The horse with the bad eye

We've been working hard trying to get things done for the horse with the bad eye.  We've been campaigning on facebook without success.

This morning, we wrote pretty harsh to the facebook friends.  One friend thought we were trying to blackmail them into giving donations.  This was not at all true!  We were merely stating the fact that if the horse did not get surgery, she was going to have to be euthanized.  The eye does appear to be getting worse and it's not fair to her to stay like she is.
     This facebook friend did some research and made a couple of calls.  He found a vet down in Santa Cruz that we tried to contact but the office was already closed.
     When I scanned the Santa Cruz vet's website, the vet appeared to be heavy into what appeared to be Transfer Factor Plus.  We have seen both positive and negative with Transfer Factor Plus.  We will contact the vet's office tomorrow morning to see what all they offer.

The older picture is on the bottom.

Callita update

We never got the funding for Callita's eye surgery.  But we did have a Herbology Doctor give us a couple of jars of Black Salve.  We are currently on the second jar.

It "appears" to have stopped the growth of the tumor.  It doesn't look like it has shrank but because it is such a large mass, it may take time to show any shrinkage if it is going to shrink. Since we have been using the Black Salve, their has only been one incident of bleeding and that was an area that we hadn't put the Black Salve on.

We would like to get some donations to get some more of the Black Salve.  The cost is between $10 and $15 per jar.

If you wish to donate, we accept donations through paypal: galloping_angels@ymail.com.  Thank you in advance for your kind donations.

update on the horse with the swollen eye

When this horse first came to us, we were told that the horse possibly had upper eyelid cancer.

The first few days she was here, she had a heavy and thick yellow discharge draining from her eye like it was infected.  I did some research on it.  I began to wonder if it wasn't an out of control fungal infection.  The information I read on it, stated fungal infections take at least 35 days to clear up using a topical ointment.
     We took her to the vets.  The vet said she had to have her eye removed so it would give her a year to year and a half quality life.  While we were campaigning for donations to have the surgery done, the vet gave me some topical (antibacterial/antifungal) ointment to use.  The vet had major doubts it would work but it didn't hurt to try.
     The following day after I applied the ointment, her lower eye lids swelling was reduced drastically.  That evening, the swelling was back.  I started applying the ointment like I had done the first day.  I have noticed a slow reduction in the swelling in both upper and lower lids since.  Last night, the lids were no longer fused together.  I could see her eye clearly.  It is opaque.  Whether she can see light and shadows is unclear at this time but she is considered blind in that eye according to medical standards.  She is able to move both her upper and lower lids slightly at this time.  The movement will possibly increase as the swelling goes down even more.
     She will still have to have her eye removed, unfortunately.  There is a strange phenomenon called sympathy.  (When one eye goes bad, the other will generally follow.)  And so in order to save the sight in the good eye, the bad eye will have to be removed.
     We still need donations for her surgery.  Paypal:  galloping_angels@ymail.com

Thanks in advance for your donations.

The horse that thinks it's a dog

I went out for a walk this morning and when I came back, I had seen the tail end of an animal under the porch.  I looked under it and saw this picture.

I attempted to lure him out by letting him smell and taste a small amount of alfalfa.  It became obvious very quickly that he had no clue how to use his back up gear.  He was stuck!  So with some help from another person, we managed to get him out.  He was laying on the netting that was underneath the porch and so that is how we managed to drag him out.

Donations urgently needed for horse eye surgery

We brought in a mini horse a little over a week ago.  We took her to the vets.  She has upper eyelid cancer and needs to have her eye removed so she can have another year to a year and a half quality life.  The surgery will cost around $1000.  Please donate to her cause.  She would really love to get rid of the ugly mass that bothers her.  Donations can be made through paypal:  galloping_angels@ymail.com.  Tax id:  01-0975880

Easter

Everyone at Galloping Angels Rescue and Sanctuary is wishing everyone a wonderful and Happy Easter.

the new arrival, Frankie

We've been quite busy with the new gelding, Frankie the last few days.  We measured him and he is about 38 inches tall.  When he arrived, he had horrible looking feet.  They were trimmed yesterday and to our surprise, they were in good shape.  Frankie also appears to be ridable.  We had a teen get on him and he responded to her commands.

Today, Frankie got to get out of the pen and spend time with the other minis.  He seemed to have liked that a lot.

We are looking forward to learning more about this new little boy.