rabbitsfizz
Well-Known Member
Rotten luck, really, this sort of thing just sucks and I am so sorry for you.
The cord thing....well, it could be but you know what??
When a mare aborts a dead foal a lot goes on that does not happen when she gives birth to a live one, and a foal this small could easily have been flipped around and around in the womb before she managed to get it out.
So, it could have been a twisted cord, which would have killed the foal, or the foal might have died (this stuff happens) and the cord twisted as she tried to get it out.
Whatever happened the truth of it is that there was nothing at all you could have done to prevent it, I'm afraid.
Just rotten luck.
The cord thing....well, it could be but you know what??
When a mare aborts a dead foal a lot goes on that does not happen when she gives birth to a live one, and a foal this small could easily have been flipped around and around in the womb before she managed to get it out.
So, it could have been a twisted cord, which would have killed the foal, or the foal might have died (this stuff happens) and the cord twisted as she tried to get it out.
Whatever happened the truth of it is that there was nothing at all you could have done to prevent it, I'm afraid.
Just rotten luck.