If you don’t see the stool itself, you might notice fecal stains on the foal’s hind legs. Diarrhea “can look more like a puddle consistency,” she says. Red Flag An absence of stool is cause for alarm, says House, as is any form of diarrhea. Monitor foals for straining to urinate, and contact your veterinarian if you notice this. Once the neonate eliminates the meconium, he should create three to five piles of pasty-“toothpaste consistency,” she says-stool per day.Īs for renal (kidney) function, foals should urinate for the first time within the first nine to 10 hours, she says. Breeders should see the meconium pass within four to six hours after the first suckling, says House. Green Light Meconium is the thick, tarry, pelletlike stool that’s the first material to exit the foal’s digestive system.
“Milk coming from the nostrils while nursing, or udder-seeking behavior that doesn’t include actually latching onto the teat, are also bad signs.” Urine and Stool Output
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Red Flag Signs a foal isn’t nursing correctly-aside from simply avoiding the udder altogether-include a full and tight udder “that hasn’t been properly stripped out,” says Gough. “Gently put your hand under their throat to feel if they’re swallowing,” she says. Their tongues need to create a “visible seal on the teat” with effective swallowing, adds Gough.
After that first suckling they should nurse four to six times per hour. Green Light Foals should be nursing very soon after standing-within two to three hours after birth, says House. “Bacterial infections can get localized into the joints and bones,” she says. Any signs of lameness or joint swelling also raise concern. Red Flag Babies that don’t hit their locomotion milestones by these deadlines or spend most of their time “lying out flat” warrant rapid veterinary evaluation, says Sarah Louise Gough, DVM, of Rainbow Equine Hospital, in Malton, U.K. “When they’re awake, though, they’re active and moving comfortably around the mare.” “It’s often surprising to owners, but foals can spend about a third of their early lives just lying down and sleeping,” House says. While they might be slightly wobbly and unbalanced, they’re essentially sound.įoals are extremely active little horses that need a lot of rest. “They’re really ambulatory quite quickly,” she says. And by six to seven hours babies might already be galloping. Within one or two hours foals should be standing on their feet, she says. ACVIM, clinical professor of large animal clinical sciences at the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine, in Gainesville. Within five minutes he should already be lying sternal (upright, with his chest against the ground), says Amanda House, DVM, Dipl. Green Light Your new baby is a quick learner when it comes to locomotion.
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