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Thanks to tiny wheelchair, Frostie the snow goat takes first steps

Frostie the snow goat is seen in this photo from the Edgar's Mission Facebook page

Frostie the snow goat is a jolly happy soul.

With a borrowed wheelchair — it's on loan from a fellow sanctuary dweller, the famous Leon Trotsky — he can finally move around freely.

According to Edgar's Mission Farm Sanctuary, when Frostie was rescued, he had "one of the worst cases of lice infestation we have seen coupled with severe dehydration."

Even worse, a life-threatening condition called joint naval ill robbed the kid of the use of his hind legs.

"Joint navel ill is a disease that is seen in very young calves and kid goats and results from an infection entering the body via the umbilical cord soon after birth. The causes are often insufficient or poor quality colostrum (a mother’s immune building first milk) or a dirty and [un]hygienic environment," the Victoria, Australia, sanctuary posted online.

"And in Frostie's case the bacteria had spread via his bloodstream and settled in the joints of his hind limbs — his joints becoming swollen, hot and painful and rendering him unable to use them."

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The Australian nonprofit provided Frostie with the tiny wheelchair, hoping it will help him to learn to walk as he grows.

So far, his first steps have proven adorable.

"It's really important that we keep Frosty mobile so that he can move about and help those toxins get flushed out of his system," his handler, Pam, explained in the video.

Here's Leon Trotsky the pig wheeling around in the same wheelchair: