Oh no, I froze Mimosa!

[LadyGascoyne]

I got down to the horses this morning and Mim was trembling with cold.

It hasn’t got below 7 so I haven’t rugged yet. I think it’s just the relentlessness of the rain that she has struggled with. She does have a nice dry shelter - which Milagra was in because she is the brains of the outfit- but Mimosa wants to adventure and explore so doesn’t do herself any favours.

She was fine yesterday evening but this morning she was a very sad sight. I feel soooo guilty! She’s eating, drinking and moving well. She did two poohs, both fine, while I was there. She was very glad to see me, very affectionate and soppy but she was pulling awful faces at Milagra so she was clearly unhappy and uncomfortable.

I dried her off and popped a rug on, and then we went for a walk to warm up a bit. I got her warm enough for her little legs to stop shaking but without breaking a sweat.

She seemed much happier when I left but will not stay in the shelter area and was off to the far side of the field at a trot when I drove away.

Is there anything else I can do for her, besides keep an eye? I’m feeling awful about it.

 

[PapaverFollis]

She'll be fine now she's warmed up. If she's anything like my Anglo Arab was she was probably being very melodramatic about it. Dafty will learn to use the shelter eventually!

My 10 year old big idiots were out in the storm last night but the 25 year old Welsh A was happily tucked up in the shelter. With age comes wisdom!

 

[Goldenstar]

Just think about the benefit it’s done her metabolism.

 

[BBP]

BBP was the same this morning, he had a 100g rug on which was wet under the shoulders and a couple of spots elsewhere, but was wobbling away like a jelly. The two connies in pac a macs and the naked dartmoor were fine. Not sure I believe the ‘age and wisdom’ line with him. Usually he just charges around to warm up. I wouldn’t be too bothered and as GS said would think of the metabolism as he’s a fatty but as you probably know he had some issues, so I’m treating differently than I used to and trying to keep him warm. So I chucked some fresh hay at them (They are in on hard standing) and swapped him into a dry rug and he was fine shortly after.

 

[Errin Paddywack]

My girl was shaking too but once she had her breakfast and a bit of hay she was fine. I don't want to rug her as she is a bit overweight. They are tougher than we sometimes give them credit for.

 

[Auslander]

All my boy herd were shivery this morning - they were in no-fills, as I thought they'd have the sense to use their very large shelter to escape the driving rain - wrong! I popped a heavier rug on them all, and thought no more of it.

 

[chaps89]

I made the same mistake with mine this weekend.
Left them naked Friday night, there are bits of shelter but no proper man made shelter and probably not enough to eat, cue shivery soggy ponies on Saturday morning.
A day in and rugged dried them out, they had 50g on last night and were absolutely fine this morning, so I think that little extra layer was just what they needed.
She will be absolutely fine once she's dried off and moved about a bit and maybe a rain sheet for future torrential downpours?

 

[LadyGascoyne]

Thanks everyone, she is a bit daft ? Her wobbly legs were very sad this morning - very Bambi, with the big sad eyes too.

Milagra was unrugged too, and absolutely fine. It’s a mixed abilities herd.

 

[Reacher]

Mr H was out for 3 hours in the rain yesterday- came in shivering and very cross with me. Hay in his stable perked him up

 

[PapaverFollis]

Perhaps "age and wisdom" only applies to mares? ?

 

[LadyGascoyne]

Perhaps "age and wisdom" only applies to mares? ?

My husband frequently evidences this ?

 

[Nicnac]

TB was the same this morning - no fill rug on but no shelter apart from a tree. Looked like a jelly horse. Brought him in, gave him some hay with a fleece and a thermatex on. Lunged Mr Rehab and then chucked them all back out. TB got upgraded to a 100gr. He's not clipped but such a thin skinned little love

 

[Not_so_brave_anymore]

I've noticed this weekend (from looking out the window CONSTANTLY at the state of the bloody field ?) that my very shivery mare is actually fine until she sees/hears me, then she's bouncing all four feet off the floor?! My step mum likes to tell me that when a horse is shivering it just proves they're "working properly", but it breaks my heart too.

