Missy at 8 weeks rehab!

This is Missy today, 3-1-17, just look how fat she is getting!

Missy arrived at the rescue on 12-27-16 with a body condition score 2 of 9 on the Henneke scale - emaciated.We are so excited that even in the midst of freezing cold winter weather she is steadily gaining 15-20 pounds a week and it shows. Not only is she looking better, she is feeling spunky!

Intake pictures from 12-27-16:

What's our recipe?  Food!  She gets 8 pounds of equine senior in the morning and 8 pounds in the evening for a total of 16 pounds each day, she also gets alfalfa for the cold nights and free feed orchard grass. She gets to eat in a private stall so no one runs her off the food and she can munch throughout the day. She also has a salt block, plenty of fresh water and probiotics. 

When she arrived she had an obvious injury to her right hind leg and she was dragging her hoof as she walked. We got her feet trimmed right away. Then Doc Boatright examined her and gave her both chiropractic adjustments and laser therapy. We started her on Equioxx for pain and to reduce any inflammation. With the build up of muscles returning and her therapies she no longer drags the foot but she still has a limp, something that will never go away. 

In January we noticed a small scratch on her eye and immediately took her to the vet. We were treating it with antibiotics three times a day and perhaps because her system couldn't fight it after months of malnutrition it wasn't getting better so we took her to the vets at Arizona Equine Medical in Gilbert, AZ and it was decided the best way to end the pain and possible deterioration of her eye was to remove it. Not what we had hoped for, but luckily they were able to perform the enucleation immediately and we were on our way home that evening. Missy did awesome during the surgery,

It has healed great and last week Patty came over and we removed the stitches. She has four more weeks before she can be turned out with all the horses and donkeys so in the meantime Twinkle, the little weanling we rescued on 1-14-17, keeps her company. We take her for walks and turn her out when the others are in stalls eating and she is adjusting great.  A short set back to her road to full recovery.

If you would like to help with her continued care, the cost of her surgery $2050.00, other vet bills, transport and medicines please consider making a tax-deductible donation it will help us meet our fundraising goal of $2500.  Missy thanks you and so do we!

If you would rather mail us a check, send it to PO Box 2722, Snowflake, AZ 85937.

By her 27th birthday in April Missy should be well on her way to a complete recovery from her days of not enough to eat and hopefully they will be long forgotten.  She is doing fabulous and is such a loving horse. I enjoy all the time I spend grooming her and she easily falls asleep to the massaging feel of it.  She is very happy and so are we. Our snarky girl loves sticking her tongue out!

She's had a rough road and rather than put her down as many would have done, we felt she deserved a chance at a normal life with many years yet to live.  Many happy, healthy years.

As always we thank you for your kindness and continued support of our mission and all that we do to help horses, donkeys and mules too.  You make such a big difference in each of their lives.

Thank you!

Christine