This page is to be dedicated to the story of 'Princess' aka Elargee Lady Luck. Prior to her arrival she was to be known as 'Lucky'. I'm not sure which way I should interpret her story but could not bring myself to call her Lucky after the ordeal she lived through.
Princess was purchased from the well known and respected Elargee Welsh Mountain Pony Stud.
We transported Princess to Queensland with a transport company towards the end of teh Equine Influenza movement restrictions in February 2008.
It was over 40 degrees the day that Princess Arrived. We have more facts of her trip after the fact but here is the short version.
She was transported from Moree, via Warwick, Ipswich and delivered to us in the Samford Valley after over 10hrs on the truck.
When she came off the transport she was in distress and we put her under water immediately. Our local vet was called (Samford Valley Vets) and she went into their surgery that evening.
Princess had a heart rate of 120 beats per minute, she was given 8 litres of blood plasma in the first 12 hrs and over 50 litres of fluids in the first 48 hrs (Princess is a Welsh Mountain Pony, at the time she was 18mths old and would have been between 150 - 200 kgs).
She did not eat for 2 1/2 weeks. she had been on a drip permanently initially but when she was able to walk enough to go out into a paddock our vet would manually drench her (to keep nourishment in her as she could not eat and her muscles has started to waste due to this).
After two weeks Oigle went in to keep her company and did his best to show her how to eat and to keep her company (she was clinically depressed). He really took to the teaching her how to eat very well and escaped under fencing a couple of times (kept our vet on her toes).
We were very fortunate with the dedication and commitment from our vets and are hopeful that Judy (her lead vet) will one day be called upon to name Princesses' first foal.
Princess was discussed internationally in veterinary circles and certainly proved her will to live on a number of occasions.
She returned home after four weeks at our vet surgery, recovered at home for five weeks before going to a friends place on ajistment for quite a few months. She was too anemic for our hills.
She has some renal failure and does not as yet have her full movement however, she is well looked after well and we are hopeful that time will heal as much as it can. She will be watched carefully for any health issues.
current photos will come when she changes to her summer coat. She does look well and has been coming into season which is of course a good sign.
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