Argh I could scream.
Move Billy onto a flat area, not to large, dont let him run about.
So Friday I set up the new paddock, turned them out in it for 3 hours Friday night, then brought them back in to stand overnight. I turned them back out yesterday morning. Late afternoon I went out to get chunky in for a drive left Billy out. He seemed fine. Came back from my drive, turn chunky out and billy is lashing out and banging the ground on his medicated leg. Put my hand under his rug and hes sweating. Do I get him in or leave him out. I decided to leave him out, I figure if hes banging his foot on the ground it would be better on the grass than on hard concrete. I was worried that the sweating was him coming down with lami. Even though it was a small patch the grass was long and soaking wet.
I woke up several times worrying all night. This morning he seemed fine when I checked him in the pouring rain. I moved the fence a little to give a bit more grass as the small patch was getting a bit churned up.
I go out at 3pm to get chunky in for a drive. He has a gash down the front of his face. The skin is all peeled back. Both boys are covered in mud and the paddock is trashed behond belief. I couldnt stand up and was slipping around. I think Billy has kicked him. Theres nothing in the paddock for chunky to have caught himself on. Its electric all round.
So I got them both in. Cleaned up all the blood and put some sudocrem on the wound. Couldnt drive chunky as the noseband goes right across the gash. Taking the noseband off the driving bridle isn't easily doable. So i decided to ride but i had to take the noseband off that.
Have had to set up a completely new restrictive paddock and move the water trough down. The grass is really long on that but at least it's not muddy. Please dont pig out boys.
The vet said a few days off then back into work. This week is my busy work week so cant do anything Monday and Wednesday and I dont want to do anything too soon but I'm contemplating a short in hand walk with Billy on Tuesday. Hes had two weeks off completely now and I think hes fed up. Hes getting very forward just leading him to and from the field. I dont fancy getting on a ticking time bomb so a walk in hand to the end of the road and back might take the edge off him.