Lil' Poppy

Poppy came in lame on Tuesday morning, I think she had pulled it that night in the field. She had lots of heat but no swelling and her joints bent in all the right places. I called the vet to come at lunch time but when I went back up to see her she was better on it.

She has been stabled since then and she is like a different pony!

I have learnt that she loves to be stabled. She was starting to get very miserable and quiet and was losing ground in the last few weeks. I had started feeding her much more and also got her on a course of Naff Pink Powder as I was quite worried about her.

Well, I think Miss Poppy just didn't like living out in the Winter nights! And, she doesn't like hay! She has been in 27/7 until this morning and she is so bright and alert. She has been laying down sleeping in her straw bed when I've got there every morning and she's demolished nearly a bale of straw already. (She's getting Simple Systems food, Pink Powder and her vitamins so I know she's ok without the hay).

So, the little madam will now be staying in at nights! She went out for the first time today and she walked straight back into her open stable when I left! As long as she's happy!