Foal rebirthing / Magellen technique

[Bunnymare]

Has anyone heard of the Magellan Foal rebirthing technique? A friend of the family witnessed it with a 'dumb' newborn in the week.

Would love a little more info about it.

 

[EventingMum]

There was a video on Facebook recently but I can't find it now. It was very interesting.

 

[cobgoblin]

Do you mean Madigan foal squeezing....for dummy foals, apparently it wakes them up.

 

[Lisa2manyponies]

we used this, this year and it worked !

 

[jodie3]

I've seen some videos of it and it seems amazing.

Google it and you will find more info.

 

[GemG]

OP - try posting this question on Breeding section of the forum, there may be some breeders on here who have seen/used it or have valuable opinions. (Sorry I have no personal experience - but have heard of it).

 

[Red-1]

I have not seen this in horses, but did read an article recently on a child that was still born, and the parents were obviously devastated, and the mother requested she and her husband be naked in the hospital bed, and have the baby to squeeze, hold and generally say goodbye.

The baby came round, and was saved.

There was some blurb at the end of the article, from an unconnected doctor, saying that the squeezing may have simulated the birth canal, and brought the baby's reflexes to the fore.

Of course I can't remember where I read it as my phone picks a random set of news from all sources, so it may well have been the Daily Fail, but there were photos etc.

 

[Equi]

I read that too I actually seen a video of it. I was an emotional wreck after!!!

 

[Dry Rot]

In my teens, I was involved with a pack of hounds that was fed on fallen stock. One source of feed was dead dairy calves. I have no idea how the calves died, but the corpses were dragged off the lorry onto a concrete yard to be butchered. Several recovered and were successfully reared by us hunt servants. That is all I can say but presumably the shock of hitting the concrete stimulated life forces into activity again.

I did find a web page on this topic (Magellen technique) that gave quite a bit of scientific information, including caveats about when the technique should be used and that it should only be attempted by those with veterinary training. The Americans are quite keen on this sort of thing. There was a fad about imprinting foals that seems to have lost favour which I can understand. I've had a bit of experience of imprinting in other species and it is by no means as straight forward and as simple as it seems. Festina lente (hasten gently).