An orphaned foal found alone and terrified has been receiving round-the-clock care as her rescuers hope she has turned the corner. Ava, a Dartmoor hill pony, was discovered by residents at the beginning of July near the village of Lee Moor after her dam died on Dartmoor.
Charity Hill Pony Resources brought Ava, thought to be a few weeks old, off the moor and monitored her overnight before she was transferred to the Mare and Foal Sanctuary’s specialist veterinary and welfare center, Beech Trees in Newton Abbot, on 3 July.
A spokesman for the Mare and Foal Sanctuary said Ava, who was given a giant teddy bear for comfort, is “not out of the woods yet” having had breathing problems and suffered a mild bout of colic. The filly is being kept in quarantine and has undergone chest X-rays. The sanctuary’s head of equine Sally Burton said: “We are doing everything we can to keep Ava comfortable.
Losing her mother at such a young age would have caused her to deteriorate both physically and mentally. “At just a few weeks old foals are reliant on their mothers’ milk so we are feeding her every two hours around the clock. We’re all glad she was found and rescued. Now she just needs time and a lot of care.”
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