Posted by Dick L on May 07, 2014 at 14:56:57 from (50.51.140.91):
Without going into it deep, we had a miniature foal that couldn't latch on to get milk. The mare developed mastitis so I tried to get a different mare to adopt the foal. Somehow the foal got stepped on by the mare and popped her knee out of joint. I pulled on it and it popped back in but it seemed the knee cap had broken off or something. It also started to have severe diarrhea. The vet thought it best to put her down. He said if you want to take a chance he could give it a steroid and antibiotic shot. He gave us a tube of stuff to help the diarrhea. We had brought her in the house where we could feed her without getting dressed in the night.
Dixie is and has not been keen on doing anything with the horses unless she can't get out of helping me. After helping feed the little filly a coupla days and after she thought it might have to be put down she has made it a project to do research and try to see if she can keep that from happening. I think she has succeeded. The filly was keeping both hind legs drawn up from the time she was stepped on. Dixie was feeding her a bottle with the filly laying over her lap and the filly would go to sleep. Dixie took one leg and slowly pulled it down straight and rubbed it. then she did the other the same way and the filly did not draw them back up while she was asleep. The swelling of the knee is gone and she will drop her legs down straight while taking the bottle. When she trys to stand she will not straighten them out. Anyway here are some pictures.
A coupla hours after birth. Trying to get her to latch on. Teats real small and short.
Bottle feeding today at lunch.
Sound asleep and satisfied. You can see both legs are down straight.
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