shadowpaints
Well-Known Member
my little filly, 'gigi' was born on 5/11. all was well or so we thought, she got colostrum and was zipping arounnd the stall. i didnt notice andything abnormal until 5/15 when picked her up and led her mom outside for their first outing. i noticed the filly had diarehha. not foal heat to early, so i checked her moms bag i noticed it was very large and hot. i knew it was mastitis.. but when i went to get milk out it wasnt the normal mastitis type milk.. (not chunky at all) it was BLOOD . I immediatly picked up the filly and put both her and her mom back in the stall.
I called the vet. vet says mastitis and said to treat with 5cc of pennicillian 2x a day for the mare, pro bios for the filly and goats milk for the filly. at first the filly was drinking water out of a bucket.. so i tried goats milk in a bucket. no go. so tried the bottle. not easy, she fought me like crazy. finally last nite at 5pm i got her to drink 3 ounces. the amount she has drank has been anywhere from 2 ounces to as much as 4. for some reason the feeding after her 11 am feeding, i couldnt get her to suck the bottle.
at 5:30pm she finally drank almost 3 ounces of milk.
then again at 6:45pm she drank only 1.37 ounces milk
should she be drinking more? she has no problem sucking on the walls or the fence that seperate her and her mom .
she has no fever, and isnt dehydrated.
she still has a little bit of diarheaa.
im attempting to feed her every hour, but usually wont touch the bottle unless its 2 or more hours since its last bottle.
im worried and dont know what else to do, never raised a mini foal on a bottle. only big horses. the mastitis is really my fault as i didnt check the mares bag after the filly got the hang of nursing.
i need any tricks that any one can offer me. i am trying so hard and i dont know what else to do!
I called the vet. vet says mastitis and said to treat with 5cc of pennicillian 2x a day for the mare, pro bios for the filly and goats milk for the filly. at first the filly was drinking water out of a bucket.. so i tried goats milk in a bucket. no go. so tried the bottle. not easy, she fought me like crazy. finally last nite at 5pm i got her to drink 3 ounces. the amount she has drank has been anywhere from 2 ounces to as much as 4. for some reason the feeding after her 11 am feeding, i couldnt get her to suck the bottle.
at 5:30pm she finally drank almost 3 ounces of milk.
then again at 6:45pm she drank only 1.37 ounces milk
should she be drinking more? she has no problem sucking on the walls or the fence that seperate her and her mom .
she has no fever, and isnt dehydrated.
she still has a little bit of diarheaa.
im attempting to feed her every hour, but usually wont touch the bottle unless its 2 or more hours since its last bottle.
im worried and dont know what else to do, never raised a mini foal on a bottle. only big horses. the mastitis is really my fault as i didnt check the mares bag after the filly got the hang of nursing.
i need any tricks that any one can offer me. i am trying so hard and i dont know what else to do!