This foaling business is way TOO heart stopping

[CarolU]

I checked Bella about 2:30 this morning. She is loose in the pasture with the choice of going in her foaling stall. Well that is where she was, standing, asleep against the far wall. I was just ready to turn off the flashlight when the back of a BUCKSKIN FILLY HEAD comes into view in the flashlight beam!!!! :shock: :D My heart lept right into my throat and heart when crazy...and then I realized it was Rosie. :( She had been laying down in the same stall (it is 14 x 16 and full of nice fresh straw) and raised up to see what I was looking at. :lol:

It took me over an hour to get back to sleep. :evil:

[Carol Nelson]

:rofl

Join the crowd!
Now, don't you want to do this on a full-time basis. hehe...

(will mention though that I would separate Bella from the others...disastrous results have been known to happen having mares foal with other horses. )

[paintedhorizon]

hahahahahaha That is too funny!

[Dianne]

:roll: Its called sleep deprivation :lol:
I agree with Carol about seperating her now...she should be in her own stall each night ..One of the mares here (the one that came early) was stalled next to a stallion and when she had the baby she was kicking at the ajoining wall so much (threatening the stallion to stay away) she kicked the cord and it tore off WAY too long and then took hours to deliver the placenta..only with drug help. Then she was SO protective of the baby she was stepping on it trying to go at the other horses.
anywho..they will threaten other mares the same way. we had to hurry and get the others out of sight before she did some worse damage.

[TrueStepPaso]

That STINKS Carol! Hopefully next time it will be the real thing :roll:

[motorgypsy]

Ours all foaled with two other horses in with them but always those who were less dominant so they kept their distance.

One thing we did learn though is don't allow a more dominant mare with her own foal in with the mom and foal until it is older and can take care of itself because the dominant mare can be agressive toward it.

One really neat thing was when BeeGee had Adriel she allowed Arwen, her older daughter, to approach and sniff her new sister. Noone else was allowed to approach though. I do worry about a stall though but let's face it - foaling is fraught with dangers and foals are walking potential accidents. We both went grey during our last foaling season. Two maiden mares - sheesh!

[LynnG]

I'd keep her in a foaling stall at night too. Just because there are predator animals out at night.......coyotes, wild dogs, etc. A foal is weak when born and if a gang of dogs decided to attack, they could get to the foal as they'd probably be attacking mom too and she'd be distracted.

[DebbieS]

I thought you were going to say "...and then I woke up".

Poor Bella, she's probaby ready for this to be over. Give her a big hug from Listo and me!!

[Pasogirlz]

:lol:
Love the siggy by the way.

[PasoVicki]

I guess Danesa's not the only one playing mind games. She HAS to be ready to deliver! How long has she been dripping milk???

Vicki

[Camilla]

Hey Carol,
have you done the "milk check" yet? if so... what'd ya find?

[cowboy ed]

carol U, you should just do like i do! try to avoid looking at the mare. when you wake up at 3am thinking about her, roll over and go back to sleep. at 6:30 every morning, look out the window and see if there is a baby. that baby will get here when it is good and ready. this method is virtually stress free!

[Mellifluous]

carol U, you should just do like i do! try to avoid looking at the mare. when you wake up at 3am thinking about her, roll over and go back to sleep. at 6:30 every morning, look out the window and see if there is a baby. that baby will get here when it is good and ready. this method is virtually stress free!

I think it worked Ed! The baby has arrived.