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Posted by Terrie
on 10/3/2008, 8:08 am, in reply to "Re: baby belgain"
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I wish I could say that I had a horse vet that knew his butt from a hole in the ground, but I don't. My vet was out to look at Shermans mother 3 times in the 8 weeks I had her. I told him she was lathargic and seemed detached. Drank very little water and hargly touched the hay. He told me that I should be feeding her 50 pounds of grain a day. Thats when I knew he knew nothing. Unfortunatly, his last diagnosis of nothing being wrong was at 6pm wednesday and by 9am thursday she was dead. Now, I'm having much the same problem with her baby. Yesterday morning he stopped eating and went to lay down. I had sitters with him all day while I worked and he nibbled grass. At the evening feed, he only ate a little bit then went to lay down. He seems to have a belly ache. I tried the oil and the enama but is still not passing a stool (only a tiny bit of what looked like a cow flop)or drinking much if any water. I'm scared for him and could really use a vet I van trust.
--Previous Message--
: I think you ar eon the right track..maybe talk
: to your vet abou tportions ect..and what
: kind and how much in the way of suppliments
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: I would give him a pelleted grain no sweet
: feeds..Born to Win is what I have used in
: the past and my orphan colt who is now 4 yrs
: old grew nicely on that..
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: Other than that all the hay he can eat! Good
: luck with him
:
: --Previous Message--
: I was hoping to get some help making sure I
: was doing the right thing in reguards to the
: proper feeding of a 4 month old baby Belgain
: colt I had rescued a few months ago.
: His mother died when he was just 3.5 months
: old (now 4.5 months old) and I wanted to be
: sure I was feeding him what he should have
: at this young age. I can not find on the
: internet what to properly feed a draft at
: this young age and I do not want to stunt
: him. I have found that drafts wean there
: babies at closer to 6 months old and adults
: need to have no or very low starches and
: sugars and high in fats so I have him on a
: 6# a day, regular non-sweet horse feed with
: calf manna added along with a cup of corn
: oil. Am I doing the right thing or should I
: add or feed something else? He eats his feed
: well and seems to be doing well, but I want
: to make sure I'm doing as I should for him.
: Any help would be great.
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