Bonfire night, what to do with stressy horse?

[icyfreya]

What are other slightly stressy tb / other horse owners doing tomorrow? Our yard is near quite large town so will no doubt be some bangs etc, and seeing as horse gets quite tense and anxious when the local hunt are out, was wondering if anyone had any advice? Shall i stick a magic calmer in his evening feed? Also do you bring in or leave them out? At the mo he is living out, but comes in on very wet or cold nights. Organic ale and stew for answers

 

[482739]

Mines not too stressed about it all, but she will be in & plenty of hay, water, bedding etc. To be fair the horse next door smashes his door with a treat ball so she probs wont notice!

 

[Dirty_D]

Ours are in, if its really close we put the radio on quite loud (one year it was Boyzone on replay all night!) as long as its quite soothing music they seem to relax a little

 

[Archiepoo]

im giving my tb a calmer and stuffing cotton wool in his ears (no really!!) and leaving him in -much safer than running blindly through a fence or suchlike!

 

[FoxTrotx]

My stressy mare will be in with an extra thick bed, extra hay and new likits in her tongue twister But then I'm a bit stressy too.
I don't know if her friends are coming in or staying out but they'll be in her sight either way.
I'm probably worrying alot more than I need to but I know she can't gallop through fences or get stuck halfway over a gate (I do know a girl whos pony did this one bonfire night trying to escape the bangs) and she is used to being in at night anyway.

 

[starryeyed]

I dread bonfire night, ours absolutely hate it.
We're leaving them in their normal routines as the stressy TB refuses be stabled and i think she'd be worse inside than out, but have visions of her running through fences - will administer calmer and give her loads of feed to hopefully distract her. She'll be out with the pony who should know better and who hopefully will be a calming influence as nothing scares him.
The two inside will hopefully be okay with the radio on & lots of fun distractions (hanging carrots, yummy dinners etc), but as they're right next to the house we can check on them constantly to make sure they're not stressing too much.

 

[Spring Feather]

None of my horses have a problem with bonfire night. Even the babies are unfazed by it. Most of mine stand and watch the fireworks, the rest continue munching. Mine all stay out in their fields as usual.