How's Eggsy the abandoned colt?

Eggsy was found, abandoned, earlier this year, dehydrated, starving and covered in lice. During the two months he has been in our care he has gone from this

sad, undernourished colt to

this healthy looking chap.

The painful sores have healed and the lice have been eradicated.

Eggsy gains confidence daily, his social skills have increased in leaps and bounds

 going from a foal frightened by other equines to one

confident enough to share haylage in close proximity with a horse much bigger than himself.

He has seen the farrier, taken wormer and 

learned to wear a rug, all for the first time.

Eggsy's still suffers from locking stifles but they too seem to have improved a little and we're hoping that given time and care he will be one of the 80% of foals who grow out of this condition.

We are really pleased with the improvement in Eggsy, none of which could have been achieved without the financial assistance from those who have kindly donated to |Eggsy's GoFundMe campaign to whom we are eternally grateful.

Would you like to help Eggsy? 

Eggsy has a GoFundMe campaign to help raise funds for his care, we'd be really grateful if you'd go take a look, share it far and wide via your social media and of course if you can spare some money please donate.

Help Raise Abandoned Foal Eggsy ~ GoFundMe

Thank you, Eggsy and I really appreciate it x

What sort of person abandons a foal?

When people hear that Eggsy was abandoned at only 7 months old they often automatically assume that he was abandoned by the breeder, not so. Eggsy was sold as a weanling at 6 months of age.

One then imagines that the foal might have been sold in a pub for a few quid on a Saturday night and that the morning after the night before the purchaser realized they had made a dreadful mistake. No, the person who purchased Eggsy chose him before he was weaned, paying for him in installments over a number of weeks before taking delivery of their new equine.

So now you might be thinking that the new owner had no experience with horses and didn't know what to do with him. No, the person who abandoned Eggsy was in their 50s and had owned ponies since their teens, in fact they had 4 other equines who went with them when they moved.

Why did they abandon him? I have no real answer, why anyone would purchase a foal only to dump it a few weeks later is really beyond my comprehension, though one does wonder if they heartlessly sentenced him to a possible long and lingering death by starvation due to his locking stifles.

Will you help Eggsy? 

Eggsy has a GoFundMe campaign to help raise funds for his care, we'd be really grateful if you'd go take a look, share it far and wide via your social media and of course if you can spare some money please donate.

Help Raise Abandoned Foal Eggsy ~ GoFundMe

Thank you Eggsy and I greatly appreciate it x

So many people helping Eggsy the abandoned foal

So many lovely people helping Eggsy 

people from dogs shows

 and horse shows

people from all walks of life have taken Eggsy to their heart and helped raise 24% of his GoFundMe target !

Thank you to

Judy, organizer of The Pink Tractor Field Dog Show 

Maddy  founder of Easy Tiger Productions 

Sheila

Seasons Horsewear who hand make the most wonderful selection of saddle pads you've ever seen

Dianne who owns The Urban Cottage in Stamford

Nikki

Bea whose new bird food website Norfolk Bea will be up and running shortly

Bev

Mal

Naomi

Niamh who is organizing a special Twitter #fortheloveofhorses to raise awareness for equine charities on Friday 4th Septemebr at 8pm follow her on Twitter @NiamhLQB

and of course to those who prefer to remain anonymous.

I can't begin to tell you how much your support means to Eggsy and I.

Would you like to help Eggsy? 

Eggsy has a GoFundMe campaign to help raise funds for his care, we'd be really grateful if you'd go take a look, share it far and wide via your social media and of course if you can spare some money please donate.

Help Raise Abandoned Foal Eggsy ~ GoFundMe

Thank you, Eggsy and I really appreciate it x

What's all this about microchipping then Eggsy? Microchipping abandoned equines

Microchips are a small implant, about the size of a grain of rice, that contain a unique serial code. They are implanted into the ligament on the left side of the horses neck , via an injection by a veterinary surgeon.

The microchips unique serial code can be read using an electronic microchip reader. The code along with the owner's details are stored on a computerised data base.

Since the 2005  introduction of compulsory passports for horses another European Union regulation came into effect on 1st July 2009 which states that all foals must be microchipped before an owner can apply for an equine passport. Any foal born after 1st July 2009 must be microchipped within 6 months of birth or before 31st December of the year of birth or the owner will face a possible fine. 

