Recent content by nicknick

Thank you for the replies :) The "big" worm was nearly the length of a ruler, I do have a photo to show the vets but they are closed today, I poo picked my field this AM and only the two that I found last night were evident in his poos, I just panicked as I have never assumed that a "worm" could...

I wormed my horses with Equimax 2 days ago, having never used this product before, have always gone on vets advice and that was for equest/pramox. Tonight when checking the field after feeding I came across a poo that had a MASSIVE (what I believe to be) roundworm on further checking the same...

Hairy pony has photosensitivity after breaking out of the already grazed (No Hogweed in this half) of the field, 6 times in 3 days :( poor boy has a very sore (pink) nose and I don't want a repeat of it anytime soon. xxx

Thank you for your reply, thats what i thought would have to be done, was hoping there may be an easier solution but obv not lol, x Nicknick

OK so in my new field I have found "common Hogweed" Hairy pony has obviously ingested some! Does anyone have any tried and tested methods of removal, I am confused by all the literature about this weed, I realise it will be a long process (seeds lie dormant) but would like to hear any success...

It can happen after you have done all the correct checks in the correct order, the breakaway cable pulled on my handbrake but the momentum from the speed bump kept my trailer moving thankfully into the back of my R rover instead of down a steep hill, another common cause for this happening is a...

This happened to me but with no horses on board, was told that it has something to do with the angle between the trailer and the towing vehicle whilst going over a speed bump, it puts the hitch to a point that it cannot hold any longer and "pops" off, very scary without horses on board so i...

Just an update, I took a sample of said beasties to the vet turns out they are Hay mites! Thank god nothing more sinister. :D

Thanks for the comforting words there, hopefully we will all settle soon, really on panic mode tonight being 5th nov, so thats not helping either. prob make proper use of this forum now i dont have anyone on site to ask the silly questions, quite scary at first being all on my own!

oooh can you wash them, meaning any little blighters away, I assumed that they would be very difficult to get rid of! maybe wont need the bigger bank loan this time!! :P

What a blinkin week this has been, only my second week of being totally on my own yard and I have had the pony as a nervous wreck as he has changed fields, their two fieldmates have moved far away and the fireworks been going off cue vet trip for anti stress meds. My other boy had choke on...

Thank you to above poster (cant remember the name) ok having had a trawl on internet, I have realised that I have only seen the adult form of lice before, so still unsure of what it was but rugs have been dumped, horses treated (can not find anything on them but I did them anyway) all brushes...

lol, nope deffo not lice, x

Hi there, just come back from my "shed" where I keep my hay, which was delivered 2 days ago I had set a rug on top of the hay last night and this AM when I got there there was thousands of little cream coloured mite type things on the rug, couldn't see them on the hay except very carefull...

I love pencil drawings, have not an artistic bone in my body but would deffo buy/get you to draw my boy a pic from you. xx :)