bannerminis
Well-Known Member
Oh Kay you must be so worried about her. I am going to say another prayer for her and hope the vets can do somthing else for her.
Who are "they"? I worked at a big Thoroughbred breeding farm - and that was not done. I checked with a friend who works at a large Warmblood breeding farm - not standard there, either. So I am not sure if that is just that vet's opinion - but it does not seem to be "standard" - look at how many of us have been foaling out for many many years (and breeds other than minis) and have never heard of such a standard... it was very rare that the Standardbred foals I worked with years ago EVER got their act together and nursed within "normal" time frames... and they were never given antibiotics just as a matter of course...Karla in all my years I never knew that either but they say its standard in big horse foaling. They also said foals that take longer than 3 hours to nurse should be given antibiotics. I told him we have never done this but he said we had just been lucky.
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