the daydream fund challenge thread

lostinrates

alfie, cold weather is a very, very common time for lami. But anecdotally more often in older ponies. Many go at this time of year from it. Partly because its assumed the lami is always diet related and partly because of the conditions themselves(cold weather). Personally I tend to treat ponies and lami-typical types as if they have laminitis all the time. IMHO more ponies suffer from chronic LGL than people think. and ( I've been checking special girl for the same reason. She's atypical for a lami sufferer and never has had but seems down,taking herself away from the herd, staying in the barn a lot,quite concerned about her, but no pulses, foot seems good. Think she just hates the weather and it might be a social problem(she seemed to perk up when we snuck off from the others into another paddock for a quite graze and cuddle at the weekend.)

Sounds like you are doing all the right things for them though. Horrid, horrid disease.

lostinrates

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

I used to work at Toast, as an order packer a few years back, I am not going to tell you the mark up they do:eek:

aha, well that explains your taste! Tell me you got to buy stuff with a great staff discount?!

choille

Hi alfie - hope the horses are okay.

Re the PO - I think it suits the PO as the owner told me that they are only getting paid for 2 hours a day & the 'computer' probably wouldn't let her in'. We do have another PO 7 miles away - however it's up an amazingly steep hill that is impassable if it's at all icy - bus crashed there last week.

I do keep stamps in but we have to post paperwork stuff. I should get some gramme scales & different stamps for times such as those.

alfie_1

lostinrates wrote: »

Where as I have two doors, oh three, but the third is impractical, and no way from the kitchen direct to outside. That will be changing!

i only have 2 doors front and back ! i did get the cavity walls filled and roof ,[friend owns a company and got good deal....FREE:)]
i have stone window frames down stairs, so can hold the cold a bit but got REALLY thick curtains. when i had central heating put in, i didnt put radiators under all the windows as i felt curtains keep chill out and radiators are IN the rooms. makes a big difference compared to the 2 rooms where under window [only place to fit]. much colder rooms??
i have a fireplace in every room but only use lounge one as im tad paranoid with my son [fireman] telling me horror stories.....
my bedroom is coldest in winter and hottest in summer as the ceiling goes up into the roof pitch and is about 10ft to top. looks grand but its like olympic training jumping out of bed in the mornings.... got it down to a fine art now getting dressed in seconds !!:rotfl:

lostinrates

alfie_1 wrote: »

i have stone window frames down stairs, so can hold the cold a bit but got REALLY thick curtains. when i had central heating put in, i didnt put radiators under all the windows as i felt curtains keep chill out and radiators are IN the rooms. makes a big difference compared to the 2 rooms where under window [only place to fit]. much colder rooms??

Couldn't agree more. I love big thick curtains, and if you have rads under the window the heat is blocked out with full length curtains. My architect (feel so poncy saying that) was explaining the ''warm air curtain'' or something when I asked him about rads under windows but agreed, for me,with floor length curtains and in this house its a poor move...and obviously, where all the existing radiators are!


I'm almost ready to brace for the next dreadful spell of weather and Christmas. I'm really excited because DH thinks he'll be coming home on the 22nd and off ALL of Christmas :j:j. We're both really missing each other mid week at the moment.:(

alfie_1

lostinrates wrote: »

alfie, cold weather is a very, very common time for lami. But anecdotally more often in older ponies. Many go at this time of year from it. Partly because its assumed the lami is always diet related and partly because of the conditions themselves(cold weather). Personally I tend to treat ponies and lami-typical types as if they have laminitis all the time. IMHO more ponies suffer from chronic LGL than people think. and ( I've been checking special girl for the same reason. She's atypical for a lami sufferer and never has had but seems down,taking herself away from the herd, staying in the barn a lot,quite concerned about her, but no pulses, foot seems good. Think she just hates the weather and it might be a social problem(she seemed to perk up when we snuck off from the others into another paddock for a quite graze and cuddle at the weekend.)

Sounds like you are doing all the right things for them though. Horrid, horrid disease.

the vet was puzzled that 2 went down same day? others seem fine but will low graze them now, hay only... barney TB is going to go in bottom field, he needs to , and sod it im going to turn RUBY out with him...if i have a job catching her, so be it !! vet said she will be fine out now. cobby and young so she should do well. will spend all my time watching them all now.
farrier recomended this mobile horse vet, so VISIT [he said he was only charging minimum as they were so tiny !], injections, supply of bute etc £69 !! other vet charges over £50 for a visit !! he was very thorough too. not that money counts when my "babies" are not well but helps !

lostinrates

alfie_1 wrote: »

the vet was puzzled that 2 went down same day? others seem fine but will low graze them now, hay only... barney TB is going to go in bottom field, he needs to , and sod it im going to turn RUBY out with him...if i have a job catching her, so be it !! vet said she will be fine out now. cobby and young so she should do well. will spend all my time watching them all now.
farrier recomended this mobile horse vet, so VISIT [he said he was only charging minimum as they were so tiny !], injections, supply of bute etc £69 !! other vet charges over £50 for a visit !! he was very thorough too. not that money counts when my "babies" are not well but helps !

Hw mobile is the vet! I'm not overwhelmed with the horse vet here.


Two at the same time....not so odd, same management, same conditions. Frustrating, annoying and unusual, but not dramatically so sadly. But the thing is that you've caught it, hopefully early.

Good lesson for Ruby, important to learn to be caught. Easier in winter to teach that than in spring;)

Poosmate

Evening all.

Rhiw, I don't have a hairdryer. Mine broke a long time ago and I didn't replace it because I usually let my hair dry naturally. I'm using this clingfilm just because I have a load of it. I think it's the industrial type stuff that is used to wrap huge cages of goods, heaven knows where it came from!

Choille, I think I forgot to mention before about your beautiful photos, you certainly have an eye don't you!? You could make a living selling pics like that.

Hope all who are trying to catch their dinners are successful! lol

Davesnave, I only have a front door and a back door. Front door is double glazed but it's still freezing and the back door is out of the garage. There's a door from the kitchen into the back of the garage. I've pinned a bedsheet up on the garage side of the door and now I've sealed the door with masking tape and put another bedsheet up on the kitchen side. I promise myself each spring that I'll get cavity wall insulation but always something turns up and the money goes elsewhere. This year I had to change my car and have paid no less than £60 on it every month but 1 since I bought it! I don't think I could cope with having to seal 5 doors to the outside!

CTC, do people actually pay that much for blankets? EEK! Did you have a look at the hand knitted socks? Pretty, but £39?!!! Double EEK!

So it's your sister that buys the socks then LIR! lol I can't bear to look at anything else! Although, I wonder if they would keep my feet any warmer than my 5 pairs of cotton rich socks for £2 from Morrisons? (Not that I wear 5 pairs at a time - just two).

Alfie, congrats on your hats! Hope the shetlands are well soon.

Oh dear, I don't even own a hairdryer! Sometimes I feel so very poor and feel as though I've been poor for so long. Strangely though, I rarely think about all the stuff that I haven't got and don't really miss much. I guess most of the time I am so preoccupied with how cold I am. Oh well, I guess I'm rich in other ways, can't say my life isn't eventful, even if those events are usually unfortunate! lol

You have to laugh don't you!


Poo

choille

If you can put foil behind the radiators then that helps reflect the heat back into the room.

I'm not even thinking about another bleak spell. Last Winter was horrendous here & I just