PERCY KEEPS ESCAPING

Percy Farrier 15/01 - due next w/c 03/03

Percy has been constantly getting out of his field. He got out one day and then has continued to do so. He and Ruby had to stay in for four days whilst Andrew mended the fence. They went out today and Percy got out AGAIN. I couldn't believe he had got out again, but on closer inspection discovered that the new higher fence only ran down three quarters of the field and so the problem was just the same as before.

I've managed to get hold of some posts and so Mark is going to fix the fencing properly tomorrow. Kim is going to attach a third strand of electric fencing and so we should have a fence high enough and low enough so that Percy can't get out.

The fencing just isn't man enough for the job basically. The ground is so wet that the plastic posts come out if they are lent on and then the horse escapes. I don't know what I'm going to do if this doesn't work, short of look for a livery yard that has proper substantial fencing. I don't want to leave that yard as I like it, but this is madness. Fingers crossed that Percy stays in his field tomorrow!

Percy saw the farrier last week, 15/01. He was naughty to begin with, but when I twitched his muzzle with my hand he was as good as gold. It only took 10 mins which was a vast improvement on last time.

Penny is looking really well. She is carrying good condition, despite only having a token feed. Her tail has been chewed but that doesn't seem to be getting any worse lately. Touch wood she doesn't seem to have any mud fever and appears quite happy with her band of friends out in the field.

Percy is having a lot more to eat now (seems to coincide with the escaping....) He is having a bowl and 1/2 of M&Y mix and a bowl of Alfa oil with sugar beet, three times a day. He is also having 60g calformin a day, which is a supplement recommended by my vet and old boss Mick. Mick suggested that I increased Percy's feed as what I was feeding him was not really enough. So from the beginning of January he is having a late night feed that Andrew gives him at about 10pm. He look well, though is rather long in the body. I'm hoping he will start to grow up rather than along!