![]() I vowed not to treat this donkey as I have my dogs, that is like theyĪre humans. Too gentle and hesitant to properly teach her. I remember thinking that I would have been Saturated her nose with milk until she learned to sip. He held her firmly but gently and repeatedly Horseman who agreed to teach her to drink.Īmazingly, he taught her to drink from a bucket in 20 minutes. Loaded the baby foal into the back seat of the car and took her to a local We made it through the first night and ultimately she took another two ounces Ounces as she buried her head in the side of my knee. She licked the nipple and drank her first four Her by sitting on a hay bale and placing the bottle horizontally behind my knee to get her to drink the bottle of warmed milk On the floor with the distressed foal trying to get her to take the bottle. and I live 45 minutes from any type of feed storeīut I sent someone to quickly purchase a regular baby bottle and powdered milk This proved to be the best advice he gave me,īecause bucket feeding is so much easier. Therefore heĪdvised me to get her on the bucket as soon as possible. Her first thing in the morning to a local horse farmer and ask him teach her toĬan aspirate the contents of the bottle and drown or get pneumonia when bottle fed. He instructed me to purchase a powdered milk replacer especially developed for horses from a Farm and Feed storeĪnd to try to bottle feed her (no more than 4 ounces initially). Get the baby to drink milk or it would be a major crisis and if she did notĭrink by morning to contact him immediately. He told me I had about twenty four hours to Not, but I could not let her die without making every effort. From my perspective I didn’t know if I did or ![]() Vet and I think he thought I didn’t have it in me. Whether I was capable and up to the task of raising the foal. Point the true horror of the situation set in for me. ![]()
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