On the 14th of August this girl went home after spending the first three weeks of her life with me in intensive care! She had such an incredible will to live. And my greatest wish for her was that she would one day be able to run and play like normal baby horses…. And… just look !
And the first baby for the foal season has arrived ! It is a little boy! 😍😍😍 He doesn’t have a name yet though! His mommy is Hanuschka, a first time mommy… welcome little boy and congratulations to Adelprag Friesian Stud with the arrival of this little boy🐴
Our little late season miracle!
Elora Warmblood Stud is expecting a little baby horse! We inseminated this mare when the breeding season was actually considered to be over! And with a few other complications we actually had little hope that we would have a little one! And yet… there it is! This little one is about 6 weeks old and we just did a little check today to see that all is still well! And look at the little heart beat! Amazing!!!! Against all the odds We will have a baby in 9,5 months’ time! Congratulations to Elzaan Swanepoel from Elora Stud ! This little baby will be a Five Star baby out of the absolutely stunning Elora Davinia! We cannot wait to meet you little one!
On the 19th of January Raven lost her little baby. She was absolutely heartbroken! She called for him endlessly! I have never seen a mare as sad as Raven! She adored her foal! A bit more than a week later…. Wander’s mommy passed away. He was so confused about why he was left alone. He had to learn how to drink milk replacer from a bucket and have human company rather than a mommy to love him…
At the recent SAEVA congress we were taught how to prepare a mare to provide for and accept an orphan foal. We didn’t think it could work! Mares will attack and even kill a foal that does not belong to her! Raven had dried up and Wander had been without a mommy for almost a month. We had to try! We took two weeks to prepare the mare… making sure she is cycling… giving her medication to stimulate her to make milk… hormone treatment to prepare her to accept the foal. Last night we took the final step… we administered the final medication and introduced the mare and the foal to each other! And it WORKED! Raven took little Wander! He is nursing from her ! What a feeling! We all cried! What a privelage to give an orphan a mommy and to give a heartbroken mommy a baby again! They are inseparable! They went out to the paddock today and they are both happy again! !!!!!!
Raven lost her little baby on the 19th of January. On the 30th of January Wander lost his mommy. Raven was absolutely heartbroken when her little colt died. Wander didn’t know why he was left all alone. Wander started drinking milk from a bucket. Raven was still absolutely shattered.
At the SAEVA congress we were taught how to give an orphan foal a mommy. I didn’t think it could work! A mare will literally attack and possibly kill a foal if it does not belong to her.
We took 2 weeks to prepare Raven. Giving her medication to stimulate her to make milk again. She had lost her foal so long ago that she had dried up. We gave her hormone treatment… and last night we took the final step… we gave the final treatment to make her take the little orphan Wander. It worked! What an amazing feeling! We all cried when she took him! Wander started nursing from Raven almost immediately. What a privilege to give a little orphan boy a mommy and to give a heartbroken mommy a baby!
Just look at that little heart beat !!!! Such an amazing feeling, such a privilege! 3 pregnant mares will be going back to their homes this week so we did a final pregnancy sonar to check that the foals are growing well and that the mommies are in good health before we send them off!
Sleeping in my mom’s food !
