| Going in chronological order…
Miss Admiral Halsey who was formerly posted about as missing has been found deceased.
Wildest Dreams who had an eye problem, has recovered and was released at the lighthouse in the southern pasture.
Flower and her foal who was ill, recovered well, they were released to the lighthouse in the southern pasture.
Blue Moon, had a foal and it has not been seen in awhile, Prince’s herd is generally seldom seen up in the north herd so unfortunately no signs of distress in the foal and we presume it is deceased.
Sunburst had a foal 5/12 and after many different falls, mud holes, and lack of nursing. She and the foal finally found their groove. We then observed it with bad diarrhea and acting very lethargic three days later. We made the decision to bring them in. Although Sunburst wouldn’t get into the trailer with the foal she followed the foal held by a cowboy on the bed of pickup 3 miles to the corral. The foal had severe dehydration and an umbilical infection probably from the mud holes he fell in. They are both doing well now through an amazing effort by the vet team!
Very recently we had a plethora of foals have some problems or unresolvable issues:
Daisey had a foal, for unknown reasons this foal passed the same day it was born. We likely think that he was not developed all the way and very sickly. He passed in a peaceful unsuspecting place.
Carolynn had a foal, it had a rough few first days, had a hard time nursing at first, got trampled by fighting stallions, got on the wrong side of the fence yesterday, thankfully volunteers were able to observe it and watched it come back through no problems. While against the odds it seemed to be doing well. Then yesterday around 11 we observed Carolynn and her herd come out near Little Beach without a foal, after prolonged watching we began a search for the foal hoping they had just been separated. The search found the foal, unfortunately deceased in a peaceful meadow. The foal had no injuries and the signs pointed to sepsis.
As of today four foals have passed so far this year their respective numbers are: 13,39,58,61
Around the same period there were two issues spotted in the northern herd:
Penny was spotted late Thursday with a laceration beside her tail. While her injury was not yet life threatening it was decided that we would do a roundup to catch them as she resides in a remote area with an elusive stallion (Twist).
Precious Jewel and her colt had an issue of separation and possibly abandonment. We were able to get up there and eventually find them seemingly okay. We were notified the next morning by hikers that the foal had diarrhea. It was decided to also ere on the side of caution and bring it in on Sunday with everyone else. Volunteers checked on it yesterday and observed it seemingly normal, nursing, no alarming signs.
That leads us to today… would you believe me if I told you that Twist and his group tried hard to evade the cowboys? Well he gave it his best shot and nearly got away, some good cowboying, trailer placement, and persistence ended up getting him to the corral. They gave us a distraction when Chilibean’s foal separated and was lost and confused with the group out of sight. We had about half the cowboys focus on that and half focus on twist. They were eventually able to catch the foal and bring it to the corral where he was reunited with mom. Twist played hide and seek near the corral for about an hour but they eventually got him in there. A whirlwind of a morning!
Precious Jewel, her foal, who was severely dehydrated and could use some good thoughts and prayers are on their way to Pennsylvania.
Penny’s laceration hasn’t gotten any worse but she is also on her way up to Pennsylvania, did we mention that she had a baby Friday? Super cute little black and white Colt who is tough as nails to do the roundup and keep up with mom and dad! For both of their safety it’s best to treat a wound of this severity which may not have healed on its own in the wild.
A lot going on all the time, we post as it’s pertinent, we appreciate the vet staff so much for helping these foals who would have perished if left to Mother Nature. Thank you to the Cowboys, some who travelled an hour to ride for us this morning! Without their exceptional knowledge of the island roundups like this mornings could not happen and have a great result! A thank you to the hikers and boat tours who report injuries or sickness to us so we can step in when needed.
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