This means that Eggsy will have to be microchipped by the end of the year, not a problem now due to the generous donations but not all abandoned equines are so lucky. 

Under Section 7B and 7C of the Animals Act 1971, as introduced by the Control of Horses Act 2015  if an abandoned horse is not claimed ownership passes to the person detaining the equine, who may then retain ownership, or see that they are re-homed, sold or humanely destroyed. Which means that whoever has had the equine dumped on them then becomes legally responsible for microchipping & passporting before said equine can be sold or risk a fine of up to £5,000. At a cost of around £100 it becomes economically unviable, leading to the majority of abandoned equines being destroyed.


Eggsy's microchipping and passporting fees are covered now but he still has lots of other expenses, would you like to help support Eggsy?

Would you like to help Eggsy? 

Eggsy has a Ko-fi page where you can buy Eggsy a "coffee" the donation is spent on Eggsy's essential care, food etc, we'd be really grateful if you'd go take a look, share it far and wide via your social media and of course if you can spare some money please donate.

Click to help Eggsy Pony by buying him a coffee on Ko-fi 

Thank you, Eggsy and I really appreciate it x

Eggsy the abandoned foal wears a rug for the first time

The Great British weather tipped it down at the weekend so when Eggsy started to shiver we started searching through the rugs for one that might fit. Luckily we'd kept a couple of foal rugs from some time ago and although not in perfect condition they were fit for wear.

Eggsy wasn't too keen on the idea of wearing a rug and had to be bribed with copious amounts of carrots to stand still long enough to get one fitted.

But, it didn't take him long to begin to appreciate his "raincoat" and he soon found that all foal duties could be performed whilst wearing a rug. Duties like eating his dinner!

By morning he was an old hand at rug wearing.
Would you like to help Eggsy? 

Eggsy has a Ko-fi page where you can buy Eggsy a "coffee" the donation is spent on Eggsy's essential care, food etc, we'd be really grateful if you'd go take a look, share it far and wide via your social media and of course if you can spare some money please donate.

Click to help Eggsy Pony by buying him a coffee on Ko-fi 

Thank you, Eggsy and I really appreciate it x

Companionship for abandoned foal

You may remember that Eggsy hasn't been too comfortable around the other equines. Since he came out of quarantine  we've been working at introducing him to other yard members, mostly he has seemed a little intimidated by them and has tried to hide out in the trees.

Ideally there would be another youngster to run and play with but unfortunately there isn't any young stock on his yard but Eggsy has found someone he is happy to spend time with

our oldest equine, a retired ex-racehorse ~ talk about little and large!
Would you like to help Eggsy? 

Eggsy has a Ko-fi page where you can buy Eggsy a "coffee" the donation is spent on Eggsy's essential care, food etc, we'd be really grateful if you'd go take a look, share it far and wide via your social media and of course if you can spare some money please donate.

Click to help Eggsy Pony by buying him a coffee on Ko-fi 

Thank you, Eggsy and I really appreciate it x

It takes a village to raise ~ an abandoned foal

We  have also have some good news in that the annual fun dog show that takes place on the Pink Tractor Field just off the A47 at Wisbech has added Eggsy to their beneficiaries this year:

Fun Day Dog Show

Sunday 2nd August 2015

With Bright Eyes Photography

In aid of Bulldog rescue & rehoming (reg.charity no: 1115009)

Sunshine Therapeutic Riding School

Osteosarcome research IWGH

& Eggsy (foal)

At Pink Tractor Field, Redmoor Lane, Wisbech (off A47) PE140RN

tel: 01945 580739 / 07776196751

Entries from 10am. £1.00 per class per dog. Ring side parking. 

Rosettes 1st-6th place. Refreshments. Tombola.

Stands welcome; FREE FOR RESCUES / CHARITIES

20 classes + individual best in show classes

Would you like to help Eggsy? 

Eggsy has a Ko-fi page where you can buy Eggsy a "coffee" the donation is spent on Eggsy's essential care, food etc, we'd be really grateful if you'd go take a look, share it far and wide via your social media and of course if you can spare some money please donate.

Click to help Eggsy Pony by buying him a coffee on Ko-fi 

Thank you, Eggsy and I really appreciate it x