 

[planete]

Woody the little black cob disliked his rug and rolled until something broke then walked out of it. So he spent the night naked and was shivering this morning. A bit of hay this morning and he was fine. I have ordered him a 50g for the depths of Winter but if he turns out to be a rug wrecker he will have to rely on his Fell x cob ancestry to survive I am afraid.

 

[AmyMay]

Driving rain and wind will make the toughest horse cold. Pop a rug on her x

 

[Flicker]

A Frozen Mimosa sounds like a lovely cocktail for a warm summer evening. Seriously, she’ll be fine.

 

[LadyGascoyne]

A Frozen Mimosa sounds like a lovely cocktail for a warm summer evening. Seriously, she’ll be fine.

From experience, the Frozen Mimosa loses its fizz for a while but still has a kick ?

 

[HashRouge]

I think Arabs do struggle with wind and rain - mine is very good at the jelly legs performance too and always looks miserable if she gets cold. You'll be glad to know that she's survived 19 years in my care, so sure it won't do Mimosa any harm! I was surprised to see my Welsh shivering earlier given he is quite, erm, portly at the moment. But tbh he could do with shivering off a few pounds and he wasn't shivering badly so I left him to it!

 

[Red-1]

Old posh horse would feel the cold, even when rugged.

New top cob is toasty, even when out in the wind and rain.

 

[PurBee]

Mine prefer to stand out in a storm and get drenched instead of being in the warm dry deep bed shelter....i think its because they can see all around them when out in a storm so can flee if danger ensues....whereas their open barn access has just one view and they feel more vulnerable.

Theyve both been treated to 1200denier rugs this year, so i can sleep through the night storms of terror knowing they’ll not be a couple of jelly babies!

It’s awful to see them drenched and shaking but its amazing how quickly hay and being forced to shelter brings them back to steaming warmth and solid legs!

 

[Bernster]

Mines on his 3rd rug in as many days. It’s trsting out the proofing on my rugs and they’ve all failed so I’ve bought him yet another one today. Non stop rain and wind and it is chilly. they're out in 100g type fill this evening.

 

[Steerpike]

One of my Arabs was shivering this morning even with his 200g rug on, I thought he might get cold and that a 200g in October might be over the top but I was wrong!

 

[maya2008]

Mine have spent the whole storm in the middle of the field, eating. No shivering even from the TB (plenty of food!) despite no rugs at all. The grass is woody and long though, so nice and fibrous for keeping warm!

At this time of year in different fields I have put a no fill on the TB and the Arab x . Worked well.

 

[Flicker]

From experience, the Frozen Mimosa loses its fizz for a while but still has a kick ?

Lol!

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

Big tough cob was looking like he was dying of cold the other night, huddled under a tree. His rain sheet is no longer waterproof ? To be fair, the rain has been absolutely bloody relentless this week. Once in and fed (mostly readigrass), he was fine.

 

[cindars]

Two welshies and one Shetland have been out all summer and still are lots of shelter big trees and hedges look fine no plans to rug yet.

 

[zandp]

I've caved. and they both had 50g on last night and were ok this morning, they were naked and out until Friday and both shivering Friday night, in to dry off overnight, out with no fills on Saturday and in shivering on Saturday night. We have no shelter in the field really.

 

[JoannaC]

Now i'm feeling bad that my three arabs, including the 25 year old are still unrugged! They do have access to the the barn though and are all very good doers with plenty of grass to eat. We've got dumpers and diggers here today so they are shut in during the day but have barely touched their hay so can't be that cold.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

My Arabs hate the wind and rain they had heavy weight rugs on in the worst of the storm, they are back in 50g rugs now as it's quite a nice day today.

 

[Annagain]

I've been guilt tripping myself all weekend as I got Charlie and Monty in on Friday to dry them off and get lightweight rugs on them so they would be clean and dry should we get a brief window in which we could ride. I left Archie rugless as he's now retired and I'm hoping to keep him naked all winter. I must have woken up about 6 times in the night. I could hear the rain and couldn't stop thinking about poor old Arch out in it. As soon as it was light I got up and went out in the pouring rain to check on him. I got to the field to find 10 horses sheltering under the trees and one out in the middle of the field on his own grazing away happily - yep it was Archie, warm as toast and oblivious to the deluge. I'm sure he'll be fine all winter, I'll still be waking 6 times a night worrying about him though!