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06-03-2009, 06:36 AM
#83
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It is 7:30 pacific time ... west coast, whatever <g>
The baby just spent a minute or more nursing ... he is lining up better with mama and I am thinking (since she stopped eating and was just standing, that he was really getting full).
Then, he did a little buck, walked away and folded his legs under him and laid down ....
If foals are anything like calves, it takes a day or two to get all the coordination that is needed to nurse, clean out, and act "normal".
Once they figure out how to really get a good meal ... it is KATY BAR THE DOOR! They don't take long to get a good meal and will do so more often as they are growing.
And, the mare's bag only has so much room for milk at a time, so he has to eat often to get enough and make the amount of milk he needs to grow on.
With a cow, the bag is three to four times bigger than an adult human head. With the little mare, I am thinking her bag MIGHT be bigger than three good navel oranges ... a cow has four teats ... the horse has two ...
I didn't design them - - I just try to explain it <g>.
Anyway, he looks like he is doing good.
Bummer! I missed seeing the barn door getting opened up ... mom is enjoying the door jam, to say the least.
I am off to set up a gazebo bash at the Post.
Hope my information/input is helpful and accurate.
The baby just spent a minute or more nursing ... he is lining up better with mama and I am thinking (since she stopped eating and was just standing, that he was really getting full).
Then, he did a little buck, walked away and folded his legs under him and laid down ....
If foals are anything like calves, it takes a day or two to get all the coordination that is needed to nurse, clean out, and act "normal".
Once they figure out how to really get a good meal ... it is KATY BAR THE DOOR! They don't take long to get a good meal and will do so more often as they are growing.
And, the mare's bag only has so much room for milk at a time, so he has to eat often to get enough and make the amount of milk he needs to grow on.
With a cow, the bag is three to four times bigger than an adult human head. With the little mare, I am thinking her bag MIGHT be bigger than three good navel oranges ... a cow has four teats ... the horse has two ...
I didn't design them - - I just try to explain it <g>.
Anyway, he looks like he is doing good.
Bummer! I missed seeing the barn door getting opened up ... mom is enjoying the door jam, to say the least.
I am off to set up a gazebo bash at the Post.
Hope my information/input is helpful and accurate.
06-03-2009, 07:16 AM
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Omak thank you so much!!!
He is MUCH improved today!!! Hes acting much more like a normal foal and now spooks appropriately and is going outside etc. Its like he finally "woke" up today and realized hes a horse!!!
Im soooooooo happy!!!
Patches will be back on cam tonight and although shes huge doesnt look any closer to foaling yet.
You all are the best foal watchers in the world!
He is MUCH improved today!!! Hes acting much more like a normal foal and now spooks appropriately and is going outside etc. Its like he finally "woke" up today and realized hes a horse!!!
Im soooooooo happy!!!
Patches will be back on cam tonight and although shes huge doesnt look any closer to foaling yet.
You all are the best foal watchers in the world!
06-03-2009, 01:36 PM
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I have been watching him and mom for about ten minutes.
I don't know what happened, but he was laying all folded up, and then I came back and he was sort of stretched out.
Mom never moved, but I could see her ears moving back and forth, so I knew my camera wasn't frozen <g>.
Anyway, I got to thinking, watching mom and the foal ... he finally flipped his little tail ...
Do you put a radio in the barn with the horses? I keep television/radio on all of the time if I am not home for my animals ... (and, censor the programming, so they won't be corrupted) ... and, it seems to socialize them really good.
Do you do that with your horses?
I don't know what happened, but he was laying all folded up, and then I came back and he was sort of stretched out.
Mom never moved, but I could see her ears moving back and forth, so I knew my camera wasn't frozen <g>.
Anyway, I got to thinking, watching mom and the foal ... he finally flipped his little tail ...
Do you put a radio in the barn with the horses? I keep television/radio on all of the time if I am not home for my animals ... (and, censor the programming, so they won't be corrupted) ... and, it seems to socialize them really good.
Do you do that with your horses?
06-03-2009, 01:40 PM
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2:39 - -about fifteen minutes from when I started watching.
And, he popped up, mom had moved and I couldn't find him for a moment ... anyway, he popped up - - stretched really good, flipped his little tail a bit and then went to nursing ... perfectly lined up like you said he should be.
And, he popped up, mom had moved and I couldn't find him for a moment ... anyway, he popped up - - stretched really good, flipped his little tail a bit and then went to nursing ... perfectly lined up like you said he should be.
06-03-2009, 01:42 PM
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sucked for 45 second to a minute ... while I typed the last bit.
I flip back to the webcam and he has disappeared again ... laying down!, but I see the head moving, so I am thinking ... if he ate and fainted ... he is rousing pretty well .
I am going to check on him one more time.
I flip back to the webcam and he has disappeared again ... laying down!, but I see the head moving, so I am thinking ... if he ate and fainted ... he is rousing pretty well .
I am going to check on him one more time.
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