Recent content by MrVelvet

got to my previous threads and you will read through our battle of grass sickness. fortunately my boy survived it. pm if u like xx

Hello :) I nursed my boy through grass sickness this time last year and more than relate to the sheer mental an physical exhaustion. Keeping his appetite was the main thing for me so i will share some ideas that worked for me. The best thing for me was sugarbeet water, he hadnt drunk...

Or even if they survived!! I still reported our case x

Grr stupid tablet! !

Ahh yes, nearly a year infact! Sounds like you've both come very far! Will keep my eye out for the show updates and pics!!

Fantastic! Nearly a year infact!! Will watch for updates..., I dont envy those white legs hehe!! Sounds like you've both come very far :)

Ben has grown up?!?! Ahh hes looking fab :) good luck!!!

Sorry to hear :( remember the good times xx

Glad he's recovering and allowed home for Christmas! :-) xx

I have a very whippet like lurcher! She too, is a major diva! She whines if I leave the room :( thankfully we are now at a point where she can stay in the house and not howl the place down! She whines and paces if she thinks its past bedtime (she sleeps in our room too), she whines if she...

Haha defo sounds like something I would have done! Maybe have a huge crate on standby incase he's poorly again! Then he can't play the 'its there, so its fair game' card - my lurcher plays that card for anything that she can reach..... Which only leaves the fridge and high cupboards!!! Grrrr!

Lola will be walking to the yard on christmas day then off to my Mums and she will walk her in the evening :-)

I feed my recovering grass sickness boy barley rings. There the only thing that doesn't send him loopy and he's gone from being about 300 kgs to 395kgs :-) also pink powder and speedibeet but your alfa oil could substitute the speedibeet x

Oh god I'm just next to north yorkshire - but we're not that bad thankfully x

I thought the same when my boy was taken down with chronic grass sickness. Raising awareness of horrid diseases and conditions can only do good! The original post got me thinking of how much my boy drinks! Thankfully he's still doing a big tub over night :-)