Kim Rule
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I have my foaling bag ready. It's sitting beside my bedroom door, so that I can grab it easily. The stall is cleaned out, and Cinnamon is in there for her first night tonight. She has a decent sized run, that is attached to her own little dry lot. I am feeding her extra hay. She is getting oats, beet pulp, BOSS, flax seed, and vitamins. I wormed her yesterday with Safeguard. She's had her shots.
Her nipples are getting longer. She has not formed a bag yet. It's just kind of "saggy". She has clear, unsticky fluid in her bag. She is easy to milk. This may be because she has had other babies. Yesterday I noticed that although her belly is quite round Today you can see her hip bones quite clearly. Yesterday she was rounder than she is today.
I can push in her butt around her tail, but it isn't loose like it has been described to me before. It's just kind of a "blubber butt". Her vagina is a little pinker than her gums. No, I didn't do the ph strips tonight, Lisa!
I have many questions. I am GUESSING that her due date is about July 19th. My estimate is based on her last foal's birthday of July 9th, adding 10 days until her foal heat, and then averaging a donkey's gestation period of approximately 12 months.
1. Do you think I am close, when I tell you what I am observing?
2. At this late date, should I put her on some kind of mare and foal feed? How much? (she's about 34 inches tall)
3. Would it be safe to feed her some timothy/alfalfa pellets so that she gets a little extra protein and calcium?
4. Am I forgetting anything?
It's not that I'm nervous or anything...(yeah, right!) but I want to have all the bases covered.
Kim R
P.S. I have a show in July. We're leaving July 14th, and coming back July 17th. Does this pretty much guarentee that she will foal then?
Her nipples are getting longer. She has not formed a bag yet. It's just kind of "saggy". She has clear, unsticky fluid in her bag. She is easy to milk. This may be because she has had other babies. Yesterday I noticed that although her belly is quite round Today you can see her hip bones quite clearly. Yesterday she was rounder than she is today.
I can push in her butt around her tail, but it isn't loose like it has been described to me before. It's just kind of a "blubber butt". Her vagina is a little pinker than her gums. No, I didn't do the ph strips tonight, Lisa!
I have many questions. I am GUESSING that her due date is about July 19th. My estimate is based on her last foal's birthday of July 9th, adding 10 days until her foal heat, and then averaging a donkey's gestation period of approximately 12 months.
1. Do you think I am close, when I tell you what I am observing?
2. At this late date, should I put her on some kind of mare and foal feed? How much? (she's about 34 inches tall)
3. Would it be safe to feed her some timothy/alfalfa pellets so that she gets a little extra protein and calcium?
4. Am I forgetting anything?
It's not that I'm nervous or anything...(yeah, right!) but I want to have all the bases covered.
Kim R
P.S. I have a show in July. We're leaving July 14th, and coming back July 17th. Does this pretty much guarentee that she will foal then?
