Foal Heat Scours - Your Experience?

SuZQuzie · 07-19-2006, 02:25 PM

I was reading Blessed Are the Foals & saw something about foal heat scours AKA nine-day scours. The book gave me some information on it, but I would like to know more about them, what you think the underlying cause of them is, why they happen, how you treat the mare, how you treat the foal, you're overall experiences with them, & any other information you can give me on them. I am intrigued.

zorse · 07-19-2006, 02:28 PM

Our foal is going through this right now. It is worse when you breed late for a summer baby. He has it pretty bad. One night was so bad, he stunk so hardcore of rotten seeweed I almost vomitted when I would go near him.
Now he doesn't stink, he is just so raw and itchy on his poor little bum.
He's definately gotten used to getting his temp taken and cream rubbed all over his hind end!

SuZQuzie · 07-19-2006, 02:30 PM

Poor boy.

Great, & I'm breeding late, too. Ugh.

Mare should go into heat sometime after Sunday. So excited. You never PMed me back regarding Yeager. Wanna PM me now? ::hint::

morgangirl · 07-19-2006, 02:58 PM

I heard my trainer and another person speaking and she said that she dewormed the foals soon after birth and it really decreased the incidence of scours. I don't know if this is the same type of scours you are talking about or not. I also heard that it is caused by the heat (not sure if this is the term, it seemed to me that there was another word in front of heat) that mares go into 10 days after having the baby that can cause scours. I really don't know anything about it just stuff I either heard or read.

JBandRio · 07-19-2006, 03:06 PM

All my breeder friends who are also Dynamite users start the mare on the DynaPro (pro- and prebiotic) before the foal is born, and continue in good amounts for several weeks after. Not a one of them have had foal scours over many years and many mares/foals.

Sandra-A1 · 07-19-2006, 03:06 PM

I have never had a foal with them....
I really believe it is because I give each newborn a tube of EQUINE E. COLI ENDOTOX Paste. It is an Equine Origin Antiserum used to prevent Endotoxemia and Diarrhea caused by E Coli in newborn foals. It is orally administer using the 10ml syringe to FOALS WITHIN 12 HOURS OF BIRTH.

HalterGirl_88 · 07-19-2006, 03:07 PM

When the mares go into their foal heat around 9-10 days after foaling the babies tend to scour. Some dont get them too bad others are horrible. For ours we back the mare off grain and treat the baby with Probios and Biosol. Some of them get very chapped behinds and we put udder cream or aloe heal on them.

Mare · 07-19-2006, 04:49 PM

We give the babies probios right after they are born. Seems to work pretty good.

wyldterv · 07-19-2006, 06:38 PM

Elle' did not get foal scours and has not had a day of diahreah yet... I gave her a foal probios/colostrum paste called "Foal A.S.A.P." immediately after birth and I also kept my stall and turn out area as clean as possible.

horselover123 · 07-19-2006, 06:41 PM

is that when the lose some of their hair in some areas?

07-19-2006, 02:25 PM	#1
SuZQuzie Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SoCal/Central Coast Posts: 3,112 Images: 546 Blog Entries: 222	Foal Heat Scours - Your Experience? I was reading Blessed Are the Foals & saw something about foal heat scours AKA nine-day scours. The book gave me some information on it, but I would like to know more about them, what you think the underlying cause of them is, why they happen, how you treat the mare, how you treat the foal, you're overall experiences with them, & any other information you can give me on them. I am intrigued. __________________ *-Suzie* Mazaire (Ed - 14yo dutch WB) Dad's Shiny Penny (Penny - 15yo TB) RIP Yauvani Proud Member of the Eventers Club

07-19-2006, 02:28 PM	#2
zorse Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 6,607 Images: 474 Blog Entries: 332	Our foal is going through this right now. It is worse when you breed late for a summer baby. He has it pretty bad. One night was so bad, he stunk so hardcore of rotten seeweed I almost vomitted when I would go near him. Now he doesn't stink, he is just so raw and itchy on his poor little bum. He's definately gotten used to getting his temp taken and cream rubbed all over his hind end! __________________ "What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure." -Samual Johnson

07-19-2006, 02:30 PM	#3
SuZQuzie Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SoCal/Central Coast Posts: 3,112 Images: 546 Blog Entries: 222	Poor boy. Great, & I'm breeding late, too. Ugh. Mare should go into heat sometime after Sunday. So excited. You never PMed me back regarding Yeager. Wanna PM me now? ::hint:: __________________ *-Suzie* Mazaire (Ed - 14yo dutch WB) Dad's Shiny Penny (Penny - 15yo TB) RIP Yauvani Proud Member of the Eventers Club

07-19-2006, 03:06 PM	#5
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 23,666 Images: 144 Blog Entries: 12	All my breeder friends who are also Dynamite users start the mare on the DynaPro (pro- and prebiotic) before the foal is born, and continue in good amounts for several weeks after. Not a one of them have had foal scours over many years and many mares/foals. __________________ - JB Acres, owned and operated by Dynamite animals. - It's a wonder horses as a whole don't just kill us all and be done with their misery. - Keep your voice soothing and low - even when things get western (buck1173) - Rio feels good - he bounced an in-and-out

07-19-2006, 03:06 PM	#6
Sandra-A1 Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 8,532 Images: 236	I have never had a foal with them.... I really believe it is because I give each newborn a tube of EQUINE E. COLI ENDOTOX Paste. It is an Equine Origin Antiserum used to prevent Endotoxemia and Diarrhea caused by E Coli in newborn foals. It is orally administer using the 10ml syringe to FOALS WITHIN 12 HOURS OF BIRTH. __________________ "It is our choices Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." ~Dumbledore

07-19-2006, 02:58 PM	#4
morgangirl Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,192 Images: 36	I heard my trainer and another person speaking and she said that she dewormed the foals soon after birth and it really decreased the incidence of scours. I don't know if this is the same type of scours you are talking about or not. I also heard that it is caused by the heat (not sure if this is the term, it seemed to me that there was another word in front of heat) that mares go into 10 days after having the baby that can cause scours. I really don't know anything about it just stuff I either heard or read.

07-19-2006, 03:07 PM	#7
HalterGirl_88 Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,611	When the mares go into their foal heat around 9-10 days after foaling the babies tend to scour. Some dont get them too bad others are horrible. For ours we back the mare off grain and treat the baby with Probios and Biosol. Some of them get very chapped behinds and we put udder cream or aloe heal on them.

07-19-2006, 04:49 PM	#8
Mare Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 2,004 Images: 10	We give the babies probios right after they are born. Seems to work pretty good.

07-19-2006, 06:38 PM	#9
wyldterv Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bellingham, WA USA Posts: 12,567 Images: 309 Blog Entries: 18	Elle' did not get foal scours and has not had a day of diahreah yet... I gave her a foal probios/colostrum paste called "Foal A.S.A.P." immediately after birth and I also kept my stall and turn out area as clean as possible. __________________ WyldTerv "I've been love ♥ struck!" Horsin Around and Doggin it 24/7, Life is GRAND! *Mustang Poncho,Dancer,Emmerson and Ms.Elle'* BlackFyre Farms-Bellingham, WA USA, http://www.freewebs.com/blackfyrearabians

07-19-2006, 06:41 PM	#10
horselover123 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Canada Ontario Posts: 902 Images: 12	is that when the lose some of their hair in some areas?

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