PennywithHenry
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I just thought I'd say thanks for the replies re; my grazing and livery problems yesterday and let you know about his first night at home.
Hens settled so well it was as though he's lived here forever. He seems a lot happier by himself too.... This morning he had a little walk out in hand before being turned out and absolutely loved it! He puffed out his chest and walked out so proudly in his new light rug! I turned him out afterwards and he had a mad 5 minutes and a roll!! If I go out and call him he whinnies and canters over, he just can't believe he's out, whenever he wants to be!
The dogs had left their football in the paddock and he kept sniffing, squealing and half rearing at it, you wouldn't think he was 17!
He's just had his lunch, which he absolutely loves, as he's now on Winergy Sure Grow (thanks MerryMaker) and he really tucks in, and also ate about a slice of hay and a couple of generous handfuls of hayage overnight, which is a huge feat in itself, as when he came he wouldn't eat forage. Almost all of his forage replacement mix was gone overnight too!! I even snuck a small handful of readigrass in there.
I think his not eating forage such as hay/haylage stems from expecting pain when he chews, as his teeth were quite bad the dentist said, and he eats more if it's put through the old chaff cutter and chopped....He permanently has some chopped up in a recycling box in his stable and pops his nose in. Incidently he'll only eat feeds if they're soaked and warm and I have to keep the chill off his water too by popping out every now and then with a boiled kettle-talk about a high mintenance gee gee!!
So all in all he's an incredibly happy boy, which I think will be half the battle to getting his weight on. He has the vet out for a general check up tomorrow, just to see if he's improving really.....and has the farrier this afternoon.....
Hens settled so well it was as though he's lived here forever. He seems a lot happier by himself too.... This morning he had a little walk out in hand before being turned out and absolutely loved it! He puffed out his chest and walked out so proudly in his new light rug! I turned him out afterwards and he had a mad 5 minutes and a roll!! If I go out and call him he whinnies and canters over, he just can't believe he's out, whenever he wants to be!
The dogs had left their football in the paddock and he kept sniffing, squealing and half rearing at it, you wouldn't think he was 17!
He's just had his lunch, which he absolutely loves, as he's now on Winergy Sure Grow (thanks MerryMaker) and he really tucks in, and also ate about a slice of hay and a couple of generous handfuls of hayage overnight, which is a huge feat in itself, as when he came he wouldn't eat forage. Almost all of his forage replacement mix was gone overnight too!! I even snuck a small handful of readigrass in there.
I think his not eating forage such as hay/haylage stems from expecting pain when he chews, as his teeth were quite bad the dentist said, and he eats more if it's put through the old chaff cutter and chopped....He permanently has some chopped up in a recycling box in his stable and pops his nose in. Incidently he'll only eat feeds if they're soaked and warm and I have to keep the chill off his water too by popping out every now and then with a boiled kettle-talk about a high mintenance gee gee!!
So all in all he's an incredibly happy boy, which I think will be half the battle to getting his weight on. He has the vet out for a general check up tomorrow, just to see if he's improving really.....and has the farrier this afternoon.....