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FullCircle
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 Posted - 27 Oct 2012 : 06:01:20 AM
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I'm just wondering if anyone else has been experiencing warm weather issues which you'd not normally find for October?
For example, the midges have been absolutely DREADFUL. I've been roughing my boy off for winter - his coat is growing in, his back shoes pulled and I've banged his tail rather short to keep out of the mud. But in doing so, I think perhaps I've not left him QUITE enough to keep the midges from attacking his sheath. He came in the other day with an absolutelly massively swollen sheath. I've cleaned it and done hot / cold compress to help with the Oedema - and then applied summer fly cream to keep the bloodsuckers away.
Also, have noticed he's peeing for Britain too. It could perhaps be a late season clover flush, causing so much urination? His stable has been resembling the Somme in the mornings, which isn't like him.
Anyone else seeing anythign weird?
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sasha
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United Kingdom
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pinkvboots
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 27 Oct 2012 : 12:55:01 PM
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Paresh
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Posted - 27 Oct 2012 : 3:43:32 PM
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Dana you should move up here, we most def do NOT have any midges, just as someone else has said SNOW, mind you its all gone today, so hopefully get out to the jumping tomorrow
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Kharidian
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England
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Posted - 27 Oct 2012 : 4:19:13 PM
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Well, it's certainly not warm now! Temperature has dropped drastically in the last 24 hours .
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Kazzy
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England
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Posted - 27 Oct 2012 : 4:27:03 PM
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Yes same here in Mid Cheshire! Never seen so many damn midges in all my life in October!!
Hopefully gone now, its a beautiful day, blue skies but bloody cold rather that than rain though!!
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FullCircle
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Scotland
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Posted - 27 Oct 2012 : 6:15:50 PM
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I'm just feeling like a terrible mummy since he ended up with the Oedema in a rather sensitive area.
I will keep an eye on the excessive weeing for a bit - just to see if it slows down with the colder weather (and the grass stops growing so fast). Otherwise I might end up getting bloods done (just what I need at the minute).
But the weather this year has been the weirdest. Wet/cold/dark all summer. Then some glorious weather in the autumn. The critters don't know what to make of it. Sammy's resembling a yak at the moment with his huge coat. I just can't wait for all this nonesense extra work to go away so I can fire up teh clippers and get riding again! |
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Red Rum
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England
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Posted - 27 Oct 2012 : 7:26:03 PM
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Have to say my horse is weeing a lot too, but the grass is long and very wet. Midges everywhere and being a sweet itch sufferer I clip his neck and he is much happier.
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Cinnypony
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warm weather in October...causing problems?
