Jynx
Digger, RN
She was born June 27th. These pics were taken when she was about 3 weeks old. It just takes me forever to upload photos. She is the daughter of my senior mare Bella and her mail-order hubby Mishaal HP. Bella had ALOT of difficulties during this birth, and almost didn't make it. She's doing ok now, but the recovery process will be a long one, so this filly unfortunately is being raised by 4 other "mom's" (me, my mother, my dad, and mom's mare Lovely).
Once we knew Bella was in trouble, our vet had 5 techs on the way, and basically performed a stall-side procdure. Unfortunately, Bella never got to see her last daughter after the birth. As sad as it may seem, it is for the best for both of them. We were able to milk Bella for colostrum, which the filly took eagerly. This "first milk" is incredibly important, so it was a must. After that, she took bottles easily. Its still very hard to raise a foal on bottles alone, so we immediately introduced her to Lovely. Lovely is a great broodmare who just loves babies, and she immediately adopted this girl as her own. She would even allow the filly to suckle even though she isn't producing milk.
For about 2 weeks, the filly did great on bottles. One day, she completely refused. One day turned into 2, and we started to get worried. On a random trip to the barn, I realized why. Lovely started producing milk for her! I've heard about this happening, but had never seen it. What an amazing motherly instinct!
She still doesn't have an official name yet, though I've been calling her Baby Sister. She's soooooo feisty! Even though her wittle baby teefers are just barely starting to poke through, she'll gnaw on anything she can get her mouth on!
Once we knew Bella was in trouble, our vet had 5 techs on the way, and basically performed a stall-side procdure. Unfortunately, Bella never got to see her last daughter after the birth. As sad as it may seem, it is for the best for both of them. We were able to milk Bella for colostrum, which the filly took eagerly. This "first milk" is incredibly important, so it was a must. After that, she took bottles easily. Its still very hard to raise a foal on bottles alone, so we immediately introduced her to Lovely. Lovely is a great broodmare who just loves babies, and she immediately adopted this girl as her own. She would even allow the filly to suckle even though she isn't producing milk.
For about 2 weeks, the filly did great on bottles. One day, she completely refused. One day turned into 2, and we started to get worried. On a random trip to the barn, I realized why. Lovely started producing milk for her! I've heard about this happening, but had never seen it. What an amazing motherly instinct!
She still doesn't have an official name yet, though I've been calling her Baby Sister. She's soooooo feisty! Even though her wittle baby teefers are just barely starting to poke through, she'll gnaw on anything she can get her mouth on!
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Sounds like you have a truly wonderful vet!
