Chianti
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My pony has very bad sweet itch and wears a rug all year - sweet itch type or turn out to keep him covered. There have been a few instances at my yard over the past couple of years when I've arrived and his rug has been off. When I saw whoever was on duty they'd say something along the lines of it was windy, not too cold and we thought he's like to have a roll. Which is just about Ok in those conditions. He's on almost full grass livery - the yard will feed, change rugs and do his creams - but I tend to treat it like assisted DIY and only ask them to do him when needed. Obviously lock down has changed all that and they have been doing him as we weren't allowed to go at all and are still only able to go on timetabled visits. Today I went up and went to put him back in his field and asked one of the guys to put his rug on which she did. One of the other staff watched and said, 'he's going to be so hot in that rug' to which I replied that he probably would but it was better than him rubbing and hurting himself. He's in a premier equine rug and I said I'd take up a rambo one which is a bit lighter- which I then did straight away. Later this afternoon I had a message from her to say she's had to take off his rug as he was dripping sweat underneath it. I've replied and asked her to put the rambo one on and said I've got a light weight fly rug I can take up later in the week he can wear during the day. So - thanks for getting this far. Has anyone any ideas of other things I can try? Last two years he's been able to be stabled during the day but he can't this - he does have a field shelter.
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