Rascal
Height: 15 hh (est) and growing
Weight: 800 lbs (est)
DOB: 4/5/17
Sex: Filly
Color: Gray
Breed: Mustang (Captive Born)
DNA: 1st Noriker,
2nd Galiceno,
3rd Quarter Horse
Adoption Fee: $1,500 (will increase with training)
Category: Young Horses
Weight: 800 lbs (est)
DOB: 4/5/17
Sex: Filly
Color: Gray
Breed: Mustang (Captive Born)
DNA: 1st Noriker,
2nd Galiceno,
3rd Quarter Horse
Adoption Fee: $1,500 (will increase with training)
Category: Young Horses
Rascal's Story
2020 Update: Rascal had her first ride, she went walk trot like it was nothing new! This mare has a one in a million temperament and will be a very special horse for someone. She is ready for a job!
Update 2019: Rascal is a personable, friendly, and quiet 2yr old filly. She is incredibly easy to work with, and will be very easy to train.
Rascal is looking for an intermediate or advanced horse person to develop her as she grows. She has beauty and brains!
She is sound and will be suitable for most riding activities, although her temperament is far too quiet to be a competitive speed event
horse. Rascal is the first to investigate people in pasture and follows everyone around. She can't wait to have a job!
Rascal faced a lot of challenges from her first day on Earth! AAE’s call for help with Rascal came on April 5, 2017. She was just hours old; her mom scaled a six foot paddock and left her behind. She was located over five hours away, so we mobilized and met in Reno to pick her up. She was very weak, and couldn’t get up on her own, so our first stop was Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center. She was hospitalized. The initial outlook was good until her blood values took a dive in the night. Fortunately, by morning, she was fighting back. As it turns out, she was fighting a severe selenium deficiency that caused white muscle disease, which also put her kidneys in distress. This sweet little filly could not stand up on her own for the first 26 days of her life, Thanks to your support, the excellent care of the staff at LBEMC for 13 days of her life and 24/7 care of dedicated volunteers at AAE for another 13 days, she Rascal was able to STAND. Rascal had several more hurdles along the way including two bouts with c. diff bacteria, a large umbilical hernia and surgical repair, then chronic diarrhea for nearly a year.
Today, she is healthy and thriving, and she passes normal poop. For Rascal, that's reason to celebrate. That being said, due to her history of white muscle disease, there is potential her muscles were compromised, so she should not be considered a prospect for endurance, performance work, competition, or anything that might be too demanding on her systems.
Rascal is a gorgeous gal. She loves people, is a bit spoiled, and she will need a confident handler to maintain boundaries. She halters, leads, and loads, and she is good with her feet, but can be a little impatient with the farrier. She is ready for her own bff in her forever home.
Rascal is up to date with vaccines, deworming, and hoof and dental care, and she has a microchip in place.
UPDATE 4/16/2017:
Our sweet little one is still moving in the right direction. She has made substantial improvement in her whole 10 days of life. Her first lab results for a muscle enzyme showed her values were off the charts. Normal is 800, and upon intake she was at 120,000, the highest level the equipment could read. As of yesterday, her muscle enzyme levels and other blood levels were within normal range. She is still weak and unable to get up on her own, which is not uncommon, but once she's helped to stand, her mobility is MUCH improved !! Thanks to her docs at Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center, her hospitalization is winding down, and she will be home soon, but she has a long rehab/recovery to come and she's not out of the woods by far. To say her journey has been a rollercoaster ride is an understatement, but we thank you all so much for your support and assistance with this little gal.
Click here to learn more about selenium deficiency?
She still needs your help. Due to her baby steps in recovery, the cost of her care continues to climb, and we exceeded the initial guesstimate for costs of hospitalization by quite a bit. It's hard for us to ask, but we committed to getting her this far, and we need some help to continue her hospitalization and treatment. Please share and spread the word of this sweet babies fight, and let's get this gentle girl home!
Click here to donate to the Little Filly Fund.
Or visit her Facebook album here.
FIRST POST:
Orphan filly needs our help now. Yesterday (4/5), AAE received a plea for assistance with an orphaned foal who was just a few hours old. She had been rejected by mom and needed help. So transport was arranged and off we went. She was about 4.5 hours away and we met in the middle.
Gosh, what a precious lil' filly we met, but it's been a really rough start! Unfortunately, she was very weak, and definitely in a fragile state, so we stopped at Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center (LBEMC) on the way home. Turns out, her blood values were not good, and she was hospitalized. A call at midnight informed us her blood values moving in wrong direction, and we were being prepared for not so good news in the morning. HOWEVER, she was up and drinking milk replacer on her own, so that was good!
This morning, she was holding her own, but still quite sick. She was still getting up on her own and drinking her milk replacer with a good appetite. That offered some optimism. This afternoon, she was up, she's eating, and her blood levels are trending in the right direction. She wants to live! She's a FIGHTER and AAE wants to support her as she battles to live.
Although she's not out of the woods, the docs think she's moving in the right direction. It likely she's dealing with the results of being rejected by mom, stresses of transport, and secondary effects resulting from mom's malnourishment and selenium deficiency. are hopeful that with 5 +/- days of hospitalization and supportive care, she has a good shot at a relatively normal life. However, there is a chance there will be some long lasting effects, but it's too early to know. We need a few more days to have a better picture, but so far, the trend is good. A BIG THANK YOU to LBEMC for their quick actions and the outstanding care provided for this little filly.
Without hospitalization, she has little chance of survival at this point. The unfortunate reality is that we are looking at a big expense for this one little life, well over $5,000 to get there. She needs your help. If our big community can help in little bits, the hit isn't so hard to any one, and for those that need, AAE is a 501(c)(3), so donations are tax deductible.
