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  Ms. Manners
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Location: Oklahoma | I have been quiet on this board about these two . . .
Meet Moc and Dissy, twin APHA foals born at 4 a.m. March 15. Moc is a soreel colt and Dissy id the smaller of the two, a tobiano filly. The only medical intervention these two needed in their first days was a liter of plasma/serum for Dissy, whose IgG was borderline at 400. The filly, born weighing just 13.5 kg, was fighting from the start. She did not have a sucking reflex, but it developed by 4 hours and she took to the bottle immediately. Luckily, I have the Udderly EZ mare milk pump! Funny thing is that Dissy, half the size of her brother, stodd up before him and pooped and peed before he did as well! At about 18 hours, Dissy decided she had enough of the rubber and plastic and wanted the real deal from the source :) She has been nursing on her own since two days old and Missy, the dam, has been amazing in producing for these two. One setback came yesterday when we brought the pair to Oklahoma State for their weekly weigh in (both have DOUBLED their birth weight in 20 days). Although Dissy's legs had strengthened immensely, she was beginning to deviate in her pasterns. She was x-rayed and found to have a 5-degree deviation in her right leg and a 3-degree in her left (ankles). The periosteal stripping surgery went very well. In fact, the surgeon called me and said that even though Dissy was still drunk from anasthesia, she walked over to her dam, pushed big brother Moc out of the way and nursed :)
An ultrasound was done on this mare at 16 days, and only one sac was visualized . . .
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Ms. Manners
Posts: 1820
Location: Oklahoma | 
Nap time on Day 2 . . .
Keeping warm in their first day . . . my friend Mack was pretty proud of her Foal Burritos :)
Visiting OSU at 16 hours old . . . Moc had an 800+ IgG and decided to nap in front of Mom. Dissy needed just one liter, and it was back home for all!
Weigh in at OSU at 4 days old . . . both had gained about 2 lbs each day - 6 lbs total!
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Ms. Manners
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Location: Oklahoma | Dissy at about 36-hours old nursing on her own . . . our little giraffe!
And nursing two days ago . . . we're growing :)
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 Hugs to You
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | How wonderful they made it. Such a blessing. |
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 Northern Chocolate Queen
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Location: ND | They're adorable! |
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Ms. Manners
Posts: 1820
Location: Oklahoma | Thank you! Their good health along the way has been an absolute blessing. Here they are yesterday at OSU for weigh in, then after admission for Dissy's periosteal strip surgery.
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Elite Veteran
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| Beautiful babies! Glad all are doing well! |
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 Strong Willed Woman
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Location: Prosser, WA | So cute. Glad they are doing well for you. |
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 The Original Cyber Bartender
Location: Washington | Such a blessing. Love the picture of the two of them nursing!!! |
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 1D Lawn Mower
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Location: Southeast, Texas | Precious! I can't wait to watch them grow! I'm glad you decided to share them with us!! [= |
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 Been Blessed
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Location: Living in my Promised Land | Thank you so much for sharing your blessings. |
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 Elite Veteran
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Location: Oklahoma & Texas | Awesome!! |
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 Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | Beautiful babies! Please keep us posted on their progress......they are precious!!!! |
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 I'm Cooler Offline
Posts: 6387
Location: Pacific Northwest | So cute! My friend had a mare have twins and they both grew up fine (: The one had messed up legs and wasn't sound to ride but she was their favorite pasture pet. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Now thats so darn cute  , prayers for good health for the both of them  |
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 Total Germophobe
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Location: Montana | Sooo cute! It looks like everyone is healthy! |
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 Night Watchman
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Location: Central Montana | Glad they are both doing well! Love the photo of them both nursing together. |
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 Don't Need Sugar Coating
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Location: AR & OK | Oh my, they  are so cute.
Momma looks at peace.  |
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 Shelter Dog Lover
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Common Sense and then some
Location: So. California | Congratulations on the twin foals! What a surprise that must have been. Glad to see they are both doing so well, miracles do happen! |
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