This reminds me of how a Friesan mom who had a stillborn was matched with a non-Friesan foal who lost its mom. It was a wonderful story. Uniek (mare) and Rising Star if you want to look it up.
Queen Uniek ! cette jument n'arrivait pas à garder ses petits vivants !! elle est DCD de puis peu la pauvre !! RISING STAR a été castré ! quel dommage ... il aurait fait une bel étalon
Do you not realise how there are nurse mares, these mares are put in foal for the one principal of excepting either a rejected foal or the birth mare has died at the foaling. They are principally used for expensive thoroughbred foals. When the nurse mare is required these mares are usually timed to foal for the biggest demand , when the thoroughbred industry is at its height. The nurse mare gives birth to her foal, she is needed to foster a thoroughbred foal, maybe worth 100 thousand dollars or pounds whatever the case, the foal has to be worth a four figure sum , the nurse mares foal is killed or put down and the mare taken to where the other foal is that is required to be fostered. The owner of the foster foal pays the recipient mares owner anything over 1000 pounds for the loan of the mare to rear the foster foal depending on travel the amounts of money exchanged can be a lot more than 1000 it could be 5000 depending on what agreement is made. It is then the owner of the foal that is to be fostered to put the recipient mare into foal again at their expense. So any horse will do, as long as the mare is put into foal. This is what she has been bred to do, to look after an expensive foster foal that has lost its mother. No matter what happens a foal has to die for this process to take place. Usually it is the heavier type or cob mares that are used for this purpose as they are usually good milk producers. An expensive foal is reared but some other poor wee foal has had to die. I hope now you understand how a foster mare or recipient mare is got. Greetings from Northern Ireland.
@@ladyren1575 Specimen, I know for sure these foals are not saved. The only requirement for a person that receives a receipent mare that they are put in foal again, and the price paid, normally 1000 pounds Stirling for the loan of the mare. No. 1. The foals that these mares are carrying are of no value commercially. So you are trying to tell me, somebody is going to pay vets thousands of pounds to try and rear a foal of no value. I know this for a fact, that these foals are mostly put down, remember the majority of these foals are less than a fortnight old when their own mother's are taken away from,them. Have you ever tried to rear an orphan foal 2 weeks old or under, almost impossible, unless you have a receipant mare. Hard enough to,rear a month old foal, I have done it, I know, I, had to get a receipant mare, lucky enough that the mares foal had died naturally. Even with vets assistance, it would be almost impossible to rear a baby foal. Greetings from Northern Ireland.
@@winifredthompson2470 I don't have horses in real life, but I have watched a lot of videos on mares excepting an orphaned foal, and those mares are not pregnant.
@@ladyren1575 Dear Sir, I did it in realty, I rode out horses for the vetinary surgeon that at one time was in charge of the Household Cavalry. You don't think they are going to show you taking the life of a young foal. Yes I watched them too, and the majority of them made by people that don't even know what they are doing. I,bred horses for over 50 years, I have seen many things, in that time. You couldn't tell from a video whither a mare was in foal or not. A mare that has foaled, is usually put in foal again at the 9 day cycle or 21 day cycle, she come in season usually every 21 days . Mares can come in season from 6 days after foaling, the majority of good breeders usually wait till the 21 day cycle to give the mare a better chance of getting over the birth of the foal. I don't know about America we like the foals born here in April or May, thoroughbred foals a little bit earlier if that is possible. I have owned schooled international showjumpers , I rode Liscargo that won the Gold cup,and Grand National, and schooled the Olympic Gold Medal horse as a 4 year old, Ambassador, I have owned over the years well over 100 hundred horses. I do know what I am talking about here. If you were at the big studs in Ireland they are loosing foals, and mares dying at foaling. These mares are receiving the best of attention, they are not being neglected in any way. A mare when she is foaling can with the pushing out of the foal, push out the inners, her whole inside comes out, if the foal can be saved they do their best, the only thing to do,in this case is put the mare quickly out of pain. Not a nice thing to,watch, foaling is not always simple. Like the birth of any animal or human. I myself am pro life, I will tell you why, many years ago I held in my hands the aborted twin foals of a mare about 13 weeks gestation. Both those little foals were completely formed you could tell one was a filly and one was a colt, one would have been chestnut and the other bay. This turned me completely from abortion of the human baby. O by the way twin foals are normally aborted , A odd time twin foals are born alive, but there are always problems with health. Almighty God has made everything good, this is his creation, we can only do our best. I am against cruelty of any sort. There are times when choices have to be made. If you have a foal that has just lost its mother, worth say one million pounds, and a foal that is really worth nothing a few pounds, which do you choose to,live, a hard question. These men that keep these recipient mares, make their living from them, Think about it this way, that wee foal worth maybe 20 pounds will at an early age end up at some knackers yard. Nobody wants it. Not a nice thought, but if you have watched videos you will know what I am talking about. They call them kill buyers. Even the wild horses in America are rounded up and suffer the same fate. Again not nice. I would like to see this stopped. They call it culling. When horses get old that is their fate also. I thank God I hope none of mine ended this way. My brood mare I thought so much off, was kept till she was 26 years of age, and then put down quietly at home because of old age and I'll health. I hope I have been able to answer some of your questions, I was thinking when writing this, if you really like horses why don't you find out if there is a rescue centre near you, you,could go and lend a hand maybe at weekends, help to clean stables, and do a wee bit of grooming, maybe even sponsor a horse , then you would bevan owner of a horse without the whole responsibility of looking after it. Good to hear from you. Winifred. Lisburn. Greetings from Northern Ireland.
I did this last year when one of my mares died about ten days after foaling, I brought a dry mare into milk using domperidone. Ten days later with a vet in attendance, we PG'ed the mare and 20 minutes later she accepted the foal as her own. A brilliant outcome and it is great to see other peoples success stories as well....
