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Permanent Residents
Echo
Echo is a long-term foster equine here from Cottage Rescue, he arrived at the end of 2007.
He was in horrific condition when Hannah and Kelly, of Cottage Rescue, found him but luckily for him they worked their ‘magic’ on him and after several months he was in a position to move on to a long-term foster home which is when we stepped in and offered a place here for him.
A cruelty case was brought against Echo’s owner and he was successfully prosecuted for cruelty by the judge. Cottage Rescue were highly commended by the judge for the great job they did in bringing Echo back to full health and for all the work they do for other animals.
Ginger
At the beginning of September 2008 Ginger entered our lives, sometimes people will think they have “pulled the wool” over your eyes when in actual fact it is the other way around just you do not bother to make a big deal about it because to you it is more important to get the animal to safety than the ‘spoof’ that is coming out of an owner’s mouth. Ginger was being used as a lead rein pony in a riding school ... whatever about the proprietors of the school but shame on all the people/parent’s who stood looking at him week after week and did not care about the state of his feet or think about the pain he would have been enduring as he ‘numbly’ carried their child around the arena
From the moment we laid eyes on a photo of this sweet boy we felt it was highly likely that he had Cushings Disease and so we decided we would go take a closer look .... ‘oh dear’, well actually slightly stronger words than those filtered through our minds, was the first thought that entered our minds when we saw him ‘in the flesh’ ... his hooves were grossly overgrown and someone in their effort to ‘shorten’ them had just cut straight across the fronts of them. There and then the decision was made, he simply had to come to live with us so we could ensure that he could receive proper farrier care and have the tests for Cushings done. It has been a slow road for Ginger’s hooves but with each trim they are improving and with the overgrown ‘turn-ups’ gone he has more comfort walking around. He is still getting hoof strengthening supplements to help build up their strength to reduce the crumbling.
Our suspicions about Cushings Disease was confirmed after our vet ran the tests for us so at the moment Ginger is on a variety of herbs everyday in an effort to keep some control over the disease. Time will tell how this disease will effect the quality and longevity of this gentle well-mannered boy’s life. Of course it goes without saying that as soon as we feel the herbs are not sufficient for a good quality of life we will commence him on the ‘traditional’ cushings medication.
Ginger’s age is estimated to be somewhere around 14yrs+, this is a photo of how he looked in Summer 2009 ...... quite a difference from how he looked when he first arrived
“Nanny May”
Nanny May is our ‘twenty-something’ 12h2 pony who came to us from another rescue earlier this year in the hope that the younger equines here would benefit from her years of ‘knowledge in all ways equine’ ....... Not only can we say that she has been of benefit to our ‘young-ones’ but she excelled all expectations with the speed at which she offered her services to become ‘nanny’ to Rocky, our orphan foal.
It is most likely that Nanny May will live out the rest of her years with us on account of her leadership & maternal guidance and we hope that many more equines will benefit from our level headed friend :)
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