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DISCLAIMER: We are not Veterinarians or trained professionals, we only wish to share with you our experience, so when others find themselves in the same situations with their beloved horses, they will have to act more quickly, and the chances for the foal's survival heightened. *The information about Red bag delivery is sourced from websites, and all links will be shared below.
Please consult with your Veterinarians first. This is Venus, she is a 4 years old purebred Arabian Mare, having her first foal, exactly 11 months to the date, after she was impregnated by our Arabian stallion, Rocky. Her pregnancy was normal, and as a young horse, she would be happy and playful when out roaming the fields with her best friend Phi Mai and the rest of the herd. At the late stage of her pregnancy, few weeks before foaling, we noticed that she started walking slower, and seemed like her hooves were sore, we thought it might be due to the extra weight she had gained, combined with that she just had her hooves trimmed. Otherwise, she seemed healthy and happy as usual. On the early morning of the 10th of September, Joe was at the stable doing the morning chores, where he noticed that Venus had gone into labor. The birth went quite quick, taking no longer than 1 hour, and at the last stage of the birth, we noticed that Venus was gotten very exhausted, and decided to help her with the last push. At the beginning of the foaling, we noticed that it was all red, we had never seen this before, nor had any experience with what they call a Red Bag Delivery, and this resulted in that we had to learn about it the hard way... Due to the excitement of a newborn foal, and that everything seemed to look good on the surface, the red and unusual placenta and questions around it were pushed to the back of our minds, with having to continue our daily chores with the animals and family. The foal was standing on his hooves within an hour and was sucking off Venus´s teats. Know we know that reason why we saw the red bag first, was due to that a portion of the placenta had detached from the uterine wall prematurely, in this situation, the red bag appears as a red bag hanging from the vulva, wherein normal births, this red bag will come to follow after the foal about 1-3 hours after birth. There are 2 bags during the foaling process, the red bag called chorioallantois, and the white bag called the amnion. The red bag is the one attached to the uterine wall and allows the exchange of nutrients and waste back and forth to the fetus through the umbilical cord. The white bag surrounds the fetus and has many functions, including lubrication and protection. *The information about Red bag delivery is sourced from websites, and all links will be shared below. Please consult with your Veterinarians first In situations with Red bag Delivery, one should tear open the white bag and deliver the fetus promptly as it may be short on oxygen due to the early placental separation. The foal should be watched carefully for signs of hypoxia (oxygen deprivation) or infection. Reasons for that a Red bag delivery is that the mare has either contracted an infection such as virus, bacterial, etc, and therefore the detachment of the placenta.Please read more about it on this website: https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/50404 And sadly in our case, it seemed like this was a stroke of double bad luck, the foal was already infected through his mother, where Joe later in the evening noticed that the milk coming out of Venus was brownish and see-through, meaning that the foal never received the very important first milk, called colostrum. Again, this was something we had not seen before and thought that perhaps this was due to Venus being a young mare, and decided to let her continue feeding to stimulate her to start producing milk. At that moment the foal seemed fine, and was active and behaved normally. The day after, Joe noticed some concerning signs, in the morning when he saw the foal, the foal had pus under his eyes, also something we had not seen before. The foal at this moment was still active and sucking off Venus´s teats. But Joe´s intuition told him to find out more about the milk, and when he could not get a hold of the club´s veterinarian for consultation, he called another friend of his, who also was a Veterinarian and has a horse farm with over 100 thoroughbreds and lots of experience. Joe consulted about the milk being brownish yellowish, and his friend could confirm that this milk had no nutrients, using the term, bad milk. And was suggested to use formulas for the foal, or try to milk the other mare who is already feeding her foal. So in the late afternoon of the 11th of September, we went to milk Valencia, using our daughter's milk bottle, not the ultimate bottle, but at least better than nothing. Valencia was easy to milk, but when we were feeding Venus´s foal, we noticed that he seemed very weak, even though he drank all the milk, it seemed like at this point it was already too late. The morning after when Joe went down the stable, he found Venus´s foal barely breathing at the same spot he had laid down the night before and was about to take his lasts breaths. It was a very sad moment for all of us, not only was this Venus´s first foal, but it was also the first chestnut colt of the stud. As Cat wrote in a private post earlier, Life and death come and go, hand in hand so do joy and sorrow. This is the sad part of life and a reminder that we all have to part one day, just like my father, who would´ve been 82 years today, the same day as our colt died, is that him too, was born, and had to part from us... Sometimes it feels like the life we live, is a dream, and we only wake up when there´s birth and death... all in between is just a blurry dream. Goodbye for now little Pegasus, we hope you will find your way back to heaven quickly. We wish we could have done more for you, and we will always remember you. We hope that sharing with you our story of the loss of little Pegasus, and the signs of abnormal Placenta, Pus and Milk, could help others to act more quickly. We know that the next time seeing these signs is to prepare Formulas, bottles, medicine for the foal to increase some percentage of survival, though in cases with Red Bag Deliveries they often are very small chances for survival... Sincerely Catarina and Joe
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 “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” ― Kahlil Gibran. The beauty of Venus’s unconditional love for my daughter Serina is so visible in this picture, makes me think of one of my favorite writers, Kahlil Gibran, and the very true and important message of that beauty lies in the heart of a Being.
