I mentioned our ‘rescue’** foal on another thread and someone (sorry can’t remember who now 
) asked about her. (warning, she is super cute )
So we had 2 mares in foal this year but unfortunately one slipped her foal early. This meant of course we just had one foal and ideally I like to wean them with a friend. So, I agreed to buy a foal from another breeder who had a single one and trusted them, we exchanged a lot of emails and chatted. Anyway, she arrived and I was gutted, and fuming! She was tiny, really poor looking and completely terrified, the worst I have ever seen, I mean properly about to literally end herself with fear. She was really really skinny, you could feel along her spine and hip bones and worst of all she was covered in scabs. The worst rainscald I have ever seen. Literally covered in thick scabs from her wither, over her shoulders, along her back and over her hindquarters and into to the top of her tail. The vet advised not to turn her out until it was better as once the scabs started to lift it literally left her with a bald back! So - she was not able to go out with my other foal and has ended up being in 24/7, on a heap of feed/haylage and generally costing me a fortune and taking up a load of time. Recently she has been able to go out for a few hours through the day but despite handling her every day since the end of Nov, I still cant get near her even in the stable without her almost climbing the walls. Luckily, she attached herself to Brook, Brook adores her and now she follows her everywhere When I bring Brook in, she often doesn't even have a headcollar on, I joke now to make sure she brings her Ginger Child in with her i think we are making progress but it is slow, painfully slow. Brook was unhandled when I got her but geez, within a few weeks she was catching and happily having a headcollar taken on and off!
anyway, pics for you guys
this is Scarlet
this was the first are of scabs to lift, it was on her spine
Im pleased to report all the scabs are now gone and she has lovely new shiny fur coming in
**technically she isnt a rescue as such but she should have been, poor mite, the breeder is well aware of my feelings too.
ETA fluff hides a multitude of sins it was only on handling her I realised how poor she really was
) asked about her. (warning, she is super cute )So we had 2 mares in foal this year but unfortunately one slipped her foal early. This meant of course we just had one foal and ideally I like to wean them with a friend. So, I agreed to buy a foal from another breeder who had a single one and trusted them, we exchanged a lot of emails and chatted. Anyway, she arrived and I was gutted, and fuming! She was tiny, really poor looking and completely terrified, the worst I have ever seen, I mean properly about to literally end herself with fear. She was really really skinny, you could feel along her spine and hip bones and worst of all she was covered in scabs. The worst rainscald I have ever seen. Literally covered in thick scabs from her wither, over her shoulders, along her back and over her hindquarters and into to the top of her tail. The vet advised not to turn her out until it was better as once the scabs started to lift it literally left her with a bald back! So - she was not able to go out with my other foal and has ended up being in 24/7, on a heap of feed/haylage and generally costing me a fortune and taking up a load of time. Recently she has been able to go out for a few hours through the day but despite handling her every day since the end of Nov, I still cant get near her even in the stable without her almost climbing the walls. Luckily, she attached herself to Brook, Brook adores her and now she follows her everywhere
When I bring Brook in, she often doesn't even have a headcollar on, I joke now to make sure she brings her Ginger Child in with her i think we are making progress but it is slow, painfully slow. Brook was unhandled when I got her but geez, within a few weeks she was catching and happily having a headcollar taken on and off!anyway, pics for you guys
this is Scarlet
this was the first are of scabs to lift, it was on her spine
Im pleased to report all the scabs are now gone and she has lovely new shiny fur coming in
**technically she isnt a rescue as such but she should have been, poor mite, the breeder is well aware of my feelings too.
ETA fluff hides a multitude of sins
it was only on handling her I realised how poor she really was
