box rest company on small yard..daytime or night

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I have my own small DIY yard (mine plus 8 liveries 4 of which are grass ones only)..all my horses are out 24/7 most of the time and are at present. However one has been treated agresively for a sarcoid on his leg and now has a huge wound from the liverpool cream that the vet estimates 5-6 months to heal. He also suggested a spell of complete box rest as its not healing around the back cos he splits the wound when he flexes the foot . The stables are away from the fields as its a private house set up. I and the other 2 liveries with stables are happy to rota so that he has company at least day or night..hes perfectly chilled on his own and always has been. I felt we might need to have a friend up for him at night but it would suit better for the 3 to be eating the new growth on the 7 acre hayfield overnight and in daytime for stomach rest..is the dark a human thing..does it not matter if hes company is daytime or nighttime...anyone any thoughts...naturally if he starts to be unsettled we will rotate so he has company 24/7...
 
Yes dark is a human thing. Horses see almost as well in the dark as they do in the light.....and no they generally aren't afraid of the dark.
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I think Daytime company is important. Most yards get very quiet at night so they are used to that.
I am very lucky my handsome hero (16 yrs Suspensory Strain) is kept at a large Riding School. He has just started the first 2 months of Box Rest (total plan 6 months) and I have had him moved from his quiet cul de sac stable to one in the main yard. He has always been a favourite with all the kids and I got down there this evening (Day 5) and could hardly get in and out of his stable for kids coming up and cuddling him. (he is 16.2) One of his favourite pets asked if it was alright to go into his stable to sit and chat to him. She is 6 and adores him.
 
Have just been through 7 months of box rest with my hyperacvtive hunt horse. I found it best when he had no company at all, and could not see the other horses in the field, as each time the companion was taken away he got upset. He did settle into it after a month or two and just switched himself off. He has come through it a much quieter horse, which I can't work out if this is a good or bad thing, as it suggests it got to his 'head'.
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