Re: RC: RE: RE: Weanling Needs Surgery--Hope he's gelded too!!

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

You are so right, Kathy
2 local vets told me not to grain my pregnant mares unless absolutely
necessary. He said that the quality of alfalfa in CA was sufficient to
provide all that they needed. I was to pour on the mare and foal
directly after foaling, however. That is when he felt the mare needs the
extra--- and it poses no danger of too large a foal for her body, a
"windswept" condition caused by same, nor epiphysitis at birth which I
have seen in foals of mares who were heavily grained just prior to
birth. Even with the mare and foal supplement one has to be careful of
the latter. Of course, Susan or Sarah would be the best ones to comment
on that.
Bette

Kathy Mayeda wrote:
> 
> I think that another problem is that these poor colts are over-nutritioned.
> I bet if their diets, and their dams diet, was a little leaner, they
> wouldn't have crooked legs! My one and only planned foal was a filly being
> fed all alfalfa, her dam was fed all alfalfa, and she came out of the chute
> windswept.  Both stallion and dam have super straight legs.  I spoke to the
> stallion owner and they said that their stallion produces quite a bit of
> size
> and it is important NOT to overfeed them.  They fed timothy and don't have
> such problems with their get.  I didn't have control
> over the diet at that point.  The filly is not mine now and her legs are a
> lot
> straighter.  But she's a broodmare so there's no way for me to really know
> what long term effects are for starting out so crooked.   She just produced
> a super nice straight legged foal bred to a Bey Shah son!
> 
> Maybe Susan G will pipe in here if she's not too busy getting to Swanton!
> 
> My gelding comes from the same place that fed all alfalfa.  He is tall,
> tends
> to have a club foot, but we just finished well in our second 50 miler last
> weekend.  So I don't know if too rich of a diet growing up is a "death
> sentence"
> for a performance horse.  I tend to think not!  His hay is now 2/3 grass,
> 1/3 alfalfa, and is doing quite well and doesn't look like a cresty
> quarterhorse
> anymore like he did on all alfalfa.
> 
> Kathy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: guest@endurance.net [mailto:guest@endurance.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 7:20 AM
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC: RE: Weanling Needs Surgery--Hope he's gelded too!!
> 
> Dianna Chapek dmchapek@hotmail.com
> I sure hope all these crooked legged colts are gelded.  Would hate to be
> the unsuspecting mare owner breeding to one of them thinking the legs
> were naturally straight.
> Dianna
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Bette Lamore
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(yes, REALLY!)
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