Hairless foal

[silvershadow81]

Following on from Only_me's post... I found some pictures this hairless Akhal-teke foal...

Poor little thing

xx

 

[Lippyx]

OMG!! So what happens? Does it grow hair, or is it always going to be like that!!?

 

[Tinkerbee]

Omg thats really odd

Ditto what Lippy said...


Blimey

 

[M_G]

Ewww thats horrid

 

[only_me]

eugh

will it always be like that? good for people that are allergic to horses i presume, but would you want to ride it in public?

 

[Lippyx]

Well, I just googled it and apparantly, the foal was born in 2005 but sadly died due to some health problems. This breed is bred to have very short fine hair and on occassions they produce these foals. They rarely live to a ripe old age due to other health issues. I think its similar to problems that Kennel Club is trying to sort with regards to interbred dogs for "perfect" pedigrees.

 

[Queenbee]

have had a bit of a poke around on the web, it is a deformity that comes as a result of the inbreeding, producing very sick little foals that do not normally survive. look at this site, it has a statement from an AT breeder:

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl...active%26sa%3DG

Interesting, but makes you bloody furious that there would be someone on this planet who was 'particularly interested in breeding this trait!!'

 

[somethingorother]

poor babies, i would be horrified if i found a mare likely to produce mutant foals like this and would never risk breeding from her. Although then again, i wouldn't inbreed either. That guy breeding them purposely makes me angry too, idiot.

 

[Hels_Bels]

thats odd, poor thing