A Sizzling Summer And A Poorly Pony

Rocky self selecting cleavers

Sorry for the delay in blogging everyone.  The hot weather is continuing -  it was 94 degrees Fahrenheit this afternoon! The ponies don't seem to mind much - there's always shade in the yard...and the field shelter provides shade for the ponies in the field.  They are all drinking much more so the water buckets need extra top ups.  For the volunteers...Some come earlier or later in the day as it's easier to work in the slightly cooler temperatures.  Some volunteers thrive on the heat and love being out in scorching sunshine and it never seems too hot for them!

The biggest difficulty this week is that Rocky's not been well.  He seems to have had some sort of allergic reaction, causing him difficulty breathing and asthma type symptoms.  We've been trying to isolate the source - bedding, dust/spores in the hay, or possibly a pollen of some sort.  Fiona's been helping with suggestions for self-selection and Rocky's been having steam inhalations to help open up his airways and keep him more comfortable.  Thank you to Catherine for bringing over a "spacer" for Rocky in case he needs to have ventipulmin.

We need to say thank you to our volunteer Mel who donated a 3 tier water feature for us to sell for the ponies.  We posted it on ebay and on Sunday it sold for just over £72!  Thank you Mel!

Frodo checking out the change to pea gravel in the stable

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