knuckle. So I can't grip anything.
So my friend went in and "thought" she felt the other front foot but couldn't budge it. I go in and kept saying, "it didn't feel right" but with my thumb I was just having trouble getting in there. Well long story somewhat shorter I retrieved what I felt was a hind foot. Pushed that back, hooked the trailer, mare and friend went in the trailer and headed for my vets house. She was quite a ways north and her house was in the middle, so we would meet there.
After going 80 mph up the freeway, we got to her house and the vet was there waiting. The foal was half way out and the vet had one heck of a time getting her the rest of the way out. She still had a heartbeat but that was all. The vet worked hard and with time got her to come around. To add to this, the mare didn't have any milk. So we got the baby a paste called Colostrum boost, and borrowed some milk from the mare that foaled the night before.
I was up all night feeding her 60 cc's of goats milk along with whatever I could get from the other mare. Later that morning she seemed a bit off and in the afternoon started going down hill. Back out to the vets, IV's, glucose bags, etc. After about 2 hours I told that vet to let her go. Since we had already started the glucose the vet wanted to keep her on it as she had seen many foals bounce back. She said the baby was unconscious and not feeling anything so lets she what she does. I have to say at this point that my vet is not a big fan of going to extremes, so I trust her judgment. She died later that evening.
The little girl lived approximately 36 hours but received a lot of love in those hours. So here is our little Angel who is also by the stallion in my avatar.
Robin
Problem added: a few nights before this foaling I broke up a dog fight between two anatolian shepherds. In the process I strained the ligaments in my left arm, and when one of the girls made a lunge for the other, she snapped and sunk her tooth into my thumb between the two knuckles sinking down into my knuckle. So I can't grip anything.
So my friend went in and "thought" she felt the other front foot but couldn't budge it. I go in and kept saying, "it didn't feel right" but with my thumb I was just having trouble getting in there. Well long story somewhat shorter I retrieved what I felt was a hind foot. Pushed that back, hooked the trailer, mare and friend went in the trailer and headed for my vets house. She was quite a ways north and her house was in the middle, so we would meet there.
After going 80 mph up the freeway, we got to her house and the vet was there waiting. The foal was half way out and the vet had one heck of a time getting her the rest of the way out. She still had a heartbeat but that was all. The vet worked hard and with time got her to come around. To add to this, the mare didn't have any milk. So we got the baby a paste called Colostrum boost, and borrowed some milk from the mare that foaled the night before.
I was up all night feeding her 60 cc's of goats milk along with whatever I could get from the other mare. Later that morning she seemed a bit off and in the afternoon started going down hill. Back out to the vets, IV's, glucose bags, etc. After about 2 hours I told that vet to let her go. Since we had already started the glucose the vet wanted to keep her on it as she had seen many foals bounce back. She said the baby was unconscious and not feeling anything so lets she what she does. I have to say at this point that my vet is not a big fan of going to extremes, so I trust her judgment. She died later that evening.
The little girl lived approximately 36 hours but received a lot of love in those hours. So here is our little Angel who is also by the stallion in my avatar.
Robin
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