Brumby Foal Olanya

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Brumby Foal Olanya Olanya, (Ollie) was rescued by Aurukun Police when only days old. A tiny orphaned foal in need of urgent medical treatment in an area that has no veterinarian.

Follow her survival story and long journey to give her the best life.

23/01/2022

Olanya (Ollie) having a nice day with her friends.
Happy girl. ❤️

21/09/2021

Ollie arrived in the Lake Barrine area. Australian Farm Animal Rescue is Ollie’s new foster carer.
Beautiful farm, ideal climate for Ollie’s eye issues and many friends to make.
Big thanks also to Australian Farm Animal Rescue for the use of their float. She certainly travelled in style. The fully enclosed float was ideal on the dusty and rough dirt roads as she travelled from Weipa.

Weipa Carer: Elissa, Ollie's foster carer in Weipa, travelled all the way with Ollie to her new foster carer in the Lake...
20/09/2021

Weipa Carer: Elissa, Ollie's foster carer in Weipa, travelled all the way with Ollie to her new foster carer in the Lake Barrine area. Elissa stayed to ensure Ollie settled in and then flew back home to Weipa.
Team Ollie still gets teary thinking about their sad goodbye.
Elissa cared for Ollie from when Ollie was only a few days old until she was healthy and old enough to travel.

Are We There Yet! Photos of Ollies trip from Weipa to the Lake Barrine Area just outside of Cairns.
20/09/2021

Are We There Yet!
Photos of Ollies trip from Weipa to the Lake Barrine Area just outside of Cairns.

We can see you Ollie! Travelling in a very remote area of Cape York on route from Weipa to Cairns. This road is not for ...
12/08/2021

We can see you Ollie!
Travelling in a very remote area of Cape York on route from Weipa to Cairns.
This road is not for the faint hearted and at times can be very rough and dangerous.
Ollie certainly travelled in style. 🐴🐴

Ollie travelled from Weipa to Archer River Roadhouse, over night stay in Archer. 4WD drive only. First leg of her trip f...
11/08/2021

Ollie travelled from Weipa to Archer River Roadhouse, over night stay in Archer.
4WD drive only. First leg of her trip from Weipa to the Cairns region. Elissa her foster carer travelled with her all the way ❤️

25/07/2021

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says
I’m possible.
When many said it’s impossible, a few saw a tiny sick foal and her fight to make it possible. ❤️
Very proud of you Ollie, look at you go!
Weipa carers and Florian’s Farm Sanctuary.

Weipa Carer photo: Ollie’s last few days in Weipa. Saying goodbye to her friends. She made the big trip to Cairns.
20/07/2021

Weipa Carer photo: Ollie’s last few days in Weipa. Saying goodbye to her friends. She made the big trip to Cairns.

04/07/2021

Weipa Carer video’s: Olanya (Ollie) was suffering multiple health problems, including severe pneumonia, systematic infection, malnutrition, growth plate abnormalities of her legs, an inflammation of the middle layer of her right eye and a cataract in her left eye brought on by her weakened state and attacks from green ants.
It was a miracle this little Aurukun Cape York foal survived but look at her now!

Look at Ollie now! Huge thank you, massive appreciation for their dedication and care, we could not have done it without...
27/06/2021

Look at Ollie now!
Huge thank you, massive appreciation for their dedication and care, we could not have done it without Elissa and her family.
Pic - Elissa and Ollie -,Weipa
There were and still are so many people involved with Ollie’s rescue and care.
Thank you to:
Florian’s Farm for taking on a huge rescue mission.
Aurukun and Weipa police.
Olivia and Anya.
Tablelands Vet Clinic.
Kuranda Vet Clinic.
Karen Heather, Lisa Keliher, Petra, Marita Hird, Scott Nicholson, Wes and Tammy Tierney, Jordon Maclean, Modena and Brad from Archer River Road House.
Everyone from Weipa Wildlife Care.
Shelley and James French from The Trust Technique.

27/06/2021

Video, Weipa carer: I may just lie here and munch on some grass.

27/06/2021

Weipa: Ollie loves to have a blow dry and a good scratch.

Ollie’s eye treatment and why her eyes are covered.
Uveitis is treated topically and systemically and aimed at managing the ocular pain and controlling the inflammation, and treatment is usually for an extended time.
Topically Atropine is used to relax the muscles of the eye and open the pupil to relieve the pain and prevent complications of a closed pupil.

Steroidal eye drops and if needed anti fungal eye drops are used along with a systemic non steroidal anti inflammatory such as Flunixil or Banamine.
During treatment protecting the eye from sunlight is important, as the opened pupil cannot react to the harshness of the sun.
Keeping the horse indoors during the day and adding additional protection via a fly veil or dressings will ensure more damage is not done to the affected eye.

UVEITIS :Uveitis is inflammation of the uvea, the blood carrying layer of the eye.The UVEA has a front section (anterio...
24/06/2021

UVEITIS :

Uveitis is inflammation of the uvea, the blood carrying layer of the eye.
The UVEA has a front section (anterior) comprising of the IRIS and the CILIARY body and a back section (posterior) comprising of the CHOROID.
Without instruments, looking at the equine eye, only the iris is visible.
Signs of uveitis include redness to the white of the eye, colour change to the iris, smallish pupil, painful eye and sediments inside the eye.
Causes can include trauma to the eye, corneal disease, immune mediated disease and there can also be a fungal component.

Signs of ocular pain in the equine eye can include squinting, angling the head and when viewed from the front, the angle of the eyelashes drops.
Uveitis is considered a very painful eye condition that requires urgent professional assessment and treatment.

