Although there are times when you wish you could.
Take last Thursday for instance. My little darling Pixie - daughter of Epiphany - somewhere between her finishing her dinner and me coming home and going to see them (I call it tucking them in!) she did herself a real mischief.
No one knows what she did to herself but we do know that it involves either a fence, or a gate or even the side of the stable - where she must of been hooning around the paddock and in the mud had slipped and gone base over apex and done her neck and her poll some real damage.
I found her in the stable alone - her mum Pip and Gossy busy picking the hay that I had put out for them - as I do of a nightime (well, I spoil them!) and she wasnt even interested.
That of course set off the alarm bells and the fact that she wouldnt let me touch her - Pix is one of the most forward and confident of the babies (with Molly Rocks not far behind her) and always comes and says hello when you go into her paddock. But not that night.
We got Erick to come out and have a look at her because I was seriously worried and he too, after examining her, had a worried look on his face as he wasnt sure of the extent of the damage - whether she had done something to her head, her neck or had damaged the nerve endings. He gave her some drugs for pain relief and a cortisone injection and said he would call in on her on Friday.
Friday came and went with little or no change. This little filly had really done some damage to herself so much so that she couldnt walk in a straight line. Erick came and gave her some more drugs and said that he wanted to see some improvement in her by Saturday.
Saturday came and I went down to see both Pip and Pix and while Pip was in the main yard, Pix was staying in the stable. All of a sudden I heard her whinny and she popped her head around the stable door.
Very gingerly she walked over to me and to her mum and had a drink. I cant tell you how relieved I was to see her walk in a straight line and show a bit of interest.
By lunchtime on Saturday her tummy must of been getting the best of her as she was ravenous and Pip suggested more hay.... so more hay it was! (And of course there was some more for Gossy next door!).
Erick popped in again late Saturday afternoon and was encouraged to see her moving a bit better.
By this afternoon (Sunday) Miss Pixie Lix was bending down and picking at hay and at some green stuff but still very sore and sorry for herself.
I have to say that I am very relieved and happy with her progress, although both Pix and Pip will stay in the stable yard next to the house for a few more days just to make sure.
Do you think that they manufacture cotton wool big enough to wrap around a 3mth old filly?
LOL
Take last Thursday for instance. My little darling Pixie - daughter of Epiphany - somewhere between her finishing her dinner and me coming home and going to see them (I call it tucking them in!) she did herself a real mischief.
No one knows what she did to herself but we do know that it involves either a fence, or a gate or even the side of the stable - where she must of been hooning around the paddock and in the mud had slipped and gone base over apex and done her neck and her poll some real damage.
I found her in the stable alone - her mum Pip and Gossy busy picking the hay that I had put out for them - as I do of a nightime (well, I spoil them!) and she wasnt even interested.
That of course set off the alarm bells and the fact that she wouldnt let me touch her - Pix is one of the most forward and confident of the babies (with Molly Rocks not far behind her) and always comes and says hello when you go into her paddock. But not that night.
We got Erick to come out and have a look at her because I was seriously worried and he too, after examining her, had a worried look on his face as he wasnt sure of the extent of the damage - whether she had done something to her head, her neck or had damaged the nerve endings. He gave her some drugs for pain relief and a cortisone injection and said he would call in on her on Friday.
Friday came and went with little or no change. This little filly had really done some damage to herself so much so that she couldnt walk in a straight line. Erick came and gave her some more drugs and said that he wanted to see some improvement in her by Saturday.
Saturday came and I went down to see both Pip and Pix and while Pip was in the main yard, Pix was staying in the stable. All of a sudden I heard her whinny and she popped her head around the stable door.
Very gingerly she walked over to me and to her mum and had a drink. I cant tell you how relieved I was to see her walk in a straight line and show a bit of interest.
By lunchtime on Saturday her tummy must of been getting the best of her as she was ravenous and Pip suggested more hay.... so more hay it was! (And of course there was some more for Gossy next door!).
Erick popped in again late Saturday afternoon and was encouraged to see her moving a bit better.
By this afternoon (Sunday) Miss Pixie Lix was bending down and picking at hay and at some green stuff but still very sore and sorry for herself.
I have to say that I am very relieved and happy with her progress, although both Pix and Pip will stay in the stable yard next to the house for a few more days just to make sure.
Do you think that they manufacture cotton wool big enough to wrap around a 3mth old filly?
LOL
