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| And I think my filly might be impacted :( I talked with the vet and gave her and edema and I haven't seen her straining in a few hours but also no poop! Yes, I sat next to her stall for 4 hours watching her! I'm a worry wart, I don't want anything to go wrong! Someone give me some advice to help me sleep at ease and not have the urge to go check on her every 5 minutes!! Also any other tips for a first time foal mom :) |
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Location: Kansas and loving it | Have you seen any poop on the ground? Is she nursing quite a bit? In my opinion, a newborn is the time to be over protective. Once they pass the 3 days, then I don't worry about pooping and nursing as much. |
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Location: mi | If your foal is at the 3 day mark which is what I am seeing from older posts I would think she would be past the enema stage. I have only done this in the first 24 hours. I have no experience with a foal not poop at 3 days old but I do know they go down hill very fast. So if she is acting uncomfortable I would be back on the phone with vet. I hope she gets to normal for you soon. |
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| rockette - 2014-04-18 5:59 AM
Have you seen any poop on the ground? Is she nursing quite a bit? In my opinion, a newborn is the time to be over protective. Once they pass the 3 days, then I don't worry about pooping and nursing as much.
I haven't seen any poop. She nurses every 5 minutes it seems and when I turn her out she runs and plays like normal. I brought her home from the vet on Wednesday morning (she was born at the vet on Monday morning), so I was not there to witness her passing meconium. She is 4 days old today |
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Location: Washington. (The DRY side.) | If she is that old and acting fine, I wouldn't worry about if. If isn't unusual to not see them poop, nor to see it in the stall or pasture. They don't"go" much and it is light colored. It is most often found on the bottoms of the mares feet if they are stalled as it is quite sticky. |
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Location: Sperry, OK | achildres - 2014-04-18 7:49 AM rockette - 2014-04-18 5:59 AM Have you seen any poop on the ground? Is she nursing quite a bit? In my opinion, a newborn is the time to be over protective. Once they pass the 3 days, then I don't worry about pooping and nursing as much. I haven't seen any poop. She nurses every 5 minutes it seems and when I turn her out she runs and plays like normal. I brought her home from the vet on Wednesday morning (she was born at the vet on Monday morning ), so I was not there to witness her passing meconium. She is 4 days old today
I can almost guarantee you she passed meconium at the vet, if not they for sure would have taken care of it! The thing about baby poop, is it most times mixes in well with the ground/shavings, as it is not a truley formed poop yet. She very well could be going and you just missing it and not seeing for this reason. |
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Location: Where I am happiest | RacingQH - 2014-04-18 8:25 AM If she is that old and acting fine, I wouldn't worry about if. If isn't unusual to not see them poop, nor to see it in the stall or pasture. They don't"go" much and it is light colored. It is most often found on the bottoms of the mares feet if they are stalled as it is quite sticky.
This ^^^
If your baby is acting fine, then I'd say he's fine. If he was impacted he would be straining and very very uncomfortable. Also, you have to remimber they are on mares milk. There isnt alot of poop because they utalize it all and it doesnt look like regular horse poop. Very hard to find as it is soft and light colored and very little of it. |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | ThreeCorners - 2014-04-18 11:18 AM RacingQH - 2014-04-18 8:25 AM If she is that old and acting fine, I wouldn't worry about if. If isn't unusual to not see them poop, nor to see it in the stall or pasture. They don't"go" much and it is light colored. It is most often found on the bottoms of the mares feet if they are stalled as it is quite sticky. This ^^^
If your baby is acting fine, then I'd say he's fine. If he was impacted he would be straining and very very uncomfortable. Also, you have to remimber they are on mares milk. There isnt alot of poop because they utalize it all and it doesnt look like regular horse poop. Very hard to find as it is soft and light colored and very little of it.
The only way I really have ever seen baby poop is when the dogs go scratching for it in the pens.  |
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Location: Carpenter, WY | I agree...you would notice your foal straining if it hadn't gone by now. Look for the orangie colored sticky, smelly little pile. If you have a dog it's the ultimate candy ! |
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Location: SW MO | We have some mares that will eat the baby poop, it's protective thing.
We had a colt get impacted when he was 2 days old he strain very hard. He didn't nurse good & he would flop down on the ground and roll up on his back.
When they need to go bad the sides of their stomachs contract in & out and usually the wonder around.
If she is laying down & sleeping sound then she probably alright.
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Location: Oklahoma & Texas | A lot of times the foal poop is really loose like a human baby - for the first few days/week it takes a bit before they start having the little rabbit turds :) so you may be missing it in the bedding/pasture b/c it will be runny/ish and not normal horse poop looking... if she looks fine and is eating/no fever and not dehydrated and feeling good i would say she probably is pooping on her own.. she'll start acting off if she gets constipated... definitely dont wait to take her if you think anything is wrong as wont take long for one to go down hill.. |
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| She was straining yesterday evening, but I haven't seen her strain at all today. Now that I think of it, I do believe i stepped in this light colored poop |
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