Uveitis can be anterior, posterior or both.
Ocular signs of acute anterior uveitis are miosis (closed pupil), aqueous flare (milky or cloudy appearance to the inside of the eye) chemosis (injection of blood vessels around the eye)
There can be a green - yellow appearance to the iris and occasionally blood, pus or fibrin inside the eye or a bluish haze to the cornea.

There can be serious complications with uveitis:
Corneal oedema
Changes to the iris
Glaucoma
Shrinkage of the eye
Cataract formation
Retinal damage/detachment

TREATMENT:

Corneal ulceration must be ruled out before treatment is initiated as the topical treatment can damage an ulcerated eye.

Uveitis is treated topically and systemically and aimed at managing the ocular pain and controlling the inflammation, and treatment is usually for an extended time.
Topically Atropine is used to relax the muscles of the eye and open the pupil to relieve the pain and prevent complications of a closed pupil.

Steroidal eye drops and if needed anti fungal eye drops are used along with a systemic non steroidal anti inflammatory such as Flunixil or Banamine.
During treatment protecting the eye from sunlight is important, as the opened pupil cannot react to the harshness of the sun.
Keeping the horse indoors during the day and adding additional protection via a fly veil or dressings will ensure more damage is not done to the affected eye.

Uveitis has a high rate of recurrence.

Olanya sustained damage to her right eye in part from green ants and her poor nutrition early in life led to cataract formation in her left eye.
Aggressive treatment of the uveitis has resulted in a great improvement in her eye as evident in the photos.
Her cataract requires surgery to completely restore her eyesight.

Ollie is an amazing little brumby who has never lost her sense of fun or fighting spirit.

Ollie is suffering from an inflammation of the middle layer of her right eye and a cataract in her left eye brought on b...
22/06/2021

Ollie is suffering from an inflammation of the middle layer of her right eye and a cataract in her left eye brought on by her weakened state and attacks from green ants when found and rescued from Aurukun by the Aurukun Police and Florian’s Farm Sanctuary

Weipa: Ollie and her saviour, foster care Elissa. ❤️
21/06/2021

Weipa: Ollie and her saviour, foster care Elissa. ❤️

What do you do when their is no full time equine vet in Weipa and Ollie urgently needs her medication?A lot of quick thi...
20/06/2021

What do you do when their is no full time equine vet in Weipa and Ollie urgently needs her medication?
A lot of quick thinking on the run by Lisa, Dominique and Elissa.
From Cairns race up the Kuranda range to the Kuranda equine vet while Elissa, Ollie foster carer puts the call out to see if any Weipa locals are at the Cairns Airport flying back to Weipa. While driving back to Cairns heading to the airport Helen answered the urgent fb call out and had a small window of time to wait for the medication to arrive. Phew

Weipa: With round the clock nursing from Elissa and her family, and guidance provided by the Kuranda Veterinary Clinic (...
20/06/2021

Weipa: With round the clock nursing from Elissa and her family, and guidance provided by the Kuranda Veterinary Clinic (793km from Weipa) and the Tableland Veterinary Service (Weipa), Ollie once again showed everyone her fighting Spirit.

Ollie travelled by police vehicle from Aurukun to Weipa to her foster carer, Elissa. A veterinary assessment painted a d...
20/06/2021

Ollie travelled by police vehicle from Aurukun to Weipa to her foster carer, Elissa. A veterinary assessment painted a dire situation. Ollie was suffering multiple health problems, including severe pneumonia, systematic infection, malnutrition, and growth plate abnormalities of her legs. She was also suffering from an inflammation of the middle layer of her right eye and a cataract in her left eye brought on by her weakened state and attacks from green ants. ❤️❤️❤️😪

Weipa: Olanya (Ollie) Getting her hoofs trimmed to correct growth plates affected by malnutrition
19/06/2021

Weipa: Olanya (Ollie) Getting her hoofs trimmed to correct growth plates affected by malnutrition

Olanya (Ollie) first night in foster care in Weipa. We didn’t know that night if she would be alive in the morning- her ...
19/06/2021

Olanya (Ollie) first night in foster care in Weipa. We didn’t know that night if she would be alive in the morning- her pneumonia was so bad she was struggling to breathe - Elissa her foster carer and family.

End of October 2020 Florian’s Farm received a 2am text from Aurukun police asking if they had a mare to nurse an orphane...
19/06/2021

End of October 2020 Florian’s Farm received a 2am text from Aurukun police asking if they had a mare to nurse an orphaned foal. A quick call to police and the rescue mission commenced to save Olanya (Ollie).

From early on it was obvious Ollie had angular limb deformities ALD or knock-knees (valgus deformity) from problems of t...
18/06/2021

From early on it was obvious Ollie had angular limb deformities ALD or knock-knees (valgus deformity) from problems of the distal radius growth plates.
Growth plates at both ends of long bones need to close in unison. If one side closes before the other, the result can be angular limb deformities.
CAUSES- Joint laxity, incomplete bone ossification in utero, excessive exercise or trauma, genetics or poor nutrition.
In Ollies case the most likely cause was nutritional imbalance after birth.
Time is of the essence for correction of ALD, as only while the growth plate is open and there is potential for bone growth is there an opportunity for for correction.
Luckily Ollie responded to appropriate nutrition and corrective hoof trimming, avoiding the need for more drastic action such as surgery.weipa:

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Olanya (Ollie) having a nice day with her friends. Happy girl. ❤️

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