Ashleigh_
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ITV SAYS -20?! surely not! :o *DELETED*
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Snowysadude
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I think its a mistake, BBC said -14 was the lows in scotland and thats the coldest in the UK!! I hope its a mistake anyway
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Grey_Showjumper
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oh god..
not that low, please! he already has 3 rugs on
thankfully new nice one is coming soon
must be a mistake though!
must be a mistake though!
Ashleigh_
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oh thank god! my brother just ran in to tell me that poor ronnie would be bugger'd.
SORRY TO CAUSE A PANIC!
SORRY TO CAUSE A PANIC!
Snowysadude
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heres a link for Brighton weather on BBC
: http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/2132/
suzysparkle
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It's been -18 up here already over Xmas. Horses are fine they can cope with cold better than you think. It's when they are also wet that they struggle.
VioletStripe
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i sincerely hope that was a mistake..
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SpottedCat
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Here's a pic of some TBs in the snow when I was in the USA this time last year. They lived out, unrugged, 24/7. At one point it was -25 during the day, no idea how much colder at night. They were happy and fine, in fact I never even saw them use their field shelters.
Horses are tougher than we think.
Horses are tougher than we think.
Ashleigh_
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Oh thankyou snowysadude!
I shall now delete this before everyone else has the scare of their life!
Thanks again x
I shall now delete this before everyone else has the scare of their life!
Thanks again x
Puppy
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QR - As SpottedCat says, horses can easily cope with the cold
So long as they have plenty of forage, they can warm themselves up,
although of course you can make it a bit easier for them by providing decent (but not OTT) rugging.
IMO, horses find it far more miserable and exhausting if they get prolonged periods of rain, like we had at some times in November, or intense winds, than it being cold like we have right now. Mine are out 24/7. The oldies has a MW/200gm rug, and the other one (leg injury, but otherwise v well) is in a LW/no fill just as a precaution, to stop her getting soaking wet. Both have ab lib forage and are v well and v happy.
I may be in a minority, but I don't worry about them at all purely cause the temp has dropped, and would feel FAR worse if they were being stabled excessively because of this weather
IMO, horses find it far more miserable and exhausting if they get prolonged periods of rain, like we had at some times in November, or intense winds, than it being cold like we have right now. Mine are out 24/7. The oldies has a MW/200gm rug, and the other one (leg injury, but otherwise v well) is in a LW/no fill just as a precaution, to stop her getting soaking wet. Both have ab lib forage and are v well and v happy.
I may be in a minority, but I don't worry about them at all purely cause the temp has dropped, and would feel FAR worse if they were being stabled excessively because of this weather
Scheherezade
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That's Scotland & Northern England where it has already dropped to temperatures near that. Not the South, I think you're hovering around -2 - +5.
MagicMelon
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I heard it got down to -17 in some parts of my area last week. Thats damn cold I have to say! The lowest I've personally seen during this cold snap is -10.
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Donkeymad
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I may be in a minority, but I don't worry about them at all purely cause the temp has dropped, and would feel FAR worse if they were being stabled excessively because of this weather
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I'm in that minority too
I may be in a minority, but I don't worry about them at all purely cause the temp has dropped, and would feel FAR worse if they were being stabled excessively because of this weather
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I'm in that minority too