Post by Allison on May 16, 2007 12:13:24 GMT -5
My prayers and condolences go out to Cindy and Jason and every at Rockin B. 
From Last Saturday May 12th:
I am very sad to say that we lost our beloved Babe today due to unknown reasons
The mares and babies were turned out to the big pasture, and at feeding time last night Babe and all the others were just fine. We found Babe today - it must have happened through the night or very early morning. Dr. Doug "suggested" that it could have been one of those fast, obviously severe, "15 minute" colics, but by the looks of the tall grass she was lying in it does not appear that she rolled at all. My guess is either stroke, or heart attack.
All I can do is shake my head and let the tears flow.
Our next, immediate concern now is Treasure. Treasure is only a few days over being a month old (born 3/7/07). She is extremely stressed. We have put her in with Dreamy (who was weaned over a week ago) in hopes that Dreamy can comfort her and help her to learn to eat. Dreamy's appetite has improved 10 fold in the past few days so I hope Treasure will follow her lead. We are adding a powered milk replacer in with the pelleted youth feed.
I will be watching Treasure very closely for the next several days for any signs of colic or ulcers from the stress. Therefore, the cams will only be on them for the time being.
You can see the beautiful darlings Treasure and Dreamy here: www.marestare.com/rockinb.htm
From Last Saturday May 12th:
I am very sad to say that we lost our beloved Babe today due to unknown reasons
The mares and babies were turned out to the big pasture, and at feeding time last night Babe and all the others were just fine. We found Babe today - it must have happened through the night or very early morning. Dr. Doug "suggested" that it could have been one of those fast, obviously severe, "15 minute" colics, but by the looks of the tall grass she was lying in it does not appear that she rolled at all. My guess is either stroke, or heart attack.
All I can do is shake my head and let the tears flow.
Our next, immediate concern now is Treasure. Treasure is only a few days over being a month old (born 3/7/07). She is extremely stressed. We have put her in with Dreamy (who was weaned over a week ago) in hopes that Dreamy can comfort her and help her to learn to eat. Dreamy's appetite has improved 10 fold in the past few days so I hope Treasure will follow her lead. We are adding a powered milk replacer in with the pelleted youth feed.
I will be watching Treasure very closely for the next several days for any signs of colic or ulcers from the stress. Therefore, the cams will only be on them for the time being.
You can see the beautiful darlings Treasure and Dreamy here: www.marestare.com/rockinb.htm
I am so so sorry... 
