Sprite
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P.O. Box 124
Anchorville, MI 48004
On August 27th, Sprite was adopted by Pam Lisco and family. This is her 3rd adopted horse from us.
We never saw her in the kill pen. I’m sure it’s because she’s small and very quiet and was well hidden packed in between the other 40 adult horses. When she came through, my heart was instantly broken. We could tell she was young, definitely a year old or less. She was unusually quiet for such a young horse. I noticed her back ankle immediately. It was huge and her hoof was completely curled up like an elf shoe. Somehow this little girl in her short life had become severely broken, but how? The bidding started at $50 but NOBODY bid on her, it went down to $20, then $10. I raised my hand and she was ours. Nobody wanted her, NOBODY, not even the killers. She was truly an unwanted horse. So, for a mere $10.00, we brought her home.
When we went to the pickup pen, she was hanging out with the Belgian Draft Mare we won. It appeared they knew each other, I guessed they possibly came from the same farm. We discovered she had other injuries besides the ankle. She had a SEVERE laceration under her jaw, it looked like it was over a week old and was starting to look infected. She also had a cut on her front ankle but we couldn’t tell how deep it was.
The vet said that ankle had suffered a severe traumatic injury, most likely broken. It is almost healed or at least fused. There is very little movement in it and unfortunately, she will most likely never be able to be ridden. The cut under her jaw is so deep it goes all the way to the bone. It’s at least two weeks old, so obviously nobody bothered to even try to treat it, they just threw her away because it obviously became inconvenient.
Her prognosis at this time is guarded but we are hopeful she will recover. The wound is severe and seems to be having trouble healing. She seems fine on the ankle though and walks and trots completely sound.The saddest thing about this young girl is that it appears she has no idea how to play. Is it because she’s spent the entire first year of her life in agonizing pain from her injuries? We think so. Once she in out of quarantine, we will turn her out with Spirit, our three month old colt that was born in the kill pen. We are hopeful that he can teach her how to play and be a happy young horse again. She’s had an unbelievably rough start in life, but we hope and pray every day that we can change that and she will be able to live a long, happy and pain free life with a family who will love her for the rest of her days.
When we went to the pickup pen, she was hanging out with the Belgian Draft Mare we won. It appeared they knew each other, I guessed they possibly came from the same farm. We discovered she had other injuries besides the ankle. She had a SEVERE laceration under her jaw, it looked like it was over a week old and was starting to look infected. She also had a cut on her front ankle but we couldn’t tell how deep it was.
The vet said that ankle had suffered a severe traumatic injury, most likely broken. It is almost healed or at least fused. There is very little movement in it and unfortunately, she will most likely never be able to be ridden. The cut under her jaw is so deep it goes all the way to the bone. It’s at least two weeks old, so obviously nobody bothered to even try to treat it, they just threw her away because it obviously became inconvenient.
Her prognosis at this time is guarded but we are hopeful she will recover. The wound is severe and seems to be having trouble healing. She seems fine on the ankle though and walks and trots completely sound.The saddest thing about this young girl is that it appears she has no idea how to play. Is it because she’s spent the entire first year of her life in agonizing pain from her injuries? We think so. Once she in out of quarantine, we will turn her out with Spirit, our three month old colt that was born in the kill pen. We are hopeful that he can teach her how to play and be a happy young horse again. She’s had an unbelievably rough start in life, but we hope and pray every day that we can change that and she will be able to live a long, happy and pain free life with a family who will love her for the rest of her days.