We tend to be so caught up and blinded by the social pressure of being beautiful on the outside, forgetting that our true beauty is in our hearts, and the ones that truly SEES you, sees your heart before your face Remember to see yourself from your heart, is it pure, is it kind, is it loving, is it honest? Look at the horses, nor are they aware of their own beauty or spending time thinking about it, yet we see their beauty and love them for all they are inside and out, and all they did was to be themselves If only we all could be more like them, investing our time on polishing our hearts than our faces… and a deeper reflection upon that, Buddhism teaches us that all that we can take with us in the cycle of birth and rebirth, is our karma, not our faces and outer beings, but only our inner beings and the good and bad we’ve done that will follow us like a shadow. Therefor it is so important to focus on the inner than the outer, as this will always be apart of us until the day we can break the cycle of birth and rebirth, not our faces. All that said…It´s not wrong wanting to be beautiful on the outside, just don’t forget being beautiful in your heart is the most important Dear friends of the shop and club, we wish to help and support the local business here in Thailand, and plan to produce a T-shirt here in Khao Lak, and you can be a part to vote for which design we shall choose to produce. To enter just comment what design you like the most here, and for extra entry, you can also like our Instagram account @ilovehorses.shop21. We will pick the winner in 3 days, 19.September, where Serina will draw the name out of a hat Don’t be shy, leave a comment and get the chance to win a lovely T-shirt by I Love Horses Shop *We will ship for free and no costs on your part!  In Buddhism we believe that nothing is a coincidence, all that happens, do happens for a reason. Sometimes it’s hard to understand why, but we just have to accept it as nature accepts the changes of the seasons, it comes and goes… so do we, some sooner than others… When the foal was born, 10.09.21 we did not manage to find a good name that would match his lovely face and chestnut color, the name Pegasus only came to us after he had passed away, just 2 days later of his arrival. Makes us wonder that perhaps all this was already foreseen and shown to us, with these two necklaces we have in store, The mare and the foal, and The Pegasus. either way, we will remember little Pegasus with these pieces, and we are thankful for the short time we got to be with him. May you have already flown back to heaven safely little Pegasus of ours  A special thank you for being a part of our journeyOpening a horse club and running a farm has been a great life experience. All that we have done is based on genuine love and passion. Without that... we would not last until today... And with this genuine love in what we do, and how we care, has also come in return through some of our kind visitors, where some later became our friends and genuine supporters. We wish to sincerely Thank you for that you chose to ride with us, and all the nice reviews and moments you shared with us and our beloved horses. Mostly it would Jarrod, Eliza, Apollo, Arthur, Estiano, Phi Mai and Rocky...Until today, all the horses are still here, only Estiano is no longer here, he is now spending his life in Khao Yai.  In the time we have been receiving guests, we´ve gotten altogether 109 - 5 stars reviews, and only 1 star review ever. Which is amazing, and a good reward for the hard work and hours spent before and after the trails, as well as the genuine love put into our services and in the little details... Now... with the ongoing pandemic, and our beach trail being blocked with a Highway, making it difficult to cross, we´ve decided to no longer offer riding services and focus our energy on breeding beautiful and strong purebred Arabian horses, and selling Equestrian related clothing and products at our online store I Love Horses Shop Due to no income, we had also a campaign at Gogetfunded, where many were kind to donate us, it helped lighten the feedings costs for almost 2 months, as well as now adding a Donation option on our website, where those who genuinely loves our horses, are able to sponsor and help with the feeding costs we have each months. We are genuinely so grateful and touched by the kindness and willingness to give and help our horses, we are forever grateful and hope one day to return the kind favor besides doing the very best for each and every horse at South Arabian Horse Club With the latest donations and purchases received this month, we manage to cover for 1 month of feeding costs. Thank you for visiting and riding with |
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