We received a call from a farmer asking if we could take an abandoned foal. The foals mother still had a yearling feeding from her and the newborn had been pushed away. We took the colt in and initially he was doing very well. A member of staff fed the colt every two hours and monitored him throughout the night, in the morning he seemed well and had a feed. However he refused his next feed and the next, he seemed to be straining to go to the toilet and spent a lot of time lying down. Concerned staff asked a vet to attend to the foal, by the time the vet had arrived the foal had deteriorated further, he was given treatment. He did not improve and the vet was called back, a bladder problem was suspected so a scan was performed. This revealed the foal had a ruptured bladder, a common problem in very young foals. It was decided to have the foal put to sleep. RIP little man.
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