Post by mickey on May 17, 2020 15:30:54 GMT -1
She arrived just before midnight last night, scared me to death. Evie foaled very quickly; she hadn't waxed up or fully bagged up just looked restless so I decided to stay in the caravan. 11pm Evie and Elsie were grazing very quietly and I decided to get some sleep. About 11.50 I woke up having had a very vivid dream that I was on foal watch with 2 mares and both were stood with foals. Got up to check on them and as I opened the door I heard a splash. Thought it was a bird falling in the bath 🤷 then saw Evie down, foal in a sack that hadn't broken fighting desperately to get out. Got her head free and she immediately started trying to stand. She was up after about half an hour properly but we were struggling to get her to feed, Evie kept going down then she went down and sounded very chesty so I was panicking she'd inhaled fluid whilst stuck. Spoke to the vet who came out, by which point she'd picked up a lot was back up and trying but failing to feed and Evie wasn't producing milk. Vet managed to get milk and reckoned she'd waxed up well inside and after a battle with an opinionated madam got her feeding. She's spent the day learning to canter 🤣. Named her elamdale may Dancer.
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