My first Hereford heifer I had taken to the fair had a stillborn calf. We bought a day old dairy calf--a bull calf that is sold for veal. We bought it to take the place of the Hereford calf who died...but my cow refused the new calf, kicking it and biting. I was eleven and just cried. The vet said I had two choices (Parents left it up to me). I could take the calf back to the stockyard or feed it from a bucket with a large nipple every 1-2 hrs. So I fed my little Jimmy. The vet castrated him and he grew up to be a fine steer. Then my parents took it to the butcher when it was 18 months old. I cried for a long time...my mom berated me “You’re not much of a farm kid!” So I became a Nurse Practitioner. Oh and BTW--I’ve been a vegan for 30 years,
Wow, can't imagine the disappointment, effort,then hope that has gone in to this precious life. This little foal really needed your love and care, and you guys really came thru for it. Congratulations to all.
Wow that's sad but teaching her how to drink from a bowl cute. Aww. Ebony fell in love with the baby that's great how some horses take over as the "mother" .
Tears are in my eyes as I write this...v touched by this. Bless you Ebony you are blessed and Symmie may you always know love and know how much you are loved continued blessings to all there. Xxx❤❤💕💕💕💪🐎🐎🐎🕊🕊
I'll take him, I love horses so much all my life I wanted one, in my dreams I had one once.... maby it was this sweet horse... I would love you because you are now a real dream horse
ghostt girl ghostt spook Dear Girl, my advice to you is this, if you love horses, and I understand that, go and help in some rescue horse centre, you will learn a lot, and if you are really dedicated you will enjoy it. And be of great assistance to some of these poor unwanted horses. Unless you have the facilities to keep a horse, they are very expensive and if you have to put it in livery and look after it yourself that is 365 days a year no breaks, poo to be mucked out every day, a horse to be exercised , they can't exercise themselves groomed and fed every day, this can be great for a couple of months then the novelty wears off. You want to go somewhere, you can't, you have the horse to look after no holidays, I, had no holidays one time for 15 years full stretch. I know what it is to be dedicated, my friend has not had a holiday for 30 years, wouldn't leave the horses, and then you have the expense, so you keep a horse you will need 2 jobs, unless you have a well paid job. This is the reality of keeping a horse. This is why I am advising you, forget ownership but help out at some rescue centre, maybe weekends, and holidays. Greetings from Northern Ireland.
It's not as bad as all that. I pay $200/month for board. Plus hold trimming, wormer, shots. It's not cheap but it's doable, even for me who doesn't have a high paying job. I make it work. If your willing to make it work you can find a way. Might have to cut out some unnecessary purchases but it's worth not going out to eat or other things we waste our money on.
Symmie , symmetry is all around you ; perfectly beautiful , balanced & harmonious, your world is w/ your soul Mom -Mare..God bless your hooves - only happy trails for you & soul Mom-Mare 'furever' !! God bless all good people who have shown you loving kindness...
Sadly when a foal is born with something wrong with it many times the mother will reject it. This is how these animals survive in the wild. An ill or cripple animal won't last long and is a danger to the herd. If the mother doesn't reject them soon enough a predator gets them anyway. The mother doesn't know the difference, she's doing what her instincts tell her to do for survival.
My filly born years ago was down on her back-hocks, very similiar this foal...myself aghast, frightening and tragic to see. My vet came within hours and she gave her selenium...almost immediately improvement, soon after well on her way, I want to say startling the effects.. (I have learned selenium's importance with keritan structures in animals). little Denny (she was named after the mountain horse in the movie 'the Man from Snowy River' her coloring closely resembled) she was upright as normal, never a lame day since. It taught me to take precautionary measures prior birth, to invest in gestational supplements, since then my foals have not any problems whatsoever. Good strong bone, legs straight and fine. The mineral base in pregnancy is very crucial...even afyetwards while nursing. Though my mare was well fed...glossy and such, she needed that extra. Well worth the investment, even if you don't use supplements any other time. Don't skimp, our foals are to precious, heartbreaking to see them struggle, need that good start.
You always see sweet stories about other animals accepting other babies not their own. It's very sad when a mother rejects their babies. Ebony is amazing and Symmie is lucky to have found a mom who loves her like her own.
Great little story. Glad to see below stepmom & foal are doing well! Ive encountered mare rejection in the past, & it’s not an easy thing to deal with, no matter the way forward. Ive often wondered if mare reluctance to adopt foals is related to their general biological restriction to 1foal/pregnancy? The equine tendency for singlet pregnancies makes twins unusual, perhaps it also affects the mare’s perception of mine/not mine. Just a thought. Thanx again for sharing this story.
@Dromgool Horsemanship This is a wonderful news! I'm really happy to hear that these two beautiful horses are doing great. Thank you for the feedback, and all the very best! :) :) :)
Dana Green I'm not sure what you mean about it being fake? I've seen plenty of mothers reject their own babies from cats to humans! I've had momma cats that helped were their when another moms catwas giving birth, the one that was not giving birth helped clean up and nudge the new babies into position to nurse. A week later she gave birth in the same nest and the first momma did the EXACT same thing. They raised both sets of babies together in my barn. I've also had three pregnant cats living inside my house (rescuers). Those three had litters within days of each other in separate spots in the huge master bathroom. Fifteen kittens total. Over momma kept stealing all the kittens so we finally put all the kittens in a dog bed together. From then on all three momma's took care of ALL fifteen kittens! Had another female cat that had NEVER been pregnant but loved to have others nurse on her, after a few days, she started making milk for them. I owned registered quarter horse mare that loved all the foals! Even if she had a foal of her own nursing, she would try to steal the others foals. She didn't even need the domperidone to make her milk come in. One last example is a friend in NY had a female mixed breed that had never had been pregnant but had a mothering instinct and made milk and would nurse ANY kind of orphan the kids brought home to her. I'd seen her raise pups that weren't hers, kittens, baby rabbits, squirrels and even a baby groundhog. If she didn't have a live baby nursing, she carried around a stuffed animal and cuddled it next to her belly all the time! So miracles can and do happen in nature!
