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hi there,my pony went off her food,i was advised to give a little bute I mixed it up with honey and put it on bread, she ate this happily but the problem of not eating persisted, vet came and told me poppet might have an ulcer , she was tender around her stomach area and didn't like being...

greetings from Australia, I encountered the same problem with my pony a few weeks back ,she was dropping food whilst grazing then I would notice her looking a little vague and drooling whilst resting, she also developed scours. had peter lane a brilliant equine dentist we have in Victoria visit...

lol, from sunny australia

good one gemm13 lol sunny australia

hi gemm13, sounds like me, big time all this anxiety at having a pony in my paddock, the worry of it almost crippled me, my family and friends thought , oh no not another story about poppet" i worked from home and was constantly looking out various windows trying to :spot her and bang she would...

lol from australia

excellent question spot the risk...

greetings from down under, i only have one pony that is wormed when due after worm count done, on the land, and i feel because im out there most days picking up, manure is fresh it dosnt take long to make a :hot compost: and it breaks down beautifully to feed the earthworms and the huge cyprus...

I place manure collected around half of it, on the trees surrounding my 5 acre paddocks the rest i leave to the dung beetles to improve my land. sunny australia

so true, that statement dave the dog, because im sure an alert,bells whistles and laughs go off at the vet clinic, they must all kill them selves laughing, "oh, noooo its poppet and her crying anxious,stressed mother leigh " Talk about patiece dealing with the 2 PATIENTS. big smilesfrom...

wow, talk about professional, just had craig who is a farrier trained in the uk, to do my poppets feet the way they should have been always done never seen her looking so fine, so lucky to have them visit country victoria in australia, a major loss to uk but our gain they have arrived to sunnier...

Thanks,ladies and gents, and everyone in between, i know my old mate is attatched to poppet, and welcome his visiting her as he lives over the road on acerage like myself. he does love poppet in his way and wouldnt want to stop this, but you know deep down that if he got cranky he would pull...

many thanks for this advise tnavas, im based in australia and its facinating to read information regarding feeding from all over the world, so varied, especially for my pony which i am obviously over feeding, sincerly

as my mum used to say , get back up on that horse , if you love her, easy to do as a youngster, but being in my 49th year and not ridden for years, i am nervous of what would,could and might go wrong instead of loving every second of it, i envy confident riders of all ages its beautiful to see...