Jinx94
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I will do an update soon about the sprog, but just felt I needed to do a quick post.
He's shot up big time, grown over a hand since August and stood at 14hh a couple of weeks ago, though I'm fairly convinced that he has grown another half inch since - he's certainly gone more bum high!
Because of the growth spurt (!) and grotty weather, I wasn't too surprised when he dropped a bit of weight part way through last week. We started giving them hay in the field, but the majority of the time he grazes elsewhere. I was keeping an eye on him, weight wasn't going back on, but he wasn't losing more and he did a similar thing last year. He had one day of being really lethargic, but was then back to normal the next day.
He's been quiet and chilled about everything, let my friend catch him yesterday (!) and I put it down to something clicking for him. It didn't happen suddenly enough for me to worry, though I did say yesterday that I'd feel really bad if he turned out to not be feeling too great.
Took his temperature today as he looked really tucked up. 38.9. The vet is coming out tomorrow to have a look at a couple of other horses and has agreed to take a look at Tristan too. He's staying in overnight and having some feed. He may stay in a little longer depending on what the vet says.
I feel so guilty that I didn't think to check his temperature sooner. There haven't been any other signs that he's poorly, he was genuinely just a little quiet. I brushed aside any concerns that I had as I figured I was worrying too much - will probably be over cautious in the future!
I hope that he's back to his usual daft self soon!
He's shot up big time, grown over a hand since August and stood at 14hh a couple of weeks ago, though I'm fairly convinced that he has grown another half inch since - he's certainly gone more bum high!
Because of the growth spurt (!) and grotty weather, I wasn't too surprised when he dropped a bit of weight part way through last week. We started giving them hay in the field, but the majority of the time he grazes elsewhere. I was keeping an eye on him, weight wasn't going back on, but he wasn't losing more and he did a similar thing last year. He had one day of being really lethargic, but was then back to normal the next day.
He's been quiet and chilled about everything, let my friend catch him yesterday (!) and I put it down to something clicking for him. It didn't happen suddenly enough for me to worry, though I did say yesterday that I'd feel really bad if he turned out to not be feeling too great.
Took his temperature today as he looked really tucked up. 38.9. The vet is coming out tomorrow to have a look at a couple of other horses and has agreed to take a look at Tristan too. He's staying in overnight and having some feed. He may stay in a little longer depending on what the vet says.
I feel so guilty that I didn't think to check his temperature sooner. There haven't been any other signs that he's poorly, he was genuinely just a little quiet. I brushed aside any concerns that I had as I figured I was worrying too much - will probably be over cautious in the future!
I hope that he's back to his usual daft self soon!