Naughty Bloated Pony

[haffyfan]

Remind me agin why we have neddies please?

This morning went to see mine and Harry didn't seem himself. This was confirmed when I gave them their hay as he was hardly bothered with his (please bear in mind it was still dark at this point!)

Took his temp which was normal...he was not very impressed and I ahd to tie him up to do it and his face was a picture. Thinking about it i don't think i have ever needed to do his temp before, even though I should know what is 'normal'.

So changed their rugs and noticed he looked very fat and bloated...immediatly though colic although he wasn't acting colicy just off his grub.

By now it's coming light so unsure on a course of action i decided to poo pick and observe him whilst doing so.....then I discover that the grass on the wrong side of the fence has been munched the whole length of the stretch so it's hardly surprising he didn't want his hay and the bloated tum is a bit of a give away as to whom the culprit was. Clearly the fence was not biting much last night!

Spoke to vet and now he is (I hope still) penned/restricted food (as in currently none and not very happy about it!) and being monitored incase he did colic.
After waiting over 2hrs he consented to pass some loose poo for me so the vet hopes he will hopefully just have got a bloated belly and by teatime will be okay.

Just going to do another check now so fingers crossed he is still okay in himself and then need to finish replacing some rather green bits of tape that may have ben the cause (ran out of new this morning). I am also going to run a second line a foot or so away from the first to try and scuper any future leaning plans. I assume it was working a bit as previously he has pulled the whole lot down and the battery was fresh on at weekend.

horses who's have em

[fimacg]

they do like to scare us don't they...

Hope the tape is back to full working order soon.

At the moment none of my fencing is working as we had to take part of it down for the arena build so it is currently lieing on the ground and the corner where the horses are is not connected at all (as it is all run off the mains). So I am relying on them to remember the fence can bite and to not go through it. if they get out they could end up in all sorts of trouble as there is currently a big gap in the field fence and no gate...

oops hijacking your thread here, hope Harry is OK by now.

[scattymare]

Naughty Harry. It's hard now their getting hairy, the zap they get doesn't seem to get them so much. Myric will walk up and down leccy fencing listening for the 'click' to confirm if it is on - if not he's straight through! Sancy on the other hand won't step over it even if the wires on the floor (having been pulled down). She just stands looking very disgruntled that she's been left behind!

[racaille]

Yup, they are always looking for ways to worry us to death/part us from our cash .....

[fleabitten]

scatty - my aunties pony is terrified of the leccy fencing and wont even walk over it either but she still managed to get out - cant remember how though, could have been the others bulling through it lol!! And then the 2 girls chase poor Jack at the fence as in 'oi, go check if thats on!'

[jane]

Rockefeller just thought the electric fence was a door, he went straight through it no matter..... mind you he was the escapologist that meant I had to have 20 foot high fences, razor wire, security guards and snipers to keep him in?!

[haffyfan]

Well he seems okay so i ahve let him back out Murph but hayed instead of opening some fence! I ahve replaced some old tape and also run a second line just a small distance away from original fence (which will be a right pain as I strip graze) but glad I did as the little toad went straight down field and tried to stick his head over...you'd have thought he's have at least waited till I wasn't watching

Well it's just wait and see now whether he pulls the whole lot down tonight or not

Nov 5, 2009 12:33:51 GMT scattymare said:

Naughty Harry. It's hard now their getting hairy, the zap they get doesn't seem to get them so much. Myric will walk up and down leccy fencing listening for the 'click' to confirm if it is on - if not he's straight through! Sancy on the other hand won't step over it even if the wires on the floor (having been pulled down). She just stands looking very disgruntled that she's been left behind!

This sounds exactly like Harry and Murph...Harry even appears to 'test' whether it's on or not using his whiskers...I have observed on numerous occasions him lightly letting the tips of his whiskers touch the strands of tape.

Fortunatly Murph is like sancy and to date even when Harry has pulled the whole fence down Murph has always remained on the correct side...he's a real wuss but now I've said it

[scattymare]

Harry even appears to 'test' whether it's on or not using his whiskers

Ooh thats a risky business! They are too smart for their own good though sometimes.

P was the one to baffle me the most - got through treble strands somehow without moving a post! We need cctv on our fields.

Glad the little scoffers feeling OK. I'd love to say it'll teach him a lesson but we all know damn well it won't