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My mare had a foal when I was a teenager and definitely did not
eat the placenta despite prolonged opportunity to do so; the foal was born
at night during a storm (of course), she was alone with her baby for
16 hr after and the placenta was still lying there on the ground when
the vet arrived the check her out the next afternoon. He expected it to be
there too, he went looking for it to examine to make sure it was intact
(grossing me out). She was a most attentive mother for the two years until
weaning took place, baby led- the mare would parade in front of the filly
with a full udder but the filly was less and less inclined to oblige
and finally separated altogether. I was quite fascinated as I'd been told
by my pro-breastfeeding mother that her milk would reduce as the youngster
stopped nursing but it didn't seem to happen that way. From memory the
mare had a few very uncomfortable days, who knows, maybe she had a
pituitary problem...
Monica |
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