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Location: Kentucky | Can you ask the vet you work for? Maybe they have some tricks you can try. |
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| I raised a baby last year from 1 day old so she got milk and some ever older will drink some goat milk if offered in a bucket. I started mine on Tribute foal foundation pellets and she did wonderfull I never gave any normal grain until she was older just the pellets, good hay, and goat milk. She is the biggest baby on the place now. Sorry for your loss |
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| Thanks y'all. I'm about to go check on him and see if he has decided to try any of it. All they can really offer is what to try feed him and when he gets hungry, he will eat. Just need to make sure he stays hydrated. |
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Location: Arkansas | RoaniePonie11 - 2017-05-17 1:55 PM
Hello everyone. As of this morning he hadn't eaten much of anything. He was offered grass hay, a little of his moms feed and a cup of mares match replacer pellets (they do smell strongly). He did drink a little water over night. As of right now he has a cup of Progressive nutrition foal creep (milk pellets) and a bucket with milk replacer in it, a bucket of water and grass hay and a little bit of alfalfa. Just trying to see what he will eat.
He was bright and alert this morning. Still upset but not as bad. He started to find comfort in standing with me while I was with him. The Progressive nutrition says the foal creep can be fed free choice (only) if the foal is orphaned after the age of 3 weeks. I honestly don't care which he takes to. As long as its something....
Bless his heart, he's been thru so much so early in his little life. Many prayers and keep us posted on him. And you, cause I know it's gotta be tough on you too. |
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| We had a foal orphaned at 8 days old. We fed him Foalac milk replacer out of a bucket every 2-3 hours....he would suck it up like a vacuum cleaner, hence his barn name, Hoover. After he was a little older, we also offered him the Foalac milk pellets.
Best of luck to you and your foal!
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| Hello everyone. As of right now he has the choice of alfalfa, grass hay, milk pellets, milk replacer, water and a little bit of his mom as feed. At first he ate 1/4 flake alfalfa and drank water. Then just hay and water. This morning the feeder was moved and empty and I couldn't find any feed on the ground. I gave him fresh everything this morning. Also started giving him 150# of gastroguard in the mornings just in case.
Lord I hope he ate that feed. |
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| Awesome! I bet he did, bless his heart. Hope things continue to progress well for y'all. |
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Location: SW MO | We have had a few orphans over the years I'm sorry to say. We gave them Purina Kid milk replacer.Foals seem to like it a lot better than foal Lac, or the foal milk replacers. They also seem to do better on it.
We did have a filly one year that we had to put her mother down when she was 5 or 6 weeks old. This filly had a lot of health issues, we won't go into that, but she would not drink milk replacer of any kind. A lot of times you have trouble with that on older foals. She would eat grain though. We fed her Omalene 300 ( it has milk replacer in it) & calf mamma pellets. She broke her leg when she was 3 days old, so she never made a riding horse but she is in our broodmare band. She is 15.3H
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