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Elena Vieira
Breeding Stock
Username: Opheliaimmorttal
Post Number: 102
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 11:35 pm: | 
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My mare Aspen, I am guessing came into foal heat today (Riley is 8 days old) He has diarrhea all over his butt and it's pretty stinky. I was just wondering what to do? Should I clean it off? how long will it last for? Someone told me to put vaseline on his butt so it doesn't burn? Can anyone tell me anything else about this? Any advice/tips/stories would help!
Thank You! |
Joanna
Breeding Stock
Username: Joanna
Post Number: 133
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - 12:50 am: |
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Elena, you should have someone hold the baby firmly so that no one gets hurt. Then, thoroughly clean his behind (everywhere that the poop is at) with warm water and a washcloth. I recomend wearing rubber gloves to do this because that stuff is nasty to get on your hands. After he is completely cleaned and dried off, get a big glob of desitin diaper rash ointment, and rub it everywhere that the poop can hit. That includes all the way down to his hocks. The cream will do three things to make it easier next time: It will make the poop not stick as easily to the baby, it will make it not burn his skin, and it will keep the hair from falling out. If diarrhea dries on to a foals behind, it can and will make the hair fall out, which just looks terrible in pictures as it takes months to grow back. I usually clean and re-cream the foal once in the morning and once in the evening. Like I said, you will need at least two people as the baby will NOT be happy!
Hope this helps |
Megan A Brown
Weanling
Username: Fabmeg
Post Number: 30
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - 01:37 am: |
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I never thought of using desitin, good trick! dose it work better than the vaseline? or have you always used desitin? |
Joanna
Breeding Stock
Username: Joanna
Post Number: 134
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - 02:08 am: |
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It works much better than vaseline, as it makes a really thick barrier against the diarrhea. The vaseline just didn't stay on long enough to really help, and the baby still lost it's hair, so you just know that it probably still burned it's little rear end as well. The trick is to buy the old fashioned desitin ointment, not the easy to spread cream. The cream doesn't last as long or work as well, so make sure you get the ointment and it will work like a charm. |
Terri Berwanger
Breeding Stock
Username: Terrib
Post Number: 103
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 12:09 am: |
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I've used vaseline and baby oil and have saved the hair, but Desitin is better. My colt last year had scours for only 2 days, but he was so funny as he backed up to you for the wash. It was as if he was saying, please help this is so yucky. But, in general they hate being scrubbed. I also do cleanings and reapplyings twice daily. |
Terri Berwanger
Breeding Stock
Username: Terrib
Post Number: 104
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 12:13 am: |
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Also wanted to mention. Make sure your guy is drinking plenty from mom and looks bright and normal. My first foal got scourts during foal heat and it turned out to be a rotovirus. If it si very smelly this could be something else. Just keep an eye on him.
Terri |
Jos
Board Administrator
Username: Jos
Post Number: 10614
Registered: 10-1999
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 12:21 am: |
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A reminder to everyone that deworming the mare with Ivermectin on the day of foaling can have a significant impact on reducing or eliminating "foal heat scours". We deworm the mare at the same time that we dip the navel and tie up the membranes - the tube of dewormer is in the foaling kit ahead of time. |
Heather Kutyba
Breeding Stock
Username: Heatherck11
Post Number: 192
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 09:03 pm: |
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Like Jos recommended above, my mare was dewormed post-foaling. I have no idea HOW much this varies foal scours....but....this was the first year in history that the resulting foal did NOT have the scours (at all!). |
Jos
Board Administrator
Username: Jos
Post Number: 10621
Registered: 10-1999
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 09:24 pm: |
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I have no idea HOW much this varies foal scours
Significantly  |
Heather Kutyba
Breeding Stock
Username: Heatherck11
Post Number: 194
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 11:34 pm: |
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After having this year foal scour free...I'm a believer and will, without fail, continue the deworming tradition with all broodmares. What a difference it made! |
Terri Berwanger
Breeding Stock
Username: Terrib
Post Number: 105
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 12:13 am: |
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I wormed both my mares with Ivermectin, it's in my foaling kit. Last year foal only had 2 days of slightly yucky scours. This year my filly had them for a week. Had my vet out twice because I thought something was really wrong. Everything with her was normal.The only unnormal thing was she was/is a pig. Serious milker and was stealing moms food. Vet attributed gluttony to her problems. I drove me vet insane. Anyway other filly had absolutely nothing.
Terri |
Shelley Graham
Weanling
Username: Shelley
Post Number: 24
Registered: 07-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 08:53 am: |
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I wormed my mare with Ivermectin soon after foaling and baby did get scours on day 7, but only lasted 2 days..... |
Elena Vieira
Breeding Stock
Username: Opheliaimmorttal
Post Number: 105
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 09:09 am: |
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I wormed my mare the day she foaled with Ivermectin too. I think the scours are going away. I haven't seen anything new on his butt but I still need to clean it off. Thank you all for your advice! |
