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It’s trying to snow here today, wet sleety stuff. This is our entrance hall, which is unfinished. I brought our elderly bunny inside in October because her companion died and she looked frail and lonely. Then I got lent another elderly bunny as a companion, and finally managed to catch the...

We’re just going to give anti inflammatory and pain killers and see how he goes. He’s 23 and the vet thinks (as do I) it’s probably degeneration/arthritis in his spine or sacroiliac joint. If it lets him move around comfortably we will stick with that, but any worsening and we pts. We’ll...

Yes it doesn’t look good. Haven’t seen the vet yet, but my elderly gelding seems to be showing a lot of symptoms of it. Hopefully we’ll see the vet tomorrow.

Anyone had any experiences of this?

I’m telling myself the hosepipe won’t have made it a wetter than it already is! At least the hose feeds off a spring, so I haven’t emptied a tank or run up a water bill!

Just to add insult to injury I just remembered that I left the hosepipe to the field trough switched on at 8am, so I’ve watered the field for 4.5 hours on top of the rain! 🙁😱

We have historically very boggy clay land, but it coped really well due to drying out so well this summer. We kept them on the autumn field until Xmas (they usually come off it by November) which meant that the winter field didn’t get muddy until last week. Coinciding with our hay supplier...

I never said congratulations on my opening post, too busy speculating! But congratulations to her and the family!

Roz Canter has had a second baby girl. 👶 Now… will she be back in time for Badminton?? Quite a feat, but I wouldn’t be suprised!

Just bumping this to see how everyone’s areas are doing. Our supplier increased prices from £40-50 at the start of winter. Last week they informed us that they had run out and couldn’t find anymore. I’ve contacted a couple of other local suppliers and one won’t take new customers, the other is...

Perhaps they were trying to get the grass to grow? Last year was a strange year for grass/hay. Our suppliers have completely run out of hay now. We are having to grovel round other suppliers and pay crazy prices.

Lovely to hear that such a fabulous horse is retiring and can hopefully have many chilled years. Whatever people’s opinions, they were a fabulous pair to watch over the years.

They really are! I take our way more wet/dirty straw from the bunnies in proportion to their size than the horses. Yea mine have lived in a stable too, I had the layer of shavings under the straw across most of the stable. I find it I leave a patch of just shaving in a corner with a bit of...

I put a layer of shavings under the straw. It helps absorb the moisture and the dust free shavings are fine, particularly under a good layer of straw. I wouldn’t get rid of the straw as it’s a good warm bed for them to burrow into.

Is there any possibility for you to have a livery - someone you could ride with?