Noble Island Ranch & Rescue

09/11/2025

Take a look at yesterday's Farrier visit, where five of our equine residents received necessary trims. This routine care is essential for their well-being and is an ongoing expense. If you can sponsor at trim for $40, it would really help us help them. A $10 donation covers one hoof! Any contribution aids in providing quality care. Let us know who you are sponsoring! Thanks for caring about our crew! 🐴🐎🫏🧲

09/07/2025

A peek at our Sunday Funday & watermelon treats for those who like it! 🤩🍉🔆🦙🐴🐷🐓🫏🐐

08/29/2025

Happy Friday & Labor Day weekend! ☀️🇺🇸 Luna & Miley spent some quality time at 🏥 Peterson Smith Equine Hospital in Ocala over the past two weeks. 🐴Miley-has complicated hoof issues and lumbar pain sources, which will require ongoing care. She is now in Mega Rockers (special shoes) and one was cast to ensure placement. After exams & xrays she received injections (Depo-Medrol & Sarapin) for osteoarthritis. She is now on 2 Rx meds. 🐴Luna-was put in Mega Rockers for ongoing challenges with laminitis, her blind eye was causing issues and as the vet said, treating an eye that doesn’t serve a purpose isn’t smart, so she had it removed, hence the wrap & special mask. AND she was tested for being Diabetic and YES she is. 😞 New feeding plan, different grain, and prescription medicine being compounded which she will need to stay on. She will be on at least 2 Rx meds. 📆Both horses will need to go back to Peterson Smith in 6 weeks. Senior horses, who once gave their all to their owners for entertainment/competition, can end up in rescue and need expensive care for quality of life. They truly earned being cared for in senior years but we need help helping them. As we identify the ongoing needs/meds for Miley and Luna, we will reach out in hopes of sponsors for these ongoing costs. If you can contribute to their vetting & care so far (almost $8,000) every dollars helps - any amount $10, $25, $50 helps us continue this commitment. Thank you for caring & please say a prayer for them & send good vibes for healing & good health!

08/22/2025

Really sad news. Our alpaca Eriq came home from UF Vet Sunday but within 48 hours we had to take him back. He was spiking fevers, becoming lethargic and abdomen was distended again. He had developed pneumonia and his C1 stomach had shut down again. We did everything we could to help him but he wasn’t rebounding. We had to say goodbye Thursday evening. It’s heartbreaking. Thank you to everyone who cared about him & donated toward his vet expenses. 😓

08/10/2025

8/14 Thursday Update: It’s good news! Eriq is rebounding and doing well. Body temp back to normal and he is self hydrating & eating very soft hay & passing it. 💩🙌 There was definitely a problem in his C1 stomach and they removed a collection of undigested materials that weighed nearly 20 pounds. 🤯 He remains at UF for now being monitored. We appreciate the prayers and the donations! Thank you for caring about our boy!

8/11 Monday Update: Eriq had a CT today and will have surgery tomorrow to relieve a blockage in his C1 stomach area. Please keep him in your thoughts & prayers. Donations sincerely appreciated. 🙏

8/7 Thursday evening we rushed our alpaca “Eriq” to UF Vet. He was bloated, had a low body temp, then cushed down and wouldn’t get back on his feet. We were hoping for a very quick turnaround. While making improvements under their care, he isn’t rebounding and isn’t passing any food. We fear there is a blockage and he needs a CT and possibly/likely surgery. We really need him to p**p today. 😞We want to do whatever he needs to be healthy and come home, so we are reaching out in hope of raising funds toward his unexpected vet bill. Per vet’s patient & financial update this morning, we are already at about $3,000, the CT planned for tomorrow if no further improvement today is about $650, and surgery would be several thousand beyond that. If you can help us help him, we would sincerely appreciate the support. Being in rescue is really hard, on the heart and financially. Thank you for any donation you can make, caring, prayers, good vibes, & sharing our post. 🦙🙏😇

08/09/2025

This is our Drama Queen Raven👑 and her reaction to being weighed! 😱 It pretty much matches how many people feel about doing this. Volume ON! 😂 (Please know she is absolutely fine! Just loud & dramatic when handled. Nobody else puts on this show.)

08/09/2025

It’s a lot of work but also a lot of fun! It’s called Herd Health and we do this every 45-60 days. It’s very hands on…one by one each alpaca is haltered, weighed, nails trimmed if needed, checked head to tail for any issues, and administered a deworming injection based on their weight. And they get a hug too! Thank you Kyle & Shane!

