Orphan foal update

We brought 3 orphan foals in recently, two from Balgo community in the far eastern Kimberley and one from Waterbank, near Broome.

In Balgo little colt Onyx was found abandoned by his herd, stuck in mud. He was pulled out by local man Mick, who washed him and fed him skimmed milk till we could get there. After a long trip and a vet check, he managed to gradually recover from the mud he’d swallowed. Bottle feeding was every few hours.

Onyx is now 8 weeks old and has attached himself to mare, Athena, and is growing very fast.
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Again we were called out to Balgo by Mick for an orphan filly whose mother had been shot. Little Pixie survived the trip and after a long rest began drinking and perked up quickly. Jen was busy feeding them both with some help from others when yet another orphan foal arrived.
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This one, a filly we called Elli, was also found abandoned.  Elli wouldn’t drink from a bottle but was happy to be fed by syringe.  She and Pixie became close friends and now stay together though Pixie is the cheeky one and Elli is curious about everything.
They are both tiny but now drink from a bucket, as does Onyx.