luckilotti
Well-Known Member
What a night!
sorry for long post but i thought i would give you a lot of the details so hopefully if you have any advice it will help etc.
i had my 1st mare of 2012 foal at midnight, she foaled stood up and didnt cleanse. Baby had to be helped to his feet (after about 90min), he couldnt latch on at all so we striped some milk off and gave him a bottle to make sure he had some. I phoned the vets and explained i needed an emergency call out. I was told an approx time (which is much longer than ususal) but i thought they maybe were busy so all i could do was wait. They were quite a bit longer than the said but a vet arrived. The vet checked my mares heart, then temperature. She had a shot of painkillers, antibiotics and oxytocin. The vet had a bit of a tug about etc but it wasnt for shifting, if anything it came out by approx 2-3" more than previously - at this point it had been retained for 7 hours. I was left a couple of syringes with more oxytocin in to give 45 min apart, i was told if it hadnt come away 30 min after the last jab, they would come back and try and flush her to get it to seperate etc. Well, it never came away, i spoke with the vets and they said they would call me back with when a vet could get back to me. 30 minutes past so i called them to see where we were upto.... i was told the vet would be with me an hour later (this would have been 11 and a half hours it would have been retained for!!). I went in the box with them rather stressed at this point as time was ticking. i decided to give her a little walk and yay - she cleansed!
I called the vets to tell the, and they just said good we will cancel the vet. Nothing more was said/asked.
Now, i have checked the placenta - all present and correct, no holes, no bits missing. It is very similar in colour and texture to previous placentas i've checked.
But.... 10.5 hours is a long time for it to have been in her - do i need to be watching for anything else which could indicate problems? the vets were very casual about it and clearly not that worried but i am not dumb and to me - it being retained was and issue for that length of time.
any thoughts?
thanks,
sorry for long post but i thought i would give you a lot of the details so hopefully if you have any advice it will help etc.
i had my 1st mare of 2012 foal at midnight, she foaled stood up and didnt cleanse. Baby had to be helped to his feet (after about 90min), he couldnt latch on at all so we striped some milk off and gave him a bottle to make sure he had some. I phoned the vets and explained i needed an emergency call out. I was told an approx time (which is much longer than ususal) but i thought they maybe were busy so all i could do was wait. They were quite a bit longer than the said but a vet arrived. The vet checked my mares heart, then temperature. She had a shot of painkillers, antibiotics and oxytocin. The vet had a bit of a tug about etc but it wasnt for shifting, if anything it came out by approx 2-3" more than previously - at this point it had been retained for 7 hours. I was left a couple of syringes with more oxytocin in to give 45 min apart, i was told if it hadnt come away 30 min after the last jab, they would come back and try and flush her to get it to seperate etc. Well, it never came away, i spoke with the vets and they said they would call me back with when a vet could get back to me. 30 minutes past so i called them to see where we were upto.... i was told the vet would be with me an hour later (this would have been 11 and a half hours it would have been retained for!!). I went in the box with them rather stressed at this point as time was ticking. i decided to give her a little walk and yay - she cleansed!
I called the vets to tell the, and they just said good we will cancel the vet. Nothing more was said/asked.
Now, i have checked the placenta - all present and correct, no holes, no bits missing. It is very similar in colour and texture to previous placentas i've checked.
But.... 10.5 hours is a long time for it to have been in her - do i need to be watching for anything else which could indicate problems? the vets were very casual about it and clearly not that worried but i am not dumb and to me - it being retained was and issue for that length of time.
any thoughts?
thanks,