Orphan Foals

I tried everything to get the mare to take foal. I fed FoaLac in a bucket every 2 hrs.

1/14/2013 11:54:31 PM

Can B done !

1/14/2013 11:52:32 PM

Luckily she was not a newborn although that made substitute milk feeding a problem

1/14/2013 10:53:47 PM

What a blessing and bonding experience

1/14/2013 9:58:42 PM

Thank god!

1/14/2013 9:39:55 PM

It is absolutley imperative to have a nurse mare or older companion mare to help socialize.

1/14/2013 5:13:18 PM

Though, it helps to have another horse around who can assist with socialization skills.

1/14/2013 4:27:07 PM

tried to help a neighbor with orphan at the request of my vet but she wound up with a spoiled brat

1/14/2013 3:09:31 PM

19 days old, refused Foalac, ate Strategy & grew well

1/14/2013 2:41:42 PM

it is difficult to be as good a disiplinarian as the birth mom difficult for her to accept her baby

1/14/2013 1:39:34 PM

It was a joy and a learning experience. She's my trail horse now at age 5

1/14/2013 11:24:03 AM

A mini.. very rewarding experience..

1/13/2013 11:11:37 PM

Would be hard, that is without question. Hope it never happens

1/13/2013 9:41:22 PM

My dad and I bottle fed her and she did great. She went on to raise a foal that is 26yo today.

1/13/2013 8:14:00 PM

Thank the Goddess!

1/13/2013 4:16:10 PM

Yes, in January 2012, and it was one of the most rewarding events in 37 years of horse ownership!

1/13/2013 4:13:39 PM

I did a bad thing. He was healthy but got very spoiled. I wouldn't recommend it for a beginner!

1/13/2013 10:45:36 AM

Very difficult and time consuming, but a wonderful way to learn and understand the psych of horses

1/13/2013 1:26:12 AM

Would love to help and assist in any way I could to help raise an orphan foal.

1/13/2013 12:11:40 AM

They must still know they are horses

1/12/2013 11:38:32 PM

with a nurse mare

1/12/2013 1:32:36 PM

I want to

1/12/2013 1:07:49 PM

Twice, and on a calf milk substitute very close in analysis, and 1/4 of the price of 'foal milk'

1/12/2013 9:58:59 AM

with cow milk powder and dextrose and calcium

1/12/2013 8:29:45 AM

nurse mare made all the difference. he is 3 now and people are surprised that he was an orphan.

1/11/2013 4:38:55 PM

no have been blessed to detect and address problems that might have resulted in mare mortality

1/11/2013 3:22:55 PM

it was liken raising a human kid

1/11/2013 12:56:18 PM

Was a very difficult process and a very spoiled horse as a result.

1/11/2013 10:07:12 AM

now age 7 and gorgeous. Both raised on Progressive Nutrition products

1/11/2013 6:52:03 AM

i've raised a mustang foal orphaned due to a roundup, got him at 3wks of age.

1/10/2013 11:12:04 PM

I raised two nurse mare foals from one week. It was a wonderful experience and they are great horses

1/10/2013 10:28:32 PM

Three, with the help of a mare, b

1/10/2013 10:21:18 PM

Have raised many orphans using nurse mares -- can't tell them from other foals.

1/10/2013 10:20:21 PM

They become like a child and a little can become more pushy than a non-orphan foal.

1/10/2013 9:33:48 PM

wish I could

1/10/2013 9:23:30 PM

The rescue i work at helped 1. He is now sweet adorable n available for adoption!throwawayponies.org

1/10/2013 9:12:22 PM

mother was blinded at birth and was put down...I was not part of the decision...

1/10/2013 8:27:37 PM

I would love to!!!

1/10/2013 8:13:50 PM

It was a lot of work. I had good advise from my vet. She is a talented show horse/ no bad habits

1/10/2013 7:33:07 PM

she was very disrespectful towards people

1/10/2013 7:13:31 PM

From 20 hours after birth... Now 5 years and a STAR!

1/10/2013 6:30:07 PM

I wouldnt mind raising an orphan foal

1/10/2013 6:13:15 PM

Have several friends who have

1/10/2013 5:15:07 PM

Quite a few and successfully too.

1/10/2013 5:13:25 PM

glad i have not had this experience

1/10/2013 4:20:55 PM

Besides my children--the hardest, most rewarding job ever!

1/10/2013 2:56:32 PM

Tbred gelding, a one person horse now, needs clear boundaries and horse social contact. A good horse

1/10/2013 12:12:44 PM

tough very spoiled

1/10/2013 10:59:02 AM

The foal was a colt, it was heart breaking, rewarding, and a lot of worry. He's a blessing now.

1/10/2013 9:25:04 AM

Any artificially weaned foal should be considered "orphaned"

1/10/2013 8:21:38 AM

Gave her milk from our Goat - drank straight from the bucket and was nannied by our gelding. troubl

1/10/2013 5:58:48 AM

Not easy...

