First, Dr. H. is very pleased with Jerri and Apple's conditions. He has stated that we are to feed Apple three times per day (she will get wheat hay at lunch time, plus beet pulp morning and night, which we informed him we were already doing). He stated that since we received them later in their pregnancy it would have been difficult to assess her weight, but his guess was that she was probably down when she was bred, but again that is his guess and only a guess. When the girls arrived here in January we asked his advice and recommendation for feeding them all.
The babies are in excellent health and both received their shots. (Apple and Jerri did not require shots because in January they had all their shots prior to entering US and are not due until January 09). Anyway, Hope was perfect and Jerri did not mind her being removed from the stall. She stood while she got her shots and never even flinched.
Apple was not happy about AJ being separated from her but she stood by the gate and watched as he was right there as well. He took his shots as well like a champ. As Hope is, AJ is just as strong. Goodness, his legs look like little tree trunks. When he finally comes up off his hocks like little Hope does he will be four inches taller.
So the end result of all my babbling is we have HEALTHY MAMAS AND HEALTHY BABIES!!!!!
Stephanie
