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Lioness the Wild Orphan Foal

  • Lioness loses her battle

      10 January 2020
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    Last night we said a very sad goodbye to our wild orphan Lioness. After 12 days battling for her life we made the decision for the vet to put her down at 3am. It's not the outcome we were expecting or hoping for, but thanks to everyone's support and donations we were able to give her the best care possible and a fighting chance, and that's all anyone can ask for.

    Here's my favourite photo of Lioness enjoying a scratch, one of the many special moments we shared with her over the past two weeks.

    A huge thank you to my family, friends, the amazing SPCA and DOC personal, and the vets that worked with Lioness... it’s been a huge team effort and very many sleepless nights caring for these two orphans. This feat couldn’t have been done alone, and by default there are many of us heartbroken over the loss of this precious soul.

    You fought a good fight little girl, and without you Lion wouldn't be alive today.. so in him your spirit will live on

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  • Lioness's 4th Vet Visit

      3 January 2020
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    Lioness has had an eventful morning with her fourth vet visit to have an IV line with fluids, vitamins and sugars, and her eye and pressure sores treated. She's also had bloods taken to see how much muscle damage has been done and also to check her kidney functions.

    On a positive note her temperature remains normal and the heart murmur that was evident when we found her on the 29.12.2019 has now corrected itself. She is still able to stay sitting up unassisted and was able to bear a little bit of weight on her hind legs up in the sling.

    It's now been six days since we found Lioness severely dehydrated and unable to stand in the sand dunes of the Far North, and it's a miracle she's made it this far. Every day she makes good progress and we're optimistic she'll be up and walking in the near future.

    Yesterday, for the first time, she neighed out when saw us, and is now doing it every time we visit her. She's got the most amazing nature, a true fighting spirit and is very accepting of everything - we couldn't have asked for a better patient.

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  • Standing with a Sling

      2 January 2020
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    Little Lioness is standing.. with a lot of help from a calf sling, which we got from a nearby farmer, and some good old Kiwi ingenuity to custom fit it to her size and shape <3

    She'll have several short periods in the sling each day and then a few hours to rest on a mattress in between.

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