@billyhorserescue01: Anyone whose had a severe dummy foal knows the horror of this video. Before anyone asks, she’s received the Madigan squeeze by us and a licensed veterinarian. A mare producing life saving colostrum and milk spraying it everywhere (we filled a bottle full before this video was filmed to be fed or tubed to the baby) because her foal can’t figure how to nurse properly. Her body eager to help her child survive, but her foal unable to figure out how to do the very thing she needs to do in order to… It’s a horror story we see a lot in rescue. Poor neonatal care before coming to us and the slaughter pipeline increases risks of foaling complications— something our rescue has gotten quite adapt at handling. A dummy foal (neonatal maladjustment syndrome) is a newborn foal with temporary brain dysfunction, usually caused by oxygen deprivation or other stress around birth. Affected foals may seem disoriented, fail to nurse, wander aimlessly, or have seizures. With prompt veterinary treatment and supportive care, many recover completely. Shortly after this was filmed, Starbust had suspicious seizure activity. She could not stand unassisted. In dummy foals, this isn’t unusual. The little foal — Starburst — would need hourly standing and tubing by a veterinarian in order to survive. And frequent bloodwork monitoring to ensure she was trending in the right direction… It’s a fight we’ve won before. We are very good at the hospital at home — using our experiences and knowledge to help save foals that normally wouldn’t survive. Our heroic Dr. C would have to spend long hours out at the farm to save the life of this little baby… Thank god she’s a supervet, but she’s got her own health battles to fight too. With 100+ degree days forecasted— we needed to make a decision to hospitalize or not. Right now our sweet baby Starburst needs your prayers.

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Thursday 03 September 2026 09:21:14 GMT