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Do horses kill their young if they do not stand up in 10 minutes?
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∙ 15y ago
No. They do not.
I know this for a fact, because three days ago my nephew's horse had a foal which was of such an unusually large size that it was too big to support its own weight. It could not stand up to suckle, so my nephew has to milk the mare every three hours, night and day, and bottle feed the baby. The baby can stand up now but it's shaky, and too tall to be able to bend its head underneath the mare's belly to drink from the mother's teat. The veterinarian has said that my nephew will have to keep bottle feeding the foal for two months, until it is able to eat solid food.
The mare loves and nurtures the foal any way she can, by licking it etc. and has never shown any signs of rejection.
Mares, if well treated and not brutalised by humans, are devoted mothers.
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∙ 15y ago
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