Sad day for us mare aborted foal

[eagles ring farm]

so sorry for your loss

we also had our first aborted foal this year in the early spring

so sorry you had to go through it definitely leaves you in a fog for awhile

so glad your mare is doing well luckily our did fine too and she is in foal agin for 08'

 

[ChrystalPaths]

I am so sorry for your loss but am grateful for those who share pai like this for others to learn. Kim's site is a veritable treasure trove.

 

[Mona]

I am so sorry for your loss. The foal looks "normal" to me. Also, I would say he was a frame overo, (but not lethal white) from the pattern I see displayed on him.

 

[Gena]

I am so sorry for your loss, I am glad to hear your mare is doing ok.

 

[HGFarm]

I am so sorry, and know exactly what you are going through. The foal looks normal to me.

I had a mare abort last year on Xmas Eve for no apparent reason. Same thing- foal looked about the same stage of developement as yours. There was no warning or anything to indicate anything was wrong. She has foaled before with no problems and is pregnant again for this next year.

Sometimes this just happens. Yes I would test for the LWO thing.. that way you know who not to breed your mare to in the future, or if she is safe to breed to an LWO + horse. It is better to know.

Again, I am so sorry for your loss and it is so hard.

 

[StarRidgeAcres]

Also I keep saying he as you can see (at least from the pictures the way the foal is laying) that it was a colt

Sorry, I hope it doesn't seem like I'm trying to hijack this thread, just trying to learn...how can you tell from these pics that the little angel was a colt?

 

[Lucky-C-Acres-Minis]

If you look closely in this picture, you can see the sheath and the tip of his *thing*

compared to this pic of our filly where you can see the udder and teat:

 

[dreammountainminis]

He was definatly a colt if you look behind the umbilical cord you can see he was a he..

 

[MiniforFaith]

Mel, I am so sorry!!!

Sending prayers your way, as i know that you already have your hands full.. I pray that your mare continues to do good. This is why I am so affraid to breed. I would be to emotionally invovled.. That would just be to hard for me..So sorry again for your loss.. I am hear if you ever need to talk..

 

[Danielle_E.]

I am so very sorry for your loss.

 

[REO]

I'm so sorry!

{{{Hugs}}}

 

[Mom2Cami]

I'm so very sorry...

 

[Sue S]

I am so sorry for your loss, prayers coming your way for mama and you.

 

[TinyMiteVillage]

Sorry to hear bout your baby. I know how awful it can be to lose a baby that far along. I have lost two that were full term. Unexplained circumstances but I chock it up to experience now and hopefully the good Lord will smile on me for next foaling season.

Whats bad is when you get a email from what you thought was a friend and they blame you for your foals not surviving. But I know one had the cord wrapped around its neck and the vet said their was nothing we could have done differently and then the other one was a dwarf. But I have triumphed and was blessed with a healthy foal. Might have been one out of three but at least I got him and he is perfect in my eyes and keeps my dwarf company. She thinks that is her baby so I have decided to geld him and let him stay with her and she can continue to think that is her foal. She is a good mama to him. She also has a pygmy goat that keeps them company.

But I figure this a learning process and if the good Lord calls them home then he had a better plan then I did for them. Of couorse it does not make it any less heart breaking but I am trully blessed just to have these minis in my life and they keep me going everyday just like my husband and my beautiful sons.

I take them to visit at nursing homes, special needs kids, live nativitys for my mini donkeys and so on. So I am trully blessed by all of them..........

Again I am sorry you lost your baby. I will tell you what me and my son did when we lost a baby at 180 days. We called (heard decision but if someone else can learn) the biology teacher at the high school and spoke with her and she took our foal (fetus) and preserved it gave credit to my son and now high school kids can learn about minis. Most of them have never seen a miniature horse much less a fetus of a miniature horse. So now I have the satisfaction of knowing these kids are learning about miniature horses in the biology class. She will always be preserved and studied and teach others about miniature horses.

Sorry if some of you disagree with this but I think it is great that kids can learn about mini foals and miniature horses in general. We have been invited to come and speak to the classes and show them what a live foal and miniature horse looks like.

 

[dreammountainminis]

Thank you all so much for the kind words and advice ,sometimes I dont know what I would do with out my forum family...

 

[Kim~Crayonboxminiatures]

I'm very sorry for your loss.

So often there is not a known cause.

May I have your permission to use the photographs on my webpages for educational purposes? Link is below so you can see what I have there now.

Thanks & sending big hugs!

 

[dreammountainminis]

Kim you are more than welcome to use them for your site....

 

[Chpmnk1]

DreamMountain, I am so very sorry for your loss!! Unfortunately I also dealt with this the first time ever late September this year and although it is hard to lose one and not know why, it does get a little easier with time. Just try not to blame yourself & try to believe there was a reason why, sometimes Nature knows better than us or it just wasn't meant to be. In the meantime, ((((HUGS!!!))))))

 

[StarRidgeAcres]

Just thinking about your little angel again today and wondering how the mare is doing? She still seem to have made it through OK?

And thanks to those for answering my stupid questions about the foal's color and sex.

 

[MerelyAmanda]

I'm so sorry for the loss of your little one. I'm glad to hear your mare is doing all right though. {{hugs}}