If everyone that can will help just a little, we can give this precious girl a chance to live a full life.
Some folks may think because of the costs that euthanasia is the better choice. Fair enough, and if you feel that way, you are under no obligation to donate. But if you are like many others and believe every life counts as long as there's a good chance for a good quality of life, please help if you can. Because this little girl has a good chance for a good quality of life, we think she deserves the opportunity. This girl wants to live!
This little girl thanks YOU for caring enough to help her live.
Update 2019: Rascal is a personable, friendly, and quiet 2yr old filly. She is incredibly easy to work with, and will be very easy to train.
Rascal is looking for an intermediate or advanced horse person to develop her as she grows. She has beauty and brains!
She is sound and will be suitable for most riding activities, although her temperament is far too quiet to be a competitive speed event
horse. Rascal is the first to investigate people in pasture and follows everyone around. She can't wait to have a job!
Rascal faced a lot of challenges from her first day on Earth! AAE’s call for help with Rascal came on April 5, 2017. She was just hours old; her mom scaled a six foot paddock and left her behind. She was located over five hours away, so we mobilized and met in Reno to pick her up. She was very weak, and couldn’t get up on her own, so our first stop was Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center. She was hospitalized. The initial outlook was good until her blood values took a dive in the night. Fortunately, by morning, she was fighting back. As it turns out, she was fighting a severe selenium deficiency that caused white muscle disease, which also put her kidneys in distress. This sweet little filly could not stand up on her own for the first 26 days of her life, Thanks to your support, the excellent care of the staff at LBEMC for 13 days of her life and 24/7 care of dedicated volunteers at AAE for another 13 days, she Rascal was able to STAND. Rascal had several more hurdles along the way including two bouts with c. diff bacteria, a large umbilical hernia and surgical repair, then chronic diarrhea for nearly a year.
Today, she is healthy and thriving, and she passes normal poop. For Rascal, that's reason to celebrate. That being said, due to her history of white muscle disease, there is potential her muscles were compromised, so she should not be considered a prospect for endurance, performance work, competition, or anything that might be too demanding on her systems.
Rascal is a gorgeous gal. She loves people, is a bit spoiled, and she will need a confident handler to maintain boundaries. She halters, leads, and loads, and she is good with her feet, but can be a little impatient with the farrier. She is ready for her own bff in her forever home.
Rascal is up to date with vaccines, deworming, and hoof and dental care, and she has a microchip in place.
UPDATE 4/16/2017:
Our sweet little one is still moving in the right direction. She has made substantial improvement in her whole 10 days of life. Her first lab results for a muscle enzyme showed her values were off the charts. Normal is 800, and upon intake she was at 120,000, the highest level the equipment could read. As of yesterday, her muscle enzyme levels and other blood levels were within normal range. She is still weak and unable to get up on her own, which is not uncommon, but once she's helped to stand, her mobility is MUCH improved !! Thanks to her docs at Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center, her hospitalization is winding down, and she will be home soon, but she has a long rehab/recovery to come and she's not out of the woods by far. To say her journey has been a rollercoaster ride is an understatement, but we thank you all so much for your support and assistance with this little gal.
Click here to learn more about selenium deficiency?
She still needs your help. Due to her baby steps in recovery, the cost of her care continues to climb, and we exceeded the initial guesstimate for costs of hospitalization by quite a bit. It's hard for us to ask, but we committed to getting her this far, and we need some help to continue her hospitalization and treatment. Please share and spread the word of this sweet babies fight, and let's get this gentle girl home!
Click here to donate to the Little Filly Fund.
Or visit her Facebook album here.
FIRST POST:
Orphan filly needs our help now. Yesterday (4/5), AAE received a plea for assistance with an orphaned foal who was just a few hours old. She had been rejected by mom and needed help. So transport was arranged and off we went. She was about 4.5 hours away and we met in the middle.
Gosh, what a precious lil' filly we met, but it's been a really rough start! Unfortunately, she was very weak, and definitely in a fragile state, so we stopped at Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center (LBEMC) on the way home. Turns out, her blood values were not good, and she was hospitalized. A call at midnight informed us her blood values moving in wrong direction, and we were being prepared for not so good news in the morning. HOWEVER, she was up and drinking milk replacer on her own, so that was good!
This morning, she was holding her own, but still quite sick. She was still getting up on her own and drinking her milk replacer with a good appetite. That offered some optimism. This afternoon, she was up, she's eating, and her blood levels are trending in the right direction. She wants to live! She's a FIGHTER and AAE wants to support her as she battles to live.
Although she's not out of the woods, the docs think she's moving in the right direction. It likely she's dealing with the results of being rejected by mom, stresses of transport, and secondary effects resulting from mom's malnourishment and selenium deficiency. are hopeful that with 5 +/- days of hospitalization and supportive care, she has a good shot at a relatively normal life. However, there is a chance there will be some long lasting effects, but it's too early to know. We need a few more days to have a better picture, but so far, the trend is good. A BIG THANK YOU to LBEMC for their quick actions and the outstanding care provided for this little filly.
Without hospitalization, she has little chance of survival at this point. The unfortunate reality is that we are looking at a big expense for this one little life, well over $5,000 to get there. She needs your help. If our big community can help in little bits, the hit isn't so hard to any one, and for those that need, AAE is a 501(c)(3), so donations are tax deductible.
If everyone that can will help just a little, we can give this precious girl a chance to live a full life.
Some folks may think because of the costs that euthanasia is the better choice. Fair enough, and if you feel that way, you are under no obligation to donate. But if you are like many others and believe every life counts as long as there's a good chance for a good quality of life, please help if you can. Because this little girl has a good chance for a good quality of life, we think she deserves the opportunity. This girl wants to live!
This little girl thanks YOU for caring enough to help her live.