08/05/2025

Good morning from Red! 🫏☀️😊

08/03/2025

07/10/2025

Just a quick update to let everyone know that Boomer is doing great with his recovery. The hole from his trach has completely closed now so we are allowing him a little more time outside in his run each day and he is quite the little spitfire as he gets his legs back under him again. He is still on antibiotics and we have to wait a bit longer before we can introduce vaccinations into his system, but his recovery has been nothing short of miraculous. Thank you to everyone who followed this rescue journey and who helped support his care through donations and sharing. We fell far short of covering his expenses, but hope that more donations will filter in as time goes on. Donations can be made through the previous posts or directly to the rescue through Zelle using our [email protected] email account.

06/25/2025

Boomer Update Sat June 28: Boomer was released yesterday from the hospital and we transported him back to our rescue where we will continue his recovery care (wound cleaning, antibiotics, pain management, etc...) until he is ready to be adopted out. A HUGE thank you to the team at Peterson Smith Equine Hospital + Complete Care and to our local Vet Dr Malone... who answered on the first ring and, while not able to come out, suggested we give him Dex and Banamine injections which bought us the precious time needed to get him to Ocala. The total cost to save Boomers life came to just under $4400 with our discount which is about $3000 more than we have been able to raise in donations so far. Please continue to share his story and hopefully we will be able to close that financial gap some more. Updated pics below!

Boomer Update Thur June 26: Sharing the latest update from the incredible team at Peterson Smith Equine Hospital + Complete Care ... "I removed Boomer’s trach this morning as planned and we will see how he does over the next 24-48 hours without it. Still a little bit of muzzle swelling and sensitivity to palpation there but his blood work this morning looks awesome and his cardiac troponin came back from Penn last night and was normal by some miracle. His arrhythmia has also resolved so I’m very happy to say he’s made it through this better than I could have expected. I’d like to plan to send him home with you Friday if all goes well."

Boomer Update Wed June 25: We received the following update from Peterson Smith Equine Hospital + Complete Care yesterday and thought we would share with everyone... "Mr. Boomer is doing great, I'm very happy with how he's doing today, and I think we are on track to get the trach out or at least challenge him tomorrow without the trach to make sure he can breathe fully through his nostrils tomorrow morning as planned. His cardiac arrhythmia is becoming less frequent/consistent so his heart is responding well to a decrease in his dexamethasone dose. He'll definitely need to go home with antibiotics and a tapering dose of dexamethasone orally for a while but, again I'm very happy he's responded so well to therapy".

So it appears we have turned a very positive corner on Boomer's recovery and we anticipate being able to bring him back to the rescue in the next day or two where he will complete his recovery process! We truly appreciate all the support received so far with donations and shares and we are hoping we can keep that going for a bit longer. We have received about $1200 in donations toward what we expect will be about 5 to 6k in charges, so we are a long way off from covering Boomer's expenses and hope everyone will keep sharing his story so we can close that gap a bit more. We can't do what we do without the support of our followers, so please continue to share so that we can continue to rescue those animals that need us most. God Bless!

06/21/2025

UPDATE Sun June 22: Adding some new pics from today! Boomer's swelling is starting to go down, he can now open his eyes again, and his appetite is returning... all indications are that he is responding positively to the anti-venom treatments. Not out of the woods yet, but progress in the right direction. Best we can tell, he took 3 snake bites... nose, and each side of the neck. Even if he survives the initial recovery, we aren't sure what, if any, long term impacts there will be on his system. The primary hope is that he will be able to breathe without the trach and he will be able to return to normal eating habits... but time will tell. Please keep sharing and praying for this little fighter.

UPDATE Sat June 21: Boomer is still hanging in there and fighting for his life... and the incredible team at Peterson Smith is doing everything they can for him. He had a 2nd dose of anti-venom at noon today and will most likely get a 3rd dose tomorrow morning. The first 48 hours will determine whether he can survive this... the venom damaged his ability to breathe and his heart muscle creating cardiac arrythmia... among many other issues he has to overcome. The current estimate from Peterson Smith is between 5k and 6k to get him through the first 48 hours and give him the best chance at survival. We could really use some help financially as this more than drains any reserves we have on hand. You can donate on this post or through Zelle by using our email address [email protected]. Or, you can even contact Peterson Smith directly and offer to pay towards our account balance, although that would not be a tax deductible donation. Either way, he needs our support and all the prayers and positive thoughts you can send his way. Stand by for more updates as they become available.

This evening we were called to help an injured pony. The situation was dire, owners were unable to provide the vet care he urgently needed, and surrendered him to the rescue. We rushed him to Peterson Smith Equine Hospital in Ocala. It appears he was bitten by a rattle snake. Vet placed a trach and he instantly began to breathe easier. They have the antivenom needed and are starting the protocol. Can you please help us help Boomer? Prayers & donations needed!