Help Save Misty the Rescue Pony
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A message from the non-profit Sundance Horse Rescue. Our rescued 10-year-old Shetland pony, Misty, has become quite ill with a bad Colic and we need assistance covering her $6000+ vet bills. If we help her, she will have a successful adoption into a loving forever home.
We know she's in pain as she's showing all the signs of a gastro-intestinal blockage and has caused her to stop eating or drinking, increased her heart rate, fever, she's lying down, rolling, kicking and biting at her abdomen, stretching out her torsos, etc. If not treated medically or with surgery, a colic can take the life of an ordinarily healthy horse, like Misty.
After 3 days of local vet care (various procedures to administer mineral oil and Epsom salt directly into her stomach to help move the blockage through), radiographs of her abdomen revealed a FOOTBALL sized clump of old sand in her colon. This is a very serious colic considering the size of the mass in Misty's small pony body and that the colon is prone to infection, inflammation and tearing and made it clear that she needed 24-hour ICU medical care in a veterinary facility. So, we sent her off to the ICU at Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center for, at least, 72 hours of constant clinical care to see if her colic can be resolved.
Though we are, of course, prepared to take care of all reasonable emergencies, we were not prepared for the new pony to incur a vet bill of $6000+ in just a few days! Her local vet bills totaled around $1300, emergency trailer hauling was $400, care in the Loomis ICU is about $1500 per day as they tube her several times a day under sedation and administer pain meds and constant IV fluids (photo attached).
If Loomis cannot help her, a colic surgery is upwards of $10,000 (on top of the current fees), and we would not be able to cover that which would result in it being necessary to humanely and lovingly let her go. An ending we absolutely dread thinking about. ☹
We would be so grateful for any help to cover the medical care Misty needs to survive this colic. Any funds we raise here will go directly to Misty’s vet bills and care, and any funds left over will go directly to the care and needs of other rescue horses. Misty really is the sweetest little pony and deserves to have the best life possible. Thank you for reading to the end and caring about our animals in need. See more photos of Misty and donate to her care on our website: http://www.sundancehorserescue.org/donate.html
With much appreciation!
~Marjorie McCoy; President
Sundance Horse Rescue
We know she's in pain as she's showing all the signs of a gastro-intestinal blockage and has caused her to stop eating or drinking, increased her heart rate, fever, she's lying down, rolling, kicking and biting at her abdomen, stretching out her torsos, etc. If not treated medically or with surgery, a colic can take the life of an ordinarily healthy horse, like Misty.
After 3 days of local vet care (various procedures to administer mineral oil and Epsom salt directly into her stomach to help move the blockage through), radiographs of her abdomen revealed a FOOTBALL sized clump of old sand in her colon. This is a very serious colic considering the size of the mass in Misty's small pony body and that the colon is prone to infection, inflammation and tearing and made it clear that she needed 24-hour ICU medical care in a veterinary facility. So, we sent her off to the ICU at Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center for, at least, 72 hours of constant clinical care to see if her colic can be resolved.
Though we are, of course, prepared to take care of all reasonable emergencies, we were not prepared for the new pony to incur a vet bill of $6000+ in just a few days! Her local vet bills totaled around $1300, emergency trailer hauling was $400, care in the Loomis ICU is about $1500 per day as they tube her several times a day under sedation and administer pain meds and constant IV fluids (photo attached).
If Loomis cannot help her, a colic surgery is upwards of $10,000 (on top of the current fees), and we would not be able to cover that which would result in it being necessary to humanely and lovingly let her go. An ending we absolutely dread thinking about. ☹
We would be so grateful for any help to cover the medical care Misty needs to survive this colic. Any funds we raise here will go directly to Misty’s vet bills and care, and any funds left over will go directly to the care and needs of other rescue horses. Misty really is the sweetest little pony and deserves to have the best life possible. Thank you for reading to the end and caring about our animals in need. See more photos of Misty and donate to her care on our website: http://www.sundancehorserescue.org/donate.html
With much appreciation!
~Marjorie McCoy; President
Sundance Horse Rescue
Organizer
Marjorie McCoy
Organizer
Penn Valley, CA