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We had two Welsh ponies who had formed a very close bond over the few years we had them both. Devastatingly to all of us, our younger one (15) lost his battle to squamous cell carcinoma last week. Since he has been gone, our other pony doesn't seem to know what to do with himself, At first, he was just standing at the field gate watching us rather than go in the field and graze. He now does seem to go off a bit better but when coming in at night, he's not touching his feed and barely eating his hay, normally he's quite greedy. There are 3 others in the field that he has known a few months, he's not alone, I just don't think they're the "right" ponies. Does anybody have any advice on how to help him (and his humans) get over his loss please?
 
time is the healer for all of you. can you do something with the pony, maybe take him for walks in hand and let him graze somewhere else, let him see different sights and it may help you to do something positive. loss is very difficult whether its an animal or human and it will take some time for you to come to terms with the loss. maybe cut his feed down to hardly anything and cut an apple or carrot up and put on the top to tempt him and if he eats it gradually increase to his normal amount if he needs a feed at all..sorry cant think of anything else
 
Thank you, yes we've been doing more with him. He's 20 and been enjoying semi retirement but I think it has helped. He only has a small feed anyway, it's more to get his supplements in, but I will try the carrots thank you, that's a really good idea.
 
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