Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Update On Midnite's Colt

Midnite's colt is doing great.  He is drinking from a bowl and getting plenty of milk.  He does not have a strong enough sucking reflex to nurse from Midnite but can drink easily from a bowl.  We have been milking Midnite and feeding him with her milk and we are now starting to mix her milk with milk replacer.  We will gradually add more milk replacer as he gets used to the different taste and then switch him to all formula.  He is a beautiful, healthy colt and is such a sweetie. Once he is completely on the formula we will teach him to drink from an automatic feeder and he can have milk free choice.  Minite is a wonderful mother and will take great care of him just as she would a foal that was nursing.


We have raised several bucket babies and they have all thrived on the formula.  Yes, it is more work for us but absolutely worth all the effort.  I'll get some new pictures of him soon.  He and Midnite are on the cams 24/7 right now and will be until they start going outside.

4 comments:

  1. Thank you Beth! He's an angel. He couldn't be in more capable and loving care. Please don't hesitate to ask if there is anything I can do to help with the updates, etc.
    Glad you have Alexa and your daughters and the family to help and of course glad Vickie and Linda will be there too!

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  2. Thanks for the update, was so worried about the foal.

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  3. Under your care, I had no doubt he would thrive. Thanks for the update.

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