Miracle Twins foals needing ongoing veterinary support
Bringing up twins can be an expensive exercise and twin foals bring a lot of health challenges and vets cost a lot of money.
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Conceiving twins is extremely rare in horses, about a 1 in 10,000 chance, and twins that survive birth are rarer still. Most often, one or both die in the womb or at birth. A doubly strained labour often kills the mother, as well but in May 2018 a miracle happened. A colt and filly were born in May to a mare that is being looked after for it's owner at Wakefield Equestrian in Te Puke.
The colt is the smaller of the two and has been having trouble standing. During his first week of life, he has needed help getting up. Every 2 hours someone goes out to his stall or paddock and helps him stand. Luckily he has gotten stronger every day and is now able to stand on his own. The filly is full of life and loves running around her mother.
The foals both look like they are doing well but to ensure things stay that way they are going to need ongoing vet care to help ensure their survival.
Karen Saunders 's involvement (page creator)
Hayley-Grace is a fantastic horse trainer who takes in all sorts of horses that need help. She has been training a horse my daughter rides as well as giving her lessons. A client (Bridget Quinn) has tasked her with looking after a mare that recenlty has delivered unexpected twin foals (the mare wasn't scanned early). The twins will need a lot of ongoing vet care.
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All funds raised will go towards their ongoing vet fees and associated care costs and paid to the horse's owner Bridget Quinn.
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