Sheila brun hoppe (Ballet Prince XX x Sitanka). Sheila er 3/4 Engelsk fuldblod og 1/4 ox araber. Hun fik en noget dårlig start på livet idet hendes mor ikke ville have med hende at gøre. Vi prøvede at hendes mor til at tage sig af hende og lade hende patte, men nej det måtte hun ikke! Kl 11 om aftenen gik jeg ud i stalden og fandt hende liggende livløs. Så måtte dyrlægen herud en tur. Han gave hende et par sprøjter, men rystede på hovedet og mente at hun ikke havde mange chancer. Jeg spurte hvad jeg kunne gøre og fik det svar at hun skulle have varme og væske. Så bar vi hende ind i stuen og lagde hende på en madres med et tæppe over, foran kakkelovnen! jeg lå hele natten ved siden af hende og hældte elektrolytter i hende. Vandet kom ind den ene vej og ud den anden! Men så kl. 4 om morgenen løftede hun hovedet! Så fik hun eller noget mere at drikke!
Hun kom på benene igen, men vi syntes ikke at hun skulle ud i stalden, så vi slæbte en halmballe ind i gangen (der var fliser på gulvet!), og satte en plade for døren. Så kunne hun stå der og kigge ind i stuen og ud på badeværelset! Vores hund syntes at det var meget interessant og gav hende et lille slike en gang i mellem.
Vi prøvede at skaffe en reservemor til hende. Jeg sad med hende bag i en kassevogn, der lå hun pænt på mit skød! Men hoppen ville ikke have hende, så vi måtte køre hjem igen (der fældede jeg en lille tåre må jeg sige!). Vi kunne ikke skaffe noget hoppemælkserstatning da det var i påsken. Nå men vi fik noget mælk til hende og hun blev helt frisk - og fræk!
Men det kan ikke anbefales at opflaske et føl, da det jo kan komme til at opfatte sig som et menneske og hellere vil være sammen med os end de andre heste. Vi var nok ikke gode nok til at få hende ud ved siden af de andre hurtigt og måske ville det have været bedre at lade hende patte af en pattespand, såden en der bruges til kalve. Så ville hun måske knapt så meget have forbundet mælken med os. Men vi havde nu meget sjov med hende, så som at ligge og solbade sammen med hende på hver sin madres, eller når hun gik ind i køkkenet for at få mælk!
Men Sheila blev solgt til en sød pige der nok havde mere tid til at nusse om hende en vi havde, eftersom vi gik hen og fik nogle dejlige drenge. desuden var det også for farligt at have hende, i forhold til drengene, da hun jo gerne ville leje med os og godt kunne være lidt voldsom! Vi håber at du har det godt Sheila, kys, kys!

Sheila bay mare (Ballet Prince XX x Sitanka). Sheila er 3/4 Troughbreed (xx) and 1/4 arabian (ox). She had a bad start in her life, because her mother did not want her. We tried to make her dam care for her and let her nurse, but with no luck. At 11 p.m. I went out in the stable to see how they were doing. Sheila was laying down, looking like she was dead! The vet came and he gave her some injektions, but did not think that she had much chance to survive. I asked what I could do? And he said that she needed water and heat if she should have any chance at all. So we carried her into the livingroom and lay her down beside the fireplace with a blanket on, and then I lay down beside her and gave her water with elektrolytes. It came in at one end and out at the other end!
At 4 a.m. she lifted her head and gave me a little sound! Then I gave some more to drink!
She got up on her feet agian, but we did not want to take her out in the stable already. So we took a bale of strav and put that in the hall between the livingroom and the bathroom! Then she could stand there and have a look into the livingroom and to the bathroom as well! Our dog thought it were very interesting and gave her a lick from time to time!
We tried to find an other mare that would let her nurse. But the mare would not let her nurse and did not like her at all! So we had to go home agian (must say that I cried a bit when I sad in the back of the car with her).
We could not get any milk for her because it was in the easter holidays. But finaly we got some milk for her and she were ok agian and very fresh!
But I will not recomend others to feed a foal by bottle. The horse become a human-horse more than a horse and prefer our company, than the company of other horses. We probably were not good enough to get her out in the stable with the other horses fast enough. I think it would also have been better to let her drink by one of those buckets that calfs use, insted of us holding the bottle. But we did have a lot of fun with her! As lying in the sun with her and when she came into the kitchen to get her milk!
Sheila were finaly sold to a nice girl, who probably had more time to spend with her than us, now we were getting children. She also were to dangerous to have around smal children, because she liked to play with us and you never really did know what she were up to!
We hope you are having a good time Sheila, kisses to you!