Wondering if anyone can give me some hints to as when I might expect my mini to foal?

MerMaeve · Apr 10, 2021

Congratulations!! What a cute filly!

Taz · Apr 10, 2021

Is she finding the bag? If not you could put a bit of milk on your mares teats so she has an easier time. If you haven't seen her have a good drink yet I'd get some into her.

elizabeth.conder · Apr 10, 2021

As others have said, it really is important to get her nursing as soon as possible so that they get the actual colostrum which is not produced for long. If they have difficulty I would talk to your vet about having an igG done just in case.

Tracy Sue · Apr 10, 2021

Maryann at MiniV said:
The absolute best is within 3 hours. I start getting antsy at 6 hours. We tend to milk the mare at 3 hours and give the foal a "jump start". They gain some strength and get more aggressive with latching on. (I'm usually down on my hands and knees watching to make sure she's really ON a teat.)

Oh! And Congrats!!! I came on here looking to see if your mare had foaled because your description yesterday sounded like she was following "the book".

Thank you! She really did foal by book! I was so happy she did too! It took some time but baby is latching on very well now.

Tracy Sue · Apr 10, 2021

Taz said:
Is she finding the bag? If not you could put a bit of milk on your mares teats so she has an easier time. If you haven't seen her have a good drink yet I'd get some into her.

So she kept finding the bag after quite some time but was only sucking on the side of the bag. I did rub milk all over bag and teats and she thankfully finally started latching on. Thank you so much for helping me with info as I am a first timer!