new mare Rosie due any day

[miniaturehorselover]

Rosie today -.- great gotta leave for 3 days again.... Please Rosie try to wait?

 

[miniaturehorselover]

Rosie today

 

I'm happy to see she waited for you. Tummy needs to shift forward a bit, but some rolling will move that along. She's looking very good, but could still use a few more pounds, so make sure you're giving her full rations of a good mare/foal feed. I know she arrived quite thin, and you're doing a good job getting her in condition. I'd even give her a little extra in these last days, as she'll need lots of energy for this little one's birth! But she's looking much better!

 

[miniaturehorselover]

Thanks... we where told here we can't feed our minis grain or pellets, so we decided not to go with that but just rich grasss and clovers

 

Who told you not to feed grain or pellets? That makes no sense to me. A good mare/foal feed will give her the nutrients, vitamins and minerals that she needs and the baby needs for good muscle and bone development. What would be the reason for no grain or pellets? I might be old, but no old enough to understand that kind of advice to you.

 

[AnnaC]

I was just thinking the same Diane - cant believe that anyone would give that sort of advice!

Of couse if you have plenty of good quality grass and plenty of space for roaming/exercise, then a normal healthy mini would be ok, but any mare getting ready to produce a foal needs feeding for all that extra effort (building a strong baby in the first place, then the extra energy needed for the birth, and after for the continued milk production for the nourishment of the new baby)

Your sweet girl has come to you in a poor state to start with, and although she is showing some improvement, she is nowhere in a good condition for a brood mare about to give birth and to sustain a healthy foal. You really do need to get her a good mare and foal feed as soon as possible or you may have a real struggle to keep her condition improving once the foal is here and demanding food/milk from her for its own growth/health.

 

[miniaturehorselover]

Rosie today

hopefully any day aha tired of waiting sorry guys fell up the stairs and had to go to the drs... and wasn't able to go on with school and an extremely sore knee -.-

 

She's looking very good. A few good rolls to move baby a bit forward of center, and it's hard to tell, but I think she might need to elongate a bit more. Hard to tell in the picture.

She's doing just fine!

 

[miniaturehorselover]

She also gained quite some weight can hardly see and feel her ribs

 

GREAT !!!!

 

[Brooke S.]

She is looking really good!

 

[miniaturehorselover]

Her today

 

[Ryan Johnson]

She is looking wonderful and you are correct she has put on some weight.

Best of luck to you Miniaturehorselover cant wait to see what she has been hiding.

 

OH, she is looking so VERY much better. Come on little momma.....we're all waiting to see what you're hiding in there!

 

[miniaturehorselover]

Hardly feel her back bones

she got self serve food aha munch and go.so she can gain some pounds.. hopefully baby soon -.- so much for couple days eh?

 

[Ryan Johnson]

Self serve food - I like it !! Her very own drive thru

They sure do like to make us wait. she will decide when the time is right.

Im sure shes preparing an extra special one

 

[miniaturehorselover]

Yup aha I just give her a bale she eats what she can and then lies down.on the rest

aha hopefully soon im tired of waiting. . After the death of my yearling also first miniature I been wanting a new baby ever since...so this one im hoping is special

 

[miniaturehorselover]

Gem

Rosies friend

 

[Bonny]

Rosie is looking much better

and she sure is getting low! Cute!

 

[Brooke S.]

She is looking wonderful, good job with her miniaturehorselover! Can't wait to see what she is cooking up!