This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Is she shedding her baby coat? it starts on the face and often leaves the black skin showing, starting aound the eyes..... and muzzle.
Try some Koapectate..You can get it in gallon size in the vet catalogs or livestock supply stores...pink stuff, they like it. Probably not the brand name,just Kaolin/pectin. Also Probios probiotic (comes in a tube like a wormer) How old is she? 2 weeks..or so? Mare in Foal heat? (I just read she is almost a month old..did the mare go through foal heat earlier or is she in heat now?) Sometimes the mare's milk is TOO rich..my friends here had that problem with their last foal..What are you feeding the mare? Try Petroleum jelly on her bum after you wash it..will protect her skin. Jean in sunny and warm Fairbanks, Alaska, leaves are starting to come out. >Hi guys, listen my first little foal Erica may be sick I am unsure. Here are >the signs/symptoms > >1) Bad Diarrehea >2) Black circles under eyes and stuff appears to have been in a boxing match >3) Hair off all around the nose making her have a black muzzle > >She is not listless or lethargic at all but... > >a) Anyone familiar with black eyes on a foal? >b) Any of this sound familiar or frightening to anyone? >c) Anyone know what to do about the diarrhoea? Her poor bum is even getting >too sore to wash. > >PS Her mom is a young 4 year old who is fit as a fiddle and active, the milk >should be rich and good. The filly is in a 27 by 12.5 foaling stall but has >only been outside for a few hours total at age 1 month. She samples water and >hay both in small amounts. > >Advice? > >Thanks Peter > ************************************************************ Jean Ernest Fairbanks, Alaska mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
