Can anyone guess what was wrong with this pony.

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The pony by the way is fine now this all happened in the early summer.

I took charge of some horses while there owner was layed up after an op. I normaly look after them 1 day a week and have done for years so know them prity well.

One is a 30yr old highland pony. He is a lovely chap who has a heart of gold. His stable is super clean and I normaly change his rug with the door wide open and he waits for me to tell him i'm ready to turn him out.

It was about July and I noticed he was making a mess of his bed, digging it all up and pulling the banks down. He was also rushing to get out his stable and reluctant to go back in. He seemed to be eating, drinking and pooing normaly. But something obviously wasn't right.

Anyone fancy a bit of sunday fun and try guessing what was wrong with him. :cool:
 
nix123 said:
oooh or a snake? we always get them in summer
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Yes it was a snake. It was living in his banks. Luckly when I noticed what I thought was a tie ring in his bank I was to lazy to bend down to pick it up so I hooked it with the falk and it just kept coming. :o
I removed it and put it on the muckheap away from the yard. But a week later there was another one in there. I removed that one to and luckly we didn't get anymore. Poor pony must have been terrified.
 
The kids found one flattened in the stable a few years ago. It was only about 4' long but my mare obv had laid down on it and squished it.
 
Poor snake. I've found dead ones in hay bales before and seen them out and about on the forest but never found one in a horses bed before. Luckly I don't realy mind them as we had a pet snake but it would have been a shock if I'd bent down to pick it up LOL
 
I let my oap Shettie x just amble in from the field and make her own way into her stable; one evening she stopped dead in the doorway then shot backwards, fastest she had moved in weeks, I was thinking wtf sort of scary animal is in there, had a look and my dog had left a teddy in there :D
 
I used to give my pony hay in big tub trugs, one day i noticed he wasn't eating and looking at it in a suspicious way, found a slow worm in there. Thought it was a snake first til i googled it
 
TelH said:
I let my oap Shettie x just amble in from the field and make her own way into her stable; one evening she stopped dead in the doorway then shot backwards, fastest she had moved in weeks, I was thinking wtf sort of scary animal is in there, had a look and my dog had left a teddy in there :D
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lol gotta watch those killer teddys
 
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