AnShanDan
Well-Known Member
I've posted about this before, but here goes....please read on!!
My mare was a maiden, had her foal 5th May, no problems at all. Big filly who has grown amazingly fast.
Since foaling she has had several mild colics, this is a mare I've owned since 2006, who never coliced before.
She has now had a full vet school investigation done: nothing found. Diagnosis (as such) is spasmodic colic. No ulcers, nothing else suspicious. Next step would be exploratory surgery which is out of the question atm.
Since coming home last wed. she has had one more mild episode. These have all resolved with little or no intervention.
Her management is ultra careful.
Feed: 4x 250g suregrow, 250g oats, very small amount sugar beet.
Out during the day on normal grass, in at night with hay.
Her appetite is very good.
Worming up to date, still waiting for tape worm count from vets but I doubt that's a problem as she was double dosed last autumn and last week.
I am at my wits end with her.
She appears well, is doing the foal very well. Foal has put on at least 1kg per day since birth and now weighs 170kg at 3 months.
I am going to try pro biotic now, which one tho?
My gut instinct is that it is something to do with feeding the foal, but the vets seem to have disregarded this as a cause. She must be consuming a huge amount of food to produce enough milk.
Anything else I can do, anyone ever had a lactating mare do this???
My mare was a maiden, had her foal 5th May, no problems at all. Big filly who has grown amazingly fast.
Since foaling she has had several mild colics, this is a mare I've owned since 2006, who never coliced before.
She has now had a full vet school investigation done: nothing found. Diagnosis (as such) is spasmodic colic. No ulcers, nothing else suspicious. Next step would be exploratory surgery which is out of the question atm.
Since coming home last wed. she has had one more mild episode. These have all resolved with little or no intervention.
Her management is ultra careful.
Feed: 4x 250g suregrow, 250g oats, very small amount sugar beet.
Out during the day on normal grass, in at night with hay.
Her appetite is very good.
Worming up to date, still waiting for tape worm count from vets but I doubt that's a problem as she was double dosed last autumn and last week.
I am at my wits end with her.
She appears well, is doing the foal very well. Foal has put on at least 1kg per day since birth and now weighs 170kg at 3 months.
I am going to try pro biotic now, which one tho?
My gut instinct is that it is something to do with feeding the foal, but the vets seem to have disregarded this as a cause. She must be consuming a huge amount of food to produce enough milk.
Anything else I can do, anyone ever had a lactating mare do this???
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