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Yes, we tried to get her into that before the foal was born and in the last week, names down on every list going but everything near enough is full. So in the mean time we have to work with what we have.

Hello! My mare foaled last week. We are in a livery yard where the owner has never had a problem with our mare being in foal or providing for them afterwards. Last week this changed. Suddenly the yard wasn't OK for a foal and we've been asked to look for something else. In the meantime they...

Hello! Foal heat scour (if its not a myth) tend to happen when the foal is 7 - 10 days old when the mare has her foal heat and her hormones transfer in the milk. Dolly is just 26 hours old so its unlikely to be this. Have now spoken to the vet. He says its most likely the gut adjusting to...

We have a foal! If I could work out how to post a pic I would! Can someone give me a steer on poo please. We are in a yard full of 'experts' and we are novices with foaling. They dont talk to us but word has come back. Our foal, Dolly, has runny poo. She is bright and alert and feeding...

Hey, she struggled walking in about 50 meters tonight, her tail head is very squidgy, she bit her side and kicked her tummy just the once whilst she was feeding. She does though look very round (am trying to upload a photo ... but its not working?). No central crease and and one teat is down the...

One thing that I dont know if its anything - she has tiny white spots, like freckles) on her udders above where her teats are (her teats have all but disappeared) is this OK?

Thank you all so much for the advice. Spoke to the vet this morning. He said as she was bagged heavily the vaccination would have very little impact on the colostrum as it was already being made. So he'd give an anti toxin after the birth and start mums jabs at the post birth exam. He's happy...

Ok, thanks for advice on books, have been reading articles on the net avidly so will track these down. I'm not seriously going to wash the stable everyday:D but will once over today. She's coming in at night at the mo, but I was planning on letting her foal outside. She has had one foal before...

I wish we had a month but we have ten days to two weeks and that's just my calculation on the past owners 'well there was a season in April, not sure about the month after." She's bagged up today so I guess if the worst comes to the worst I'll get down tomorrow and there will be a unvaccinated...

Hello! We have a new mare who will foal within the next two weeks.( My other half rescued her from a very elderly couple...) We've been trying to find out if she has had any vaccinations in the last couple of years but are drawing blanks so we are now assuming not. Can she be vaccinated this...