Smart Mama's 2013 foal
Smart Mama's baby is out of Que Paso Cat, a Highbrow Cat son.
THE FIRST DAY IN A FOAL'S LIFE 2012
THIS IS TARI'S FIRST FOAL. IT WAS UNEXPECTED FOR US. WE DID NOT KNOW SHE WAS BRED WHEN WE BOUGHT HER. WE KNEW THE MARE WAS HEAVY AND PROBABLY PAST HER DUE DATE. WHEN WE FOUND HER MILK DRIPPING, WE MOVED HER INTO THE PEN AND WITHIN A FEW HOURS SHE LAY DOWN AND BROKE HER WATER.
SHE WAS UP AND DOWN SEVERAL TIMES...
LAYING DOWN, ROLLING OVER, STRAINING, AND THEN UP AGAIN. WE ALLOTED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE WE WOULD TRY TO HELP HER, HOPING SHE COULD MANAGE ON HER OWN AND THAT WE WOULD NOT RUN THE RISK OF HURTING HER.
WHAT PROGRESS SHE MADE WHILE ON THE GROUND VERY OFTEN WAS LOST WHEN SHE STOOD UP AGAIN.
THE FRONT FEET OF THE FOAL WERE VISIBLE AND IN THE CORRECT POSITION, AS IF HE WERE DIVING OUT OF THE WOMB, THEREFORE WE FELT CONFIDENT THAT SHE WAS PROGRESSING FAIRLY WELL AT THIS TIME.
WHAT PROGRESS SHE MADE WHILE ON THE GROUND VERY OFTEN WAS LOST WHEN SHE STOOD UP AGAIN.
THE FRONT FEET OF THE FOAL WERE VISIBLE AND IN THE CORRECT POSITION, AS IF HE WERE DIVING OUT OF THE WOMB, THEREFORE WE FELT CONFIDENT THAT SHE WAS PROGRESSING FAIRLY WELL AT THIS TIME.
FINALLY THE FOALS MUZZLE WAS EVIDENT...
IN THE FOAL SACK. HIS TONGUE WAS EXTENDED A GOOD WAYS OUT OF HIS MOUTH AND IT WAS PURPLE. AT THIS POSITION SHE SEEMED TO HAVE HIS HEAD PINCHED OFF AND ENOUGH TIME HAD PASSED THAT WE WERE UNEASY ABOUT THE OUTCOME IF WE DID NOT STEP IN.
SHE WAS VERY TIRED AND JUST LAYING ON HER SIDE, BUT EVERY TIME SHE HAD A CONTRACTION, JOE WOULD PULL A LITTLE ON THE FOALS FRONT LEGS.
EVENTUALLY JOE WAS ABLE TO HELP HER DELIVER THE FOAL. "JAZZY" NEEDED SOME SHAKING AND CLEANING AROUND HIS MOUTH AND NOSE SO HE COULD BE OUT OF THE BIRTH SACK AND BREATHING AIR.
MEANWHILE THE MARE REMAINED ON THE GROUND ON HER SIDE.
SHE WAS VERY TIRED AND JUST LAYING ON HER SIDE, BUT EVERY TIME SHE HAD A CONTRACTION, JOE WOULD PULL A LITTLE ON THE FOALS FRONT LEGS.
EVENTUALLY JOE WAS ABLE TO HELP HER DELIVER THE FOAL. "JAZZY" NEEDED SOME SHAKING AND CLEANING AROUND HIS MOUTH AND NOSE SO HE COULD BE OUT OF THE BIRTH SACK AND BREATHING AIR.
MEANWHILE THE MARE REMAINED ON THE GROUND ON HER SIDE.
THE MARE CAME AROUND...
REALIZING THE FOAL'S NEED FOR HER. SHE GOT UP AND BEGAN TO CIRCLE "JAZZY".
EVEN WITH HER ENCOURAGEMENT AND A LICK HERE AND THERE, HE DIDN'T TRY TO GET UP RIGHT AWAY.
AFTER SHE CIRCLED HIM ABOUT SIX TIMES, NICKERING TO HIM, AND THEN LAY BACK DOWN, "JAZZY" DECIDED IT WAS HIS TURN.
IT WAS A STRUGGLE AND UP AND DOWN A LOT BUT FINALLY HE WAS ON HIS FEET, WOBBLY THOUGH THEY WERE.
EVEN WITH HER ENCOURAGEMENT AND A LICK HERE AND THERE, HE DIDN'T TRY TO GET UP RIGHT AWAY.
AFTER SHE CIRCLED HIM ABOUT SIX TIMES, NICKERING TO HIM, AND THEN LAY BACK DOWN, "JAZZY" DECIDED IT WAS HIS TURN.
IT WAS A STRUGGLE AND UP AND DOWN A LOT BUT FINALLY HE WAS ON HIS FEET, WOBBLY THOUGH THEY WERE.
IMAGINE THIS IS YOUR FIRST DAY OF LIFE...
SOMEBODY DROPS YOU OUT ALL WET INTO THE DIRT. YOU HAVE TO GET UP ON YOUR FEET AND FIND YOUR MOTHER AND THEN FIND THE MILK AND POUR IT YOURSELF. YOU WOULD BE A LITTLE TIRED TOO.
WE DO NOT RECOMMEND DOING WHAT WE DID, BUT CALL YOUR HORSE DOC AND DO AS THEY RECOMMEND. THE MARE WOULD NOT EAT ON THE NEXT DAY, WHICH IS UAUSLLY AN INDICATION OF A PROBLEM AND DID SUFFER SOME INFECTION . WE TOOK HER TO OUR HORSE DOC, AND SHE IS FINE NOW.
WE DO NOT RECOMMEND DOING WHAT WE DID, BUT CALL YOUR HORSE DOC AND DO AS THEY RECOMMEND. THE MARE WOULD NOT EAT ON THE NEXT DAY, WHICH IS UAUSLLY AN INDICATION OF A PROBLEM AND DID SUFFER SOME INFECTION . WE TOOK HER TO OUR HORSE DOC, AND SHE IS FINE NOW.
"JAZZY" IS MUCH LIKE A FLEETING GLIMPSE...
HE IS HERE ONE MOMENT AND GONE THE NEXT. RACING EVERYWHERE. CHASING A BUTTERFLY...LEAVING HIS MAMA TO GO OUT AND SEE THE WORLD. LIFE IS ALL NEW AND EXCITING TO HIM. HE DOESN'T WALK ANYWHERE BUT RUNS FULL OUT.