Eagle
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Good luck at the vets Cassie, lol
Sorry you are not well, please get well soon.
Hugs renee
Sorry you are not well, please get well soon.
Hugs renee
Would love to see pics!Of course suzie had her baby out in the rain all night lol gosh suz!!! Poor baby boy is very wetlol he has found a new love of grass n will eat it constantly lol I think he missed it
When I post the photos I would like your opinion... It's something I have been thinking about for a while but until Bree posted the pics of her little mans blue fleck I thought I was just seeing things... Lol I think Finn has a blue fleck tooit will be interesting to see what you think it's not a very good photo of his eye but the best one I could get lol now I'll keep you in suspense!! Eerhhheeeehhheee (that's an evil laugh) lol
Sometimes it doesn't hurt to bare your soul to make someone elses soul feel better. Cassy needs to get over her guilt, she did nothing wrong.Terry thank you for sharing this, may it be a lesson to us all, especially me anyway cos it is really hot here in the summer.
Thanks Bree, would they still have that fleck at 2 months old? because there were two possible dads, the old owner wasn't sure which one... but there was a silver taffy like Suzie, and a bay and white pinto with BLUE EYES! so there was a possibilty he could get blue eyes if he was the dad... I guess we will see if the blue fleck stays... I'm still not all that familiar with all that sort of stuff so you girls might not think its a blue fleck... I will try post the pics this arvo after work as my lunch break will be going to the docs LOLWould love to see pics!
Foals can have a bit of blue colouring, somtimes even a fleck in their eyes that fades with age. A bit like baby eyes! They can also be hard to photographWhat you guys see in Storm's photos is like a watery version of his fleck, and of course the little rotter won't let me stick the camera right up to his eyes
Permanent blue flecks do appear when connected to particular genes. In Storm's case it's splash overo from his mum and supposedly his dad, the added proof of that is in his back socksOther permanent flecks I have seen have always been on pintos and the only time they appear on a 'solid' horse is when the horse is hiding overo. Is Finn hiding any overo in his background?
Anyway congrats on getting them home.
Don't wallow in guilt either, you've learnt from the mistake and you caught him in time to save him which is the important thing!
Thanks Bree, would they still have that fleck at 2 months old? because there were two possible dads, the old owner wasn't sure which one... but there was a silver taffy like Suzie, and a bay and white pinto with BLUE EYES! so there was a possibilty he could get blue eyes if he was the dad... I guess we will see if the blue fleck stays... I'm still not all that familiar with all that sort of stuff so you girls might not think its a blue fleck... I will try post the pics this arvo after work as my lunch break will be going to the docs LOL
Storm's a pintaloosa, genetic and visible appaloosa and splash. The splash is his blue fleck and the white socksOk thanks Bree I guess we shall just see lol could that be the same with storm??
I've learnt a lot about the pinto colours recently but have really learnt a lot about splash and overo in general, you really want to with the risk of LWO floating around. Plus I bug everyone I can about the colours and lines of their horses, the more I learn the more I knowInteresting what you are saying about splash/overo colouring Bree. One of the first foals we had from Dragon (LWO+) was a solid chestnut (dam solid bay, no white) but with a narrow white blaze, brown eyes. Very disappointed that she showed no colouring especially as her dam's sire was appy! But then we found it - tiny white circle on her right side almost hidden under her tummy (which is why I suggested that Cassie look carefully under Finn's tummy for any hidden white) so highly possible this little filly will carry splash/overo after all! We shall obviously be testing for LWO before breeding her in the future.
What did the Doc say Cassie?
Morning allThere he is, our wonderful boy!!
He looks great Cassie - not even lost any weight. LOL!! Please dont worry about him jumping on Suzie, she will tell him off when she's ready. Most colts, and a lot of fillies, do this during 'play time'.
But now you can see why I say no headcollars on mares with foal, it's just too dangerous as babies often jump at mare's heads or necks and then slide off in the perfect position to slip a front leg down inside a headcollar's nose band, with disasterous results as the mare probably panics and runs off with baby in a total tangle hanging by a foreleg!!
Regarding Finn's blue eye - it looks a bit larger than a 'fleck' to me Cassie so perhaps it will stay or even incease. Is the other eye totally brown? Inspite of Finn's bay colour, it does look as though the pinto stallion is the sire, unless the other stallion is 'hiding' something?
Oh thanks Anna will try that in the morningAnnaC said:1322902758[/url]' post='1430393']WOW!! What a variety of possible colours!! So possibly a Bay/splash for Finn???
How's the foot this morning? Just wanted to say that if you get a nice sunny day, take off your shoe and sock and go sit with the sun on your foot - even 15 minutes will help coz the sun's rays are one of the best things to soothe/calm/heal excema!!
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