Karen i'm so sorry for your loss, but wanted to assure you that your colt should be fine, we lost a mare four years ago to lipidemia, her 2-month-old colt was put on the milk pellets as well and taken directly from the vet's office to his new home as the vet said he would "choose a new mother" and it would be better for him to go straight to his new home and not bond with one of ours only to be moved again in a few months... anyway he did just that, and this year he sired his first foal for his owner and they are still so happy with him.