1/10/2013 2:28:19 AM

Mare died 4 hrs after foaling, she did great with help from family and friends and a kind mare

1/10/2013 1:03:45 AM

That is on my Bucket List...would LOVE it!!!

1/9/2013 11:29:49 PM

our best QH dam had a premie foal in the midst of a bitter winter . dam died , raised foal in a room

1/9/2013 11:04:06 PM

Orphaned at just 3 months.

1/9/2013 9:23:02 PM

I have not, but it would be a very rewarding experience

1/9/2013 8:45:14 PM

And I hope never to.

1/9/2013 8:40:47 PM

Now a 5 year old and doing great!

1/9/2013 8:27:46 PM

But I own one. 15 years old and when you give her a treat, she sucks her tongue for 10 minutes.

1/9/2013 7:52:02 PM

it very hard as the mare teaches alot that humans can't

1/9/2013 7:16:25 PM

I was lucky. My vet's tech had a mare who that adopted my foal.

1/9/2013 6:50:01 PM

We found a nurse mare after a few days, but he was a people pony.

1/9/2013 6:27:13 PM

She was feed goat milk every 4 hours

1/9/2013 5:53:55 PM

with another mare with foal. Smear mare´s dung on the orphan and she will accept the foal. I

1/9/2013 5:32:18 PM

This can be a nightmare. If you treat the foal like its mother would, it can work out fantastically

1/9/2013 4:21:54 PM

would love to

1/9/2013 2:55:33 PM

No, and I pray I dont have too.

1/9/2013 1:25:30 PM

From 1mo old I fed & my 30yo retired broodmare taught him to be a horse, he turned out awesome!

1/9/2013 1:05:47 PM

A loss beyond words when my mare died leaving a 9 day old foal, but the little filly & I did fine!

1/9/2013 9:48:05 AM

I was fortunate to have a "retired" broodmare who was willing to become a nursemare.

1/9/2013 9:39:49 AM

The mare tried to kill 'Trouble' . Raised him on milk replacer and a dairy goat.

1/9/2013 8:53:17 AM

nurse foal baby

1/9/2013 8:45:42 AM

was very lucky the mares sister had a foal and finished up suckling both with the help of good creep

1/9/2013 8:29:31 AM

Yes, she was 6 weeks old when we lost her mother. Got good advice and she is not spoiled.

1/9/2013 8:15:27 AM

We had a mare die when her foal was a month old. Filly ended up fine.

1/9/2013 7:59:06 AM

premature foal/ initially ill

1/9/2013 7:46:13 AM

not completely orphaned, but he lost his mom at 7 weeks.

1/9/2013 7:30:07 AM

Never want to again!

1/9/2013 7:01:59 AM

twice

1/9/2013 12:34:32 AM

We hope we never have to do it again.

1/8/2013 10:25:05 PM

My mare was struck by lightning when her colt was only three months old.

1/8/2013 10:01:53 PM

Have raised 10 through a rescue that does a lot of them

1/8/2013 9:34:47 PM

let the next ? address the social of the adult orphan

1/8/2013 9:18:13 PM

Pure hell, died after 4 mo. salmonilla

1/8/2013 9:16:46 PM

Three times and it gets easier with each one.

1/8/2013 8:38:10 PM

I haven't, but my horse is the offspring of my friend's orphan

1/8/2013 8:31:20 PM

lots of time and work

1/8/2013 8:07:42 PM

My Aunt's horse was an orphan and does have his bad habits.

1/8/2013 8:01:19 PM

I was able to help the foal be accepted by the mare

1/8/2013 7:53:00 PM

shye turned out very well.

1/8/2013 7:39:08 PM

Goodness no. I don't yet know enough to nurture a foal.

1/8/2013 7:38:37 PM

We did find a surrogate mare to take the foal after the first 48 hours.

1/8/2013 6:48:32 PM

We tried but lost the filly at less than a week old.

1/8/2013 6:16:07 PM

We could write a how-to book about raising a thoroughbred foal to age 12 and how different they are.

1/8/2013 6:15:02 PM

I was lucky, I had a mare that adopted the foal and socialized him

1/8/2013 6:03:23 PM

My clydesdale mare was orphaned at 8 weeks of age.

1/8/2013 5:52:35 PM

Have been lucky enough not to experience that!

1/8/2013 5:51:46 PM

She was a half mini half welsh and she lived in our house for the first 2 months

1/8/2013 5:05:21 PM

I've raised several. Avoid a bottle or wean early to avoid abnormal association as "human is mother"

1/8/2013 12:59:18 PM

It was a challenging but rewarding endeavor.

1/8/2013 10:14:33 AM

The foals mother was stuck by lightening and another mare that had a baby and let her nurse also.

1/8/2013 7:15:43 AM

only haflingers - if they're orphan, then yes. I live in Denmark, and here they're not rare seen :-)

1/8/2013 3:56:12 AM