AdorableAlice
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Adorable Alice is prolifically gannet like and has developed a habit of sticking her head into a netted bale of hay and eating a head sized hole in it. Sounds mildly amusing and harmless I know, but several times last year she created such a hole that enveloped all of her head and resulted in several eye injuries all of which needed vet intervention.
At the moment I am not using the big bale net as they are not yet adlib, but I am using the huge red/black nets which the 3 young horses share and this morning I find Alice with her left eye swollen shut and weeping profusely, resulting in a 'vet needed now' call.
The lovely green dye clearly showed scratches and thankfully she should be ok shortly. There is no choice but to change her lifestyle and remove her from the barn she shares with the other two and to remove any netted hay or quantity of hay that she can bury her head in. So she is now stabled and has her haylage on the floor. She has also been told she is an expensive pain in the backside who has been on the sick since July and is severely trying my patience.
I had a look at those round plastic hayfeeder set ups where a top ring drops down as the hay is consumed but at £225 that is out of the question. I think the floor is the only safe way to feed her but if anyone has any bright and safe ideas I am listening.
Thanks.
At the moment I am not using the big bale net as they are not yet adlib, but I am using the huge red/black nets which the 3 young horses share and this morning I find Alice with her left eye swollen shut and weeping profusely, resulting in a 'vet needed now' call.
The lovely green dye clearly showed scratches and thankfully she should be ok shortly. There is no choice but to change her lifestyle and remove her from the barn she shares with the other two and to remove any netted hay or quantity of hay that she can bury her head in. So she is now stabled and has her haylage on the floor. She has also been told she is an expensive pain in the backside who has been on the sick since July and is severely trying my patience.
I had a look at those round plastic hayfeeder set ups where a top ring drops down as the hay is consumed but at £225 that is out of the question. I think the floor is the only safe way to feed her but if anyone has any bright and safe ideas I am listening.
Thanks.