We received a call from a lady whose dog had come across an abandoned foal on Dartmoor, it had been raining heavily all day with low lying fog over most of the moor all day. The lady had carried the foal home where she immediately called a vet for advice. The vet advised that she keep the foal warm and call us, a member of staff went and collected the foal and bought it to the yard where a second member of staff was waiting. The foal was put in a warm blanket in a heated stable and staff attempted to feed it, it was very weak and approximately a day old. The foal would not feed so the vet was called, he soon arrived and decided to tube feed the foal colostrum. We were advised to feed every two hours and keep the foal warm, unfortunately the foal passed away just before its next feed was due.
No comments:
Post a Comment