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Need help watching Ditto

Andrea April 21, 2009 February 22, 2011

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Hi all. My name is Andrea and I am a first time foal owner. I'm worried Ditto is acting strange. She seems to be up and down a lot. She seems spry and is eating, but since she's only 5 days old, I don't know what normal is with a foal. Do they eat and rest so often? She seemed so active the first couple days in her stall. Now she's all calm. I hate to badger my vet again. I swear I wasn't this bad with my own kids! Could someone with some spare time watch her on MareStare for a bit and let me know if she seems normal? Thank you! http://www.marestare.com/cam.php?alias=phoenix" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Sara Thu, 04/23/2009 - 22:16

okay Andrea, what does a baby Ditto do all day now? And where are the new photos? I don't have a baby yet so I have to live vicariously through my niece-foal!

Andrea Thu, 04/23/2009 - 22:31

LOL. She's still running! I'm still recovering from the show Sunday. I'm hoping this weekend I can sleep in and take lots of drugs. Then I'll be boring you all with pictures again!
I was sitting in my chair watching her run today. She ran up to me for scratches and had a huge gob of green snot coming out of one nostril. I'm really going to be watching her closely. The vet gave her a clean bill of health so I'm just watching...

Sara Thu, 04/23/2009 - 22:44

oh man, the snots went through my barn last summer. Texas brought it from his old barn and Jasi got it when she was pregnant and the foals got it too. It was just some sort of cold and only Jasi seemed at all bothered by it. It's yucky though! I hope Ditto's okay!

Andrea Fri, 04/24/2009 - 09:56

So were there any other symptoms other than the snot?
I figure my kids would get snot like that and be OK. Are horses any different?

Sara Fri, 04/24/2009 - 11:05

No one had any other symptoms except for Jasi who was heavily pregnant and she ran a moderate fever. The vet put her on antibiotics (I can't remember what kind now but I still have them down in the barn so I could check) and told me she would probably foal pronto, which she did. She said sick pregnant mares (at or near term) will usually just go ahead and foal and then work on getting better.

Andrea Fri, 04/24/2009 - 16:38

Went to check on Ditto at lunch as she was looking uncomfortable again. She's got diarrhea. ew. But still spunky and running and eating. I took some quicky shots with my phone and put them in the Ditto thread. She's just cute. Plain and simple! I'll have to go out tonight and wash her butt. I am getting irriated with Silo. That's her job! :booty

Sara Fri, 04/24/2009 - 16:43

Foal diarrhea is normal at right about her age, as long as her temperature is normal and she's still eating, sleeping and playing as usual. Good luck wrangling her to wash her bum! Foals seem to hate that!

lipigirl Fri, 04/24/2009 - 16:46

[quote="Andrea"]Plain and simple! I'll have to go out tonight and wash her butt. I am getting irriated with Silo. That's her job!
Went to check on Ditto at lunch as she was looking uncomfortable again. She's got diarrhea. ew. But still spunky and running and eating. I took some quicky shots with my phone and put them in the Ditto thread. She's just cute. Plain and simple! I'll have to go out tonight and wash her butt. I am getting irriated with Silo. That's her job! :booty[/quote]

Erm...........have NEVER seen a horse wash it's foal butt except when they are first born to clean off all the gooo !!!! So, you could be waiting a long time to get Silo to do it !!! :laugh1

Andrea Fri, 04/24/2009 - 18:25

Do foals get diaper rash? Just wondering how clean I need to keep her little bum. With all the tail wagging she does, she's just about covered her butt, hips and hocks. Ewwww.
She's actually pretty easy to hold onto. She'll initially rear, but then calms down with pets. You guys can watch the show around 6:30 :booty