Tried to kill my pony this am!

[Britestar]

Poor pony!

Got up this morning and went and fed everyone. Didn't bother putting the feed room lights on (I know where everything is, do it everyday), chucked the feed buckets into the stables, and toddled off to have my own brekkie.

Back out to turn out, notice pony has moved his bucket to opposite side of his stable, he never does that. More likely to be standing in it. Anyway, put him out into field, start mucking out. Go to pick up his bucket, notice he has left some of his food, then, closer look and......eeeeewwwwww! No wonder!!! Theres a dead baby rat in it!!!!!!

Must have gone into the sugar beet bucket in the night and drowned, and I just scooped it up and mixed it in!!!! Poor pony, and bad, bad mummy!

Now, anti -rat methods being employed on SB bucket, trip to country store to buy posion, as well as normal anti-rat precautions!

Other ponies quite jealous they didn't get the toy out of the breakfast cereal box!

 

[sueandtoto]

Oh gross ,Ewwwwwww

 

[stencilface]

Ewwww, but

A dead baby rabbit in ours a good few years back means we always cover it now!!!

 

[Dotilas]

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Now, anti -rat methods being employed on SB bucket, trip to country store to buy posion, as well as normal anti-rat precautions!


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Please just clarify that you aren't planning on putting the poison IN the bucket?

... That will lead to another post from you entitled "killed my pony this am!"

 

[ester]

oops, I found one in the bottom of my boy water bucket last winter, felt very guilty!!

 

[soxsmummy]

eeew yuck !
i hate rats !
very scary !
did you make him a replacement breakfast with the lights on lol

 

[kerilli]

eww. poor pony.
i was at overnight stabling years ago, the groom there insisted on helping me put my mare to bed, including tipping her feed out of my bucket and into corner manger (which i would NEVER do in a strange stable anyway cos of germs.) mare took 1 mouthful and recoiled, having a hissy fit, snorting, throwing head around, kicking out. i checked the manger and the dappy woman had tipped the nice fresh clean feed straight on top of 1/2 a stale feed complete with large dead rat on top... which my poor mare had uncovered. i went a bit mental, must admit!

 

[Ashgrove]

EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW

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Other ponies quite jealous they didn't get the toy out of the breakfast cereal box!

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Very funny

 

[diamonddogs]

Don't feel so bad - yesterday I was running late and chucked everything in on top of the feed then dumped the bucket at the gate to the field. I grabbed the carrier bag and noticed the carrot knife had slipped out of it into the feed so I picked it out and opened the gate, feeling proud of myself for noticing.

Kel wanders out, spots the bucket and gets stuck in... and promptly spat the hoof pick out!!!

 

[NikkiF]

Nowhere near as revolting as a dead rat - euwwwwwww - but I do occasionally leave the wooden mixing spoon in the feed bucket...........which my mare carefully picks out and puts neatly to one side before eating

It's my age

 

[ElliePippa]

Haha, we went to tesco yesterday + collected one of thoses ruseable plastic bags from woody, dusty garage, only to unpack shopping to find a dead,( and rather squished) mouse in there

haha