My Oldenburg mare Annie would steal a baby if she could! She was a wonderful mama to 4 beautiful foals, she calls for any baby that comes onto our property. Recently I had to move her for the farrier, down to the end of the barn, because we had a baby there that was coming to for a kurring, and Annie could not stand not being able to see the baby. Nurse mares are truly a gift.
Jade AlexanderAngelicaElizaPeggy It was his own mother the mare that gave birth to him that rejected him. There are different reasons that a mare will reject her foal, this could have been a first foal, and the mare did not bond with the foal at birth, or didn't know what to do, or the mare may not have had milk. This happens quite often with first foaling, the mares udder is sore and she won't let the foal sick. I have seen men in Ireland put honey on the foals back or sugar, this is to get the birth mother to LICK the foal while a person guides the foals head to the tit, if you have people that know what they are doing this can be a successful method of getting the mare to except the foal, it can take 24 to 48 hours hard persuadion to succeed. Sometimes the mare can be sick, and not properly recovered when the foal is born . Normally after 24 hours if properly handled the birth mare will except her own foal, unless she is a very wicked mare, then it is a different senario. I hope the above tip helps somebody, Greeting from Northern Ireland.
Winifred Thompson: Yes, it does matter. If one is going to post a comment then get it right. It states quite clearly in the video several times that the foal was a "her"......pay attention. If you don't know what you're talking about or not sure the STFU! Don't be so ignorant!
Hi, it happens to animls. Mother don't want their baby's. We had foal and a lamb. We made homemade shoot tie up mother sheep standing. We help lamb drink mother milk. We did the same to mother horse. And foal had mother milk. Now today their growing up healthy and happy. The family's love them dearly so, do I.
I’m glad it work out ! Sometimes animals not ready for mother hood! I don’t know if this was her frist baby but it happens with other animals! Sometimes other mares reject as well but happy she accepted him😍
🇦🇷.Que pasa que está tan triste este bello potrillito- falta leche materna? está deshidratado??.Ustedes sus amos, son muy tiernos con ellos- los admiro y felicito🔥🔥
geeez, this happens a lot if it's a maiden mare - hobble and cross tie the mare and let the foal nurse the first 24 hours to get colostrum. With a first foal for a maiden mare - do NOT do that "imprinting" till a few days later.. If this would have happened in the wild... what happens - happens. It's called life.
This love ly little foal was not rejected by the people that owned her, but by the mother mare. Many reasons for this, this was a first time mare, and didn't know what to do with this strange horse(foal) that was invading her, her udder was sore, when the foal went to suck it was hurting her, the foal may have been premature, and the mother mare had no milk, these are all reasons the mother mare will walk away from her new born foal. I wouldn't worry about the sickle hocks, that was the way the foal was lying inside the mare, I have seen this many times, inside a few months this problem resolves itself when the foal grows into its hocks and becomes active. I have seen this many times and have helped on numerous occasions to get the birth mother to accept her new born foal, the best way is to smear honey over the foals back, and get someone to hold the mare that knows what they are doing, a nd someone that can guide the foal to the mares udder, it is good also to put some honey on the mares tits, the person holding the mare, will let the mare LICK the honey of the foals back, at the same time the person holding the foal guides it's mouth to the tit, and gets the foal to latch on to the tit, and so begin to suck, the mare begins to get ease as the foal sucks the tit, and you get the bonding between mare and foal, Now if the mare is wicked , you may need a third person to hold up a front leg while this process is going on. This may take even up to a couple of hours, before you can get a bond, and even then it is not over, if the mother mare is still behaving vicious towards the foal, I have seen the stable devided in two the foal one side and the mare on the other, she can see her foal at all times but be unable to injure it. Normally the mare licking the honey from the foals back creates a bond, otherwise you will have to hand milk the mare, and feed the colostrum to the foal, 1st milk, very important for antibodies, but in all the cases I have delt with I have never seen the above method fail, and within two or three days the mother mare excepts the foal with no more problems. This normally happens with first time foalers. It was great that they were able to get a nurse mare for this lovely little foal. Here in Ireland there are people that keep mares for this purpose for the thoroughbred industry. The mares kept are usually cobby type mares, A thoroughbred mare maybe with a stud fee of thousands of pounds dies at the foaling, these nurse mares have to have foals of their own to be in milk, for this purpose, these foals are probably killed of, and the nurse mare taken to where ever she needed to nurse the new thoroughbred foal, The normal price paid is up to,2000 pounds for the use of the nurse mare, for 6 months, so it is a hirer agreement, and person receiving this mare has to,cover her also free of charge. This is usually the way the nurse mare system works, somewhere along the line a little foal dies . It is the difference between a 10.000 pound or maybe more yearling, or a foal yearling worth around 50 pounds, please people don't send me bad texts this is how this system works here in Ireland. There is life and death in everything. Mares do die having foals, a d it is very difficult to rear a orphan foal, as a foal sucks at least every 2 horses night and day. I hope this above information helps someone , and if you have this problem make sure you have a jar of honey, and get your mare fresh grass before she foals, nothing like fresh grass to put milk to a mare. A mare should be allowed as much as possible to roam outside, and maybe only brought in at night if the weather is cold, and when she comes to the foaling, the first sign of foaling is honey wax on the tits and then a creamy white drop of milk