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Forgot to say I wish you all the best with the filly.
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Jim,
If there's no pus showing in the fluid it sounds like you caught it in time. Keep her warm and dry and continue the antibiotics and she should be fine. Kids and baby anything are like magnets, they just click.
Best of luck with this little gal!
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Over week and a half ago we noticed that the new born filly was lame in a back leg.
Had a vet come out and check her out. Stifle joint injury he thought.
We took her to a vet in town with an x ray.
No injury but a suspected infection.
Failure of Passive Transfer the vet figured.
Once in a while the foal does not receive antibodies from the mare. Maybe she leaked her colostrum.
This condition often presents itself as joint infections.
Joint infections are quite often fatal.
Good news just now. Vet called and after being in his care for a week, the infection seems to be clearing up!
The fluid drained off was very nearly clear last night.
We can bring them home today.....if we keep them in a box stall....clean and dry.
Guardedly optimistic! The wife and daughter were VERY attached to this filly.
Wife and I were very down at the idea of euthanizing the filly. Like what else was gonna go wrong this year??????
I will post some pictures later when we get them home.
How does the mare look?A newborn can be hurt pretty easily by a new mother. Tough to tell unless hands on and even then it can be a guessing game. Maybe the stifle was poor from the get go. If the baby nursed it should of got sufficient colostrum, but who knows .Good luck
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Good luck with your filly. Took our gelding in today and the odds are 50-50 he'll make it back. He pulls a cart for our grandchildren and they love him as much or more than we do. Sad day!
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It’s easier to just not like horses, even if ya kinda, maybe, secretly do....
Puppies though. Little bastards are just heartbreaks waiting to happen.
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Glad it turned out for the good, Jim!
I know your kids sure wanted that filly.
Had horses break my heart several times. Colic, impaled, cut, or just die.
I just won't have them anymore. plus you need a backhoe to bury them. You have to be careful with that in some counties.......I knew a guy in NV that had to dig one up. Neighbor ratted on him.
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Little update. We took the pair to town and got a clean bill of health from the vet. Very excited. Daughter went for a ride on momma horse for the first time since she foaled. Small horse was excited to go along. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/RaD45Hi.jpg)
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Awesome news and awesome photos!
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Best wishes for your new pinto being, Good thing you were on top of it early,
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Great photo of your girl and her horse.
Great place to raise your kids. Count your blessings!
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Hey, wow, the baby was born with racing stripes. Does that mean she will be fast when she grows up?  But seriously Jim. I remember the day when I was about three or four years old and the folks brought home a jet black shetland. It was a warm sunny spring day, and I remember stuffing my nose into the hair on the gelding's shoulder and breathing in that horsey aroma. That is my favorite scent on Earth to this day. Four years ago I foaled a 1/4 horse x morgan for my then 12 yo granddaughter. It lives with my mare and four of my son's horses behind my house. Yesterday I had my nose buried in the sun warmed hair of my granddaughters gelding just loving the scent of the animal. And over the last sixty years we have lost a few or born the disappointment of culling a couple which simply did not show the disposition and/or learning curve I demand of my horses. So yes, all of us here understand your family's concern and great relief with the baby's recovery. Good luck to the girl, and I hope she has many years of joy with the filly as they grow.
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That is a beautiful filly! I am glad everything worked out OK.
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Good deal Jimbo. Pretty filly, glad she's good to go.
My own paint filly was born back in March, they are funny critters.
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