spookypony
Well-Known Member
I feel the need to whinge a bit...it's not serious or anything, but frustrating!
When the spooky pony first went lame 4 weeks ago, he was still reasonably svelte, although I've been fighting the Battle of the Bulge with him all summer. The first 2 weeks or so were ok, because he was in pony jail (starvation paddock) much of the time, but then I went away for a week, so I put him back with the others (the field was pretty poor by that point).
I returned to find a PREGNANT GELDING!!
---but at least a non-limping one. I tried to bring him back into work gently, but apparently not gently enough, since he's a tiny bit lame again, only in trot, only on the right rein. I'm sure galloping up and down the field like a loon yesterday didn't help either.
The weird thing is that he's apparently been lame on three different legs in succession, for different reasons: first a bruised sole (RH), then a strain (LH), and now it seems some gravel becoming wedged in what remains of his white line separation is bothering him (RF).
Since the ground at our yard is bumpy and stony enough to make the soundest horse look uneven, I took him over to the riding school today just to ask my instructor if I was imagining things now. After a wee bollocking about the pony's weight (I'm trying. but he keeps inflating, and I can't exercise him ATM!), we decided I ought to try some hoof boots on him just to see if we have the right problem this time.
I have to wait to get the right size, though. To top it off, I feel like a giant flapping chicken again this weekend, because I just can't seem to make myself ask enough of the horses without perpetually being pushed.
Meanwhile, he's back in pony jail, this time with a recovering-laminitic mare---so at least he's not alone. Now I'm browsing the web looking at different grazing muzzles, and feeling like a very mean Carrot Lady indeed.
But what else can I do? If he gets any fatter, he'll just float away like a giant brown balloon!
Cookies and choccie if you get this far, and thanks for reading my big whinge!
When the spooky pony first went lame 4 weeks ago, he was still reasonably svelte, although I've been fighting the Battle of the Bulge with him all summer. The first 2 weeks or so were ok, because he was in pony jail (starvation paddock) much of the time, but then I went away for a week, so I put him back with the others (the field was pretty poor by that point).
I returned to find a PREGNANT GELDING!!
The weird thing is that he's apparently been lame on three different legs in succession, for different reasons: first a bruised sole (RH), then a strain (LH), and now it seems some gravel becoming wedged in what remains of his white line separation is bothering him (RF).
Since the ground at our yard is bumpy and stony enough to make the soundest horse look uneven, I took him over to the riding school today just to ask my instructor if I was imagining things now. After a wee bollocking about the pony's weight (I'm trying. but he keeps inflating, and I can't exercise him ATM!), we decided I ought to try some hoof boots on him just to see if we have the right problem this time.
Meanwhile, he's back in pony jail, this time with a recovering-laminitic mare---so at least he's not alone. Now I'm browsing the web looking at different grazing muzzles, and feeling like a very mean Carrot Lady indeed.
Cookies and choccie if you get this far, and thanks for reading my big whinge!
