Saratoga twins are born...
Treliver D'Aquitaine (aka Daisy) imported from England and by the very successful dressage stallion Treliver Decanter was 7 days over her due date when we were called up to the stables by our night watch saying she was in labour. My husband Guy and I rushed up just in time to help a beautiful palomino colt into the world, we were a bit surprised at his size because Daisy is very big (just under 18hh) but were still thrilled with how beautiful he was. Our dogs were barking at the house so Guy went down to see what was happening and the afterbirth started coming out but Daisy looked like she was in proper labour again, she lay down a couple of times and was pushing but once the colt was standing she was more interested in him than pushing, I felt inside her and felt two feet, Guy got back to the stables and I told him to pull out the second baby as quickly as possible and with me catching her our hearts stopped watching to see if the second foal would be alive and she was!! She was breathing.... Daisy had had a second foal, a cremello filly! She was tiny but strong and a fighter, wanting to stand within minutes and ready to drink once standing. I bottle fed her colostrum from Daisy every two hours in a bottle for the first day and supplemented her milk intake with a bottle until she wouldn't suckle from the bottle anymore and we could see she was drinking from mom well enough. Now we just had to keep a very close eye on her.... we could see her brother was going to be just fine!
Treliver D'Aquitaine (aka Daisy) imported from England and by the very successful dressage stallion Treliver Decanter was 7 days over her due date when we were called up to the stables by our night watch saying she was in labour. My husband Guy and I rushed up just in time to help a beautiful palomino colt into the world, we were a bit surprised at his size because Daisy is very big (just under 18hh) but were still thrilled with how beautiful he was. Our dogs were barking at the house so Guy went down to see what was happening and the afterbirth started coming out but Daisy looked like she was in proper labour again, she lay down a couple of times and was pushing but once the colt was standing she was more interested in him than pushing, I felt inside her and felt two feet, Guy got back to the stables and I told him to pull out the second baby as quickly as possible and with me catching her our hearts stopped watching to see if the second foal would be alive and she was!! She was breathing.... Daisy had had a second foal, a cremello filly! She was tiny but strong and a fighter, wanting to stand within minutes and ready to drink once standing. I bottle fed her colostrum from Daisy every two hours in a bottle for the first day and supplemented her milk intake with a bottle until she wouldn't suckle from the bottle anymore and we could see she was drinking from mom well enough. Now we just had to keep a very close eye on her.... we could see her brother was going to be just fine!