appears on the tits, a old man once told me a mare can foal 3 weeks early or 3 weeks late. You just need to watch her, a nd be there if possible when she foals. Leave as much to nature as possible, unless difficulties arise, I use to watch my mare through a glass window, now people have cameras in the stable, a mare can clean up her feed, at 10.00pm at night and foaled and the foal standing within an hour so watch carefully if she becomes restless and starts walking around the box, you know she is nearing her time, you will see the waters break, and then a white blob camping out of the virgina, this is normal, the is the sack the foal will be born in, normally the foal will be born within 30 minutes, then you will see a foot or hoof, both forelegs should come out more or less together, if this doesn't happen get help immediately , as a fore leg could be bent backwards, what you need to do, is push the foal back into the mare try and get the leg that is bent and straighten it, if you don't know what you are doing you need a vet immediately. If the foal is comming normally with in a few minutes the foal is born, all you have to do is make sure the nose and mouth are clean , that the foal can breath, if it is still attached to the mare by the umbilical cord, about 2 pints of blood goes from the mare to the foal through the cord, so it is better not to cut the cord at once but leave it, it is up to you, I always left it to the mare to bite this cord . And I never had any problems, she will then eat the cleaning and free the foal herself , this is all part of the bonding process. The foal on its feet , the next is see that it gets that first important suck, . Now if you have a colt foal make sure it gets rid of the marcomiem, black wax substance that lines the back passage of all new born foals, the with holding of the marcomiem can cause the death of a foal within a couple of days. If your foal is born safely, but after a couple of days looks as if it is straining to go to the toilet, it is marcomiem that is the problem, you will have to be sure that the back passage is clear, this is a vets job , if you don't know what you are doing, Many people will notice that when a mare is let out in the paddock with a new born foal, she will gallop the foal, round and round, this is normally done to loosen the marcomiem and get rid of it. NOW good luck to all you people out there with a beautiful new born foal, you are very lucky, take good care of it, it is a blessing . God bless you all Greetings from Northern Ireland.
It makes no sense that a nurse mare would birth a foal, which is then killed, in order to allow the mare to nurse a different foal. I don't believe in treating animals like commodities. Anytime money is involved, humans do the wrong thing.
I wept tears of joy when Symmie was accepted by another mare. It really warmed my heart. Thank you for sharing.
Bless your wonderful hearts for doing such kind and loving work! So happy for Symmie and the proud new mommie!
Thank you for taking such good care of Symmie and getting Ebony for her. I hope they are both continuing to do well.
This reminds me of how a Friesan mom who had a stillborn was matched with a non-Friesan foal who lost its mom. It was a wonderful story. Uniek (mare) and Rising Star if you want to look it up.
Queen Uniek ! cette jument n'arrivait pas à garder ses petits vivants !! elle est DCD de puis peu la pauvre !! RISING STAR a été castré ! quel dommage ... il aurait fait une bel étalon
Nurse mares are truly a gift from Heaven.Most mares will not take to another mare's foal.
Do you not realise how there are nurse mares, these mares are put in foal for the one principal of excepting either a rejected foal or the birth mare has died at the foaling. They are principally used for expensive thoroughbred foals. When the nurse mare is required these mares are usually timed to foal for the biggest demand , when the thoroughbred industry is at its height. The nurse mare gives birth to her foal, she is needed to foster a thoroughbred foal, maybe worth 100 thousand dollars or pounds whatever the case, the foal has to be worth a four figure sum , the nurse mares foal is killed or put down and the mare taken to where the other foal is that is required to be fostered. The owner of the foster foal pays the recipient mares owner anything over 1000 pounds for the loan of the mare to rear the foster foal depending on travel the amounts of money exchanged can be a lot more than 1000 it could be 5000 depending on what agreement is made. It is then the owner of the foal that is to be fostered to put the recipient mare into foal again at their expense. So any horse will do, as long as the mare is put into foal. This is what she has been bred to do, to look after an expensive foster foal that has lost its mother. No matter what happens a foal has to die for this process to take place. Usually it is the heavier type or cob mares that are used for this purpose as they are usually good milk producers. An expensive foal is reared but some other poor wee foal has had to die. I hope now you understand how a foster mare or recipient mare is got. Greetings from Northern Ireland.
@@winifredthompson2470 uh no nurse mares foals aren't put down unless they have a serious sickness or injury the vets can't save them.
@@ladyren1575 Specimen, I know for sure these foals are not saved. The only requirement for a person that receives a receipent mare that they are put in foal again, and the price paid, normally 1000 pounds Stirling for the loan of the mare. No. 1. The foals that these mares are carrying are of no value commercially. So you are trying to tell me, somebody is going to pay vets thousands of pounds to try and rear a foal of no value. I know this for a fact, that these foals are mostly put down, remember the majority of these foals are less than a fortnight old when their own mother's are taken away from,them.
Have you ever tried to rear an orphan foal 2 weeks old or under, almost impossible, unless you have a receipant mare.
Hard enough to,rear a month old foal, I have done it, I know, I, had to get a receipant mare, lucky enough that the mares foal had died naturally. Even with vets assistance, it would be almost impossible to rear a baby foal. Greetings from Northern Ireland.
@@winifredthompson2470 I don't have horses in real life, but I have watched a lot of videos on mares excepting an orphaned foal, and those mares are not pregnant.
@@ladyren1575 Dear Sir, I did it in realty, I rode out horses for the vetinary surgeon that at one time was in charge of the Household Cavalry. You don't think they are going to show you taking the life of a young foal. Yes I watched them too, and the majority of them made by people that don't even know what they are doing. I,bred horses for over 50 years, I have seen many things, in that time. You couldn't tell from a video whither a mare was in foal or not. A mare that has foaled, is usually put in foal again at the 9 day cycle or 21 day cycle, she come in season usually every 21 days . Mares can come in season from 6 days after foaling, the majority of good breeders usually wait till the 21 day cycle to give the mare a better chance of getting over the birth of the foal. I don't know about America we like the foals born here in April or May, thoroughbred foals a little bit earlier if that is possible. I have owned schooled international showjumpers , I rode Liscargo that won the Gold cup,and Grand National, and schooled the Olympic Gold Medal horse as a 4 year old, Ambassador, I have owned over the years well over 100 hundred horses. I do know what I am talking about here. If you were at the big studs in Ireland they are loosing foals, and mares dying at foaling. These mares are receiving the best of attention, they are not being neglected in any way. A mare when she is foaling can with the pushing out of the foal, push out the inners, her whole inside comes out, if the foal can be saved they do their best, the only thing to do,in this case is put the mare quickly out of pain. Not a nice thing to,watch, foaling is not always simple. Like the birth of any animal or human.
I myself am pro life, I will tell you why, many years ago I held in my hands the aborted twin foals of a mare about 13 weeks gestation. Both those little foals were completely formed you could tell one was a filly and one was a colt, one would have been chestnut and the other bay. This turned me completely from abortion of the human baby. O by the way twin foals are normally aborted , A odd time twin foals are born alive, but there are always problems with health. Almighty God has made everything good, this is his creation, we can only do our best. I am against cruelty of any sort. There are times when choices have to be made. If you have a foal that has just lost its mother, worth say one million pounds, and a foal that is really worth nothing a few pounds, which do you choose to,live, a hard question. These men that keep these recipient mares, make their living from them, Think about it this way, that wee foal worth maybe 20 pounds will at an early age end up at some knackers yard. Nobody wants it. Not a nice thought, but if you have watched videos you will know what I am talking about. They call them kill buyers. Even the wild horses in America are rounded up and suffer the same fate. Again not nice. I would like to see this stopped. They call it culling. When horses get old that is their fate also. I thank God I hope none of mine ended this way. My brood mare I thought so much off, was kept till she was 26 years of age, and then put down quietly at home because of old age and I'll health. I hope I have been able to answer some of your questions, I was thinking when writing this, if you really like horses why don't you find out if there is a rescue centre near you, you,could go and lend a hand maybe at weekends, help to clean stables, and do a wee bit of grooming, maybe even sponsor a horse , then you would bevan owner of a horse without the whole responsibility of looking after it. Good to hear from you. Winifred. Lisburn. Greetings from Northern Ireland.
This little video brought to tears of joy to my eyes! God Bless you greatly for helping this tiny precious little baby!
I did this last year when one of my mares died about ten days after foaling, I brought a dry mare into milk using domperidone. Ten days later with a vet in attendance, we PG'ed the mare and 20 minutes later she accepted the foal as her own. A brilliant outcome and it is great to see other peoples success stories as well....
PGed ...???? Please use the full words. Not everyone here is familiar with the acronyms used by others. 😊
Great video..I was crying for Symmie being rejected but thanks to you all she found a new mom.
Could have used a better score though, it ended with thunder and lightening and dark imaginings.
that hit home for me cause i was adopted out but just like Symmie i was lucky enough to be adopted by my mom which i love
I'm so happy I'm in tears. I grew up on quarter horse ranch so I know how precious symmie is.
There would be less happy endings if it weren’t kind people, like you, to make a difference in the world. 💕🐴
UA-cam algorithms sent me here. How is Symmie now? Hope all is good.
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How wonderful to have a happy ending Symmie looks so sweet and Ebony such a loving mother.I hope you keep both of them forever. GOD BLESS!
Aww what a beautiful baby horse! I'm glad she has someone that loves her:) ❤
WOW!!! What a beautiful video and story!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!🤠
How is Symmie doing today??? Can you update us on her? Love to know if she is doing okay. Thank you.
Yes thank you - she is doing really well - she and Ebony bonded beautifully and Ebony is a wonderful mother to her.
You move me to the depths of my horse loving soul. Thank you!
Nothing but Love Love Love for this little one!!!!
So sweet. This brought tears. Symmie is adorable and I'm glad Ebony loves her.
My first Hereford heifer I had taken to the fair had a stillborn calf. We bought a day old dairy calf--a bull calf that is sold for veal. We bought it to take the place of the Hereford calf who died...but my cow refused the new calf, kicking it and biting. I was eleven and just cried. The vet said I had two choices (Parents left it up to me). I could take the calf back to the stockyard or feed it from a bucket with a large nipple every 1-2 hrs. So I fed my little Jimmy. The vet castrated him and he grew up to be a fine steer.
Then my parents took it to the butcher when it was 18 months old. I cried for a long time...my mom berated me “You’re not much of a farm kid!”
So I became a Nurse Practitioner. Oh and BTW--I’ve been a vegan for 30 years,
They took it to the butcher? What? Knowing it was your pet? Omg
Horses are so beautiful !
So touching! I'm crying happy tears for this sweet little foal and her loving new "foster" Mommy Ebony. Thank you for sharing! 😊💖
How beautiful!! Made me tear up!! Loved to know how they both are.
Such a beautifully made video. I really enjoyed your quality of presentation and of course the beautiful story.
Great, loving mind of all of you.
Little unwanted Symmie😢You are so beautiful and nice❤Thanks for sharing
BEAUTIFUL......................GLAD THEY ARE BOTH DOING WELL
Wow, can't imagine the disappointment, effort,then hope that has gone in to this precious life. This little foal really needed your love and care, and you guys really came thru for it. Congratulations to all.
My Uncle is a corrective farrier in this area. I maybe biased but he is the best at his crafted. He has worked on a lot of crooked leg foals.
Awe a sweet baby from God❤️everyone needs hugs, love and milk!!!!
Amazing job. Best wishes for your horses and all of you
So glad she has Ebony and the owners to love and care for her.
I want Sammie to have a healthy, healthy and loved life wherever she is.
Wow that's sad but teaching her how to drink from a bowl cute. Aww. Ebony fell in love with the baby that's great how some horses take over as the "mother" .
I am crying over this. What a story. Thanks for sharing.
I am happy for Symmie 💓 Ebony is good mama and with your help she will take great care about beautiful baby 💓 Thank you 💓
Tears are in my eyes as I write this...v touched by this. Bless you Ebony you are blessed and Symmie may you always know love and know how much you are loved continued blessings to all there. Xxx❤❤💕💕💕💪🐎🐎🐎🕊🕊
Qué ternurita !!! Es hermoso !!! ♥️🐎♥️
Very fitting music! For those who want to know, it's the theme music for a film, called the Mission by Ennio Morricone.
Sorry I did not finish watching the video. Thank you for helping this amazing gift.
So beautiful so sweet great video I love. Them😎😂😉😄😍😚
I'll take him, I love horses so much all my life I wanted one, in my dreams I had one once.... maby it was this sweet horse... I would love you because you are now a real dream horse
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ghostt girl ghostt spook Dear Girl, my advice to you is this, if you love horses, and I understand that, go and help in some rescue horse centre, you will learn a lot, and if you are really dedicated you will enjoy it. And be of great assistance to some of these poor unwanted horses. Unless you have the facilities to keep a horse, they are very expensive and if you have to put it in livery and look after it yourself that is 365 days a year no breaks, poo to be mucked out every day, a horse to be exercised , they can't exercise themselves groomed and fed every day, this can be great for a couple of months then the novelty wears off. You want to go somewhere, you can't, you have the horse to look after no holidays, I, had no holidays one time for 15 years full stretch. I know what it is to be dedicated, my friend has not had a holiday for 30 years, wouldn't leave the horses, and then you have the expense, so you keep a horse you will need 2 jobs, unless you have a well paid job. This is the reality of keeping a horse. This is why I am advising you, forget ownership but help out at some rescue centre, maybe weekends, and holidays. Greetings from Northern Ireland.
Winifred Thompson very wise advice. Well thought out.
It's not as bad as all that. I pay $200/month for board. Plus hold trimming, wormer, shots. It's not cheap but it's doable, even for me who doesn't have a high paying job. I make it work. If your willing to make it work you can find a way. Might have to cut out some unnecessary purchases but it's worth not going out to eat or other things we waste our money on.
Thank you for this excellent review. I lost my instruction manual so I looked you up. This is wonderful.
Symmie , symmetry is all around you ; perfectly beautiful , balanced & harmonious, your world is w/ your soul Mom -Mare..God bless your hooves - only happy trails for you & soul Mom-Mare 'furever' !! God bless all good people who have shown you loving kindness...
Yes, is there any update as to how Symmie is doing now?. A wonderful story, what a beautiful mare, Mum Ebony was.
what a beautiful video thank you for sharing it with us tears of joy are running down my face (the wife
Why would no one want such a beautiful baby I’m glad she had a happy ending 🐴
Sadly when a foal is born with something wrong with it many times the mother will reject it. This is how these animals survive in the wild. An ill or cripple animal won't last long and is a danger to the herd. If the mother doesn't reject them soon enough a predator gets them anyway. The mother doesn't know the difference, she's doing what her instincts tell her to do for survival.
We have a similar story but our mare sadly died when her foal was 8 hours old. It too was a good ending. :)
My filly born years ago was down on her back-hocks, very similiar this foal...myself aghast, frightening and tragic to see. My vet came within hours and she gave her selenium...almost immediately improvement, soon after well on her way, I want to say startling the effects.. (I have learned selenium's importance with keritan structures in animals). little Denny (she was named after the mountain horse in the movie 'the Man from Snowy River' her coloring closely resembled) she was upright as normal, never a lame day since. It taught me to take precautionary measures prior birth, to invest in gestational supplements, since then my foals have not any problems whatsoever. Good strong bone, legs straight and fine. The mineral base in pregnancy is very crucial...even afyetwards while nursing. Though my mare was well fed...glossy and such, she needed that extra. Well worth the investment, even if you don't use supplements any other time. Don't skimp, our foals are to precious, heartbreaking to see them struggle, need that good start.
someones cutting onions again Ebony is a beautiful soul
This baby is gorgeous. It just has love wrote all over it. If every child had a horse they would have homes
This has been a tough week and that sure made my day - Beautiful!
You always see sweet stories about other animals accepting other babies not their own. It's very sad when a mother rejects their babies. Ebony is amazing and Symmie is lucky to have found a mom who loves her like her own.
What a beautiful cutie!
Heart wrenching start to life and a wonderful ending. How is Simmie now? We need a part 2 😊
Very touching video, you folks are so nice, to save that foal. Any updates on Symmie, ....
Great little story.
Glad to see below stepmom & foal are doing well! Ive encountered mare rejection in the past, & it’s not an easy thing to deal with, no matter the way forward.
Ive often wondered if mare reluctance to adopt foals is related to their general biological restriction to 1foal/pregnancy? The equine tendency for singlet pregnancies makes twins unusual, perhaps it also affects the mare’s perception of mine/not mine.
Just a thought.
Thanx again for sharing this story.
Well whats the uodate with Symmie and Ebony?
They are both very happy together - Ebony has been a wonderful mother to wee Symmie.
I'm so very happy to hear this ! Thank you for posting that information
Can this foal be rehabilitated to the point that this foal can be ridden later?
That is great that a second mom has taken over but what about her health problems?
im very happy for that foal!
May God bless Sammie and Ebony. beautiful!! Kudos to caretakers.
never give up!!! wonderful story.
You're kidding me. Unwanted? Seriously? 😢 I'd take her home in a heartbeat! ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you for taking care of her...
Shes so cute!!
Gabriel’s Oboe- beautiful piece
She's.....SO CUTE
Simply beautiful!
What a wonderful ending when new mother and baby are eating out of the same pail. You can't beat that unless there were two.
So happy for Symmie!!!!🐎🙏😚💕💕💕
Im so happy you found a new mom for her. The absolute best thing for a foal development is a mother.
Symmie is beautiful. I will pray for her, she's so cute.
I love such good endings.. Thanks for sharing...Linda
Awww😍this is so hearts melting 🐎
Love this music from The Mission...timeless
@Dromgool Horsemanship
How's Symmie doing nowadays? How is she and Ebony?
She is doing really well thank you. She and Ebony are an inseparable team!
@Dromgool Horsemanship
This is a wonderful news! I'm really happy to hear that these two beautiful horses are doing great. Thank you for the feedback, and all the very best!
:) :) :)
Dromgool Horsemanship
nice fakeee
mereu netulburat
how could you even believe that
Dana Green I'm not sure what you mean about it being fake? I've seen plenty of mothers reject their own babies from cats to humans! I've had momma cats that helped were their when another moms catwas giving birth, the one that was not giving birth helped clean up and nudge the new babies into position to nurse. A week later she gave birth in the same nest and the first momma did the EXACT same thing. They raised both sets of babies together in my barn. I've also had three pregnant cats living inside my house (rescuers). Those three had litters within days of each other in separate spots in the huge master bathroom. Fifteen kittens total. Over momma kept stealing all the kittens so we finally put all the kittens in a dog bed together. From then on all three momma's took care of ALL fifteen kittens! Had another female cat that had NEVER been pregnant but loved to have others nurse on her, after a few days, she started making milk for them. I owned registered quarter horse mare that loved all the foals! Even if she had a foal of her own nursing, she would try to steal the others foals. She didn't even need the domperidone to make her milk come in. One last example is a friend in NY had a female mixed breed that had never had been pregnant but had a mothering instinct and made milk and would nurse ANY kind of orphan the kids brought home to her. I'd seen her raise pups that weren't hers, kittens, baby rabbits, squirrels and even a baby groundhog. If she didn't have a live baby nursing, she carried around a stuffed animal and cuddled it next to her belly all the time! So miracles can and do happen in nature!
She is a beautiful little girl. Can you post how she is doing with another short video?
awww.....animals are wonderful people.!!
Love her every moment she is a gift from God save s horse they didn't kill horses when I was young
The beautiful song is one of my very favorites. Nella Fantasia.
My Oldenburg mare Annie would steal a baby if she could! She was a wonderful mama to 4 beautiful foals, she calls for any baby that comes onto our property. Recently I had to move her for the farrier, down to the end of the barn, because we had a baby there that was coming to for a kurring, and Annie could not stand not being able to see the baby. Nurse mares are truly a gift.
Symmie is so cute how could he be unwanted 😭
Jade AlexanderAngelicaElizaPeggy It was his own mother the mare that gave birth to him that rejected him. There are different reasons that a mare will reject her foal, this could have been a first foal, and the mare did not bond with the foal at birth, or didn't know what to do, or the mare may not have had milk. This happens quite often with first foaling, the mares udder is sore and she won't let the foal sick. I have seen men in Ireland put honey on the foals back or sugar, this is to get the birth mother to LICK the foal while a person guides the foals head to the tit, if you have people that know what they are doing this can be a successful method of getting the mare to except the foal, it can take 24 to 48 hours hard persuadion to succeed. Sometimes the mare can be sick, and not properly recovered when the foal is born . Normally after 24 hours if properly handled the birth mare will except her own foal, unless she is a very wicked mare, then it is a different senario. I hope the above tip helps somebody, Greeting from Northern Ireland.
The foal is a filly therefore not a he/his.......
SOOLIN S Does it matter, it was a beautiful little foal. Greetings from Northern Ireland.
Winifred Thompson: Yes, it does matter. If one is going to post a comment then get it right. It states quite clearly in the video several times that the foal was a "her"......pay attention.
If you don't know what you're talking about or not sure the STFU!
Don't be so ignorant!
survival of the fittest.
This reminds me so much of the book "The War That Saved My Life"!
Such a precious story
Beautiful!
Hi, it happens to animls. Mother don't want their baby's. We had foal and a lamb. We made homemade shoot tie up mother sheep standing. We help lamb drink mother milk. We did the same to mother horse. And foal had mother milk. Now today their growing up healthy and happy. The family's love them dearly so, do I.
Naming her asymmetric and calling he symmie is counterproductive. She needs a name that evokes joy and goodness. A name can be a stigma to anyone.
Booo yooo!
I’m glad it work out ! Sometimes animals not ready for mother hood! I don’t know if this was her frist baby but it happens with other animals! Sometimes other mares reject as well but happy she accepted him😍
I almost cried
When the foal was born, did people try to imprint it?
🇦🇷.Que pasa que está tan triste este bello potrillito- falta leche materna? está deshidratado??.Ustedes sus amos, son muy tiernos con ellos- los admiro y felicito🔥🔥
Thank you Ebony.
Does windswept hocks refer to how the legs bow slightly out from under the body and curve back slightly?
geeez, this happens a lot if it's a maiden mare - hobble and cross tie the mare and let the foal nurse the first 24 hours to get colostrum. With a first foal for a maiden mare - do NOT do that "imprinting" till a few days later.. If this would have happened in the wild... what happens - happens. It's called life.
Beautiful story.
how'd those hocks develop? what were the results of the rescue/surrogate dam experiment? did that baby make it?
This love ly little foal was not rejected by the people that owned her, but by the mother mare. Many reasons for this, this was a first time mare, and didn't know what to do with this strange horse(foal) that was invading her, her udder was sore, when the foal went to suck it was hurting her, the foal may have been premature, and the mother mare had no milk, these are all reasons the mother mare will walk away from her new born foal. I wouldn't worry about the sickle hocks, that was the way the foal was lying inside the mare, I have seen this many times, inside a few months this problem resolves itself when the foal grows into its hocks and becomes active.
I have seen this many times and have helped on numerous occasions to get the birth mother to accept her new born foal, the best way is to smear honey over the foals back, and get someone to hold the mare that knows what they are doing, a nd someone that can guide the foal to the mares udder, it is good also to put some honey on the mares tits, the person holding the mare, will let the mare LICK the honey of the foals back, at the same time the person holding the foal guides it's mouth to the tit, and gets the foal to latch on to the tit, and so begin to suck, the mare begins to get ease as the foal sucks the tit, and you get the bonding between mare and foal,
Now if the mare is wicked , you may need a third person to hold up a front leg while this process is going on. This may take even up to a couple of hours, before you can get a bond, and even then it is not over, if the mother mare is still behaving vicious towards the foal, I have seen the stable devided in two the foal one side and the mare on the other, she can see her foal at all times but be unable to injure it. Normally the mare licking the honey from the foals back creates a bond, otherwise you will have to hand milk the mare, and feed the colostrum to the foal, 1st milk, very important for antibodies, but in all the cases I have delt with I have never seen the above method fail, and within two or three days the mother mare excepts the foal with no more problems. This normally happens with first time foalers.
It was great that they were able to get a nurse mare for this lovely little foal. Here in Ireland there are people that keep mares for this purpose for the thoroughbred industry. The mares kept are usually cobby type mares, A thoroughbred mare maybe with a stud fee of thousands of pounds dies at the foaling, these nurse mares have to have foals of their own to be in milk, for this purpose, these foals are probably killed of, and the nurse mare taken to where ever she needed to nurse the new thoroughbred foal, The normal price paid is up to,2000 pounds for the use of the nurse mare, for 6 months, so it is a hirer agreement, and person receiving this mare has to,cover her also free of charge. This is usually the way the nurse mare system works, somewhere along the line a little foal dies . It is the difference between a 10.000 pound or maybe more yearling, or a foal yearling worth around 50 pounds, please people don't send me bad texts this is how this system works here in Ireland. There is life and death in everything. Mares do die having foals, a d it is very difficult to rear a orphan foal, as a foal sucks at least every 2 horses night and day. I hope this above information helps someone , and if you have this problem make sure you have a jar of honey, and get your mare fresh grass before she foals, nothing like fresh grass to put milk to a mare. A mare should be allowed as much as possible to roam outside, and maybe only brought in at night if the weather is cold, and when she comes to the foaling, the first sign of foaling is honey wax on the tits and then a creamy white drop of milk appears on the tits, a old man once told me a mare can foal 3 weeks early or 3 weeks late. You just need to watch her, a nd be there if possible when she foals. Leave as much to nature as possible, unless difficulties arise, I use to watch my mare through a glass window, now people have cameras in the stable, a mare can clean up her feed, at 10.00pm at night and foaled and the foal standing within an hour so watch carefully if she becomes restless and starts walking around the box, you know she is nearing her time, you will see the waters break, and then a white blob camping out of the virgina, this is normal, the is the sack the foal will be born in, normally the foal will be born within 30 minutes, then you will see a foot or hoof, both forelegs should come out more or less together, if this doesn't happen get help immediately , as a fore leg could be bent backwards, what you need to do, is push the foal back into the mare try and get the leg that is bent and straighten it, if you don't know what you are doing you need a vet immediately. If the foal is comming normally with in a few minutes the foal is born, all you have to do is make sure the nose and mouth are clean , that the foal can breath, if it is still attached to the mare by the umbilical cord, about 2 pints of blood goes from the mare to the foal through the cord, so it is better not to cut the cord at once but leave it, it is up to you, I always left it to the mare to bite this cord . And I never had any problems, she will then eat the cleaning and free the foal herself , this is all part of the bonding process. The foal on its feet , the next is see that it gets that first important suck, . Now if you have a colt foal make sure it gets rid of the marcomiem, black wax substance that lines the back passage of all new born foals, the with holding of the marcomiem can cause the death of a foal within a couple of days.
If your foal is born safely, but after a couple of days looks as if it is straining to go to the toilet, it is marcomiem that is the problem, you will have to be sure that the back passage is clear, this is a vets job , if you don't know what you are doing,
Many people will notice that when a mare is let out in the paddock with a new born foal, she will gallop the foal, round and round, this is normally done to loosen the marcomiem and get rid of it. NOW good luck to all you people out there with a beautiful new born foal, you are very lucky, take good care of it, it is a blessing . God bless you all Greetings from Northern Ireland.
It makes no sense that a nurse mare would birth a foal, which is then killed, in order to allow the mare to nurse a different foal. I don't believe in treating animals like commodities. Anytime money is involved, humans do the wrong thing.
Probably stress at work, weight problems, single parent problems and inability to keep a man.
Who wouldn’t want a sweet pony like Symmie? That’s like rejecting a newborn because they’re underweight or cross-eyed! 😒🥺
Awe 💝💝💝
So touching! Pls update.
GORGEOUS!
I was really hoping for some footage.
Bravo 🎉Super hero human Mom❤