New Posts For Thread: Putting condition on a foal?https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29364973/putting-condition-on-a-foalMy Sinndar foal, who I had been hoping to attempt to sell at the November sales, got a foot injury and went lame fir a few days. He had been doing very well but now appears to have lost quite a bit of weight since, any tips on how to fatten him up aask your local feed merchant to make you up some calf mixture without the copper and add your own minerals to it.and add some lamb milk replacer ,not calf because the lamb milk does not contain copper.https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29364973/putting-condition-on-a-foal?post_id=524198785#524198785ask your local feed merchant to make you up some calf mixture without the copper and add your own minerals to it.and add some lamb milk replacer ,not calf because the lamb milk does not contain copper.Sun, 16 Sep 2012 15:29:35 -0500Thanks for all the help guys, I wont panic yet, maybe he is stretching out a bit at the same time, I think i'm seeing a lot more ribs than before his setback but hopefully he'll beef up again, he's not weaned yet by the wayhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29364973/putting-condition-on-a-foal?post_id=523909977#523909977Thanks for all the help guys, I wont panic yet, maybe he is stretching out a bit at the same time, I think i'm seeing a lot more ribs than before his setback but hopefully he'll beef up again, he's not weaned yet by the wayFri, 07 Sep 2012 16:02:22 -0500Worm it and feed it more (we tend towards small amounts of high cal stuff - in our case Saracen Stamm). All very case specific though. Not sure why a few days lame should have knocked him back that much - if it was that sudden I'd prob also keep eyhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29364973/putting-condition-on-a-foal?post_id=523854429#523854429Worm it and feed it more (we tend towards small amounts of high cal stuff - in our case Saracen Stamm). All very case specific though. Not sure why a few days lame should have knocked him back that much - if it was that sudden I'd prob also keep eyThu, 06 Sep 2012 06:47:35 -0500I would have thought relatively sudden weight loss for a short while with a known and resolved cause shouldn't be too much of a worry. A lot of it may be hydration related which will easily hollow them. I would aim for a steady correction towards tarhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29364973/putting-condition-on-a-foal?post_id=523850157#523850157I would have thought relatively sudden weight loss for a short while with a known and resolved cause shouldn't be too much of a worry. A lot of it may be hydration related which will easily hollow them. I would aim for a steady correction towards tarThu, 06 Sep 2012 02:17:47 -0500Ovalu, I find myself in slightly the same boat right now with a foal who has always looked good having gone a bit backward. I put it down to 'one of those things' and with a Sinndar foal I imagine it could be an occupational hazard!Obviously we needhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29364973/putting-condition-on-a-foal?post_id=523828815#523828815Ovalu, I find myself in slightly the same boat right now with a foal who has always looked good having gone a bit backward. I put it down to 'one of those things' and with a Sinndar foal I imagine it could be an occupational hazard!Obviously we needWed, 05 Sep 2012 14:23:07 -0500My Sinndar foal, who I had been hoping to attempt to sell at the November sales, got a foot injury and went lame fir a few days. He had been doing very well but now appears to have lost quite a bit of weight since, any tips on how to fatten him up ahttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29364973/putting-condition-on-a-foal?post_id=523827627#523827627My Sinndar foal, who I had been hoping to attempt to sell at the November sales, got a foot injury and went lame fir a few days. He had been doing very well but now appears to have lost quite a bit of weight since, any tips on how to fatten him up aWed, 05 Sep 2012 13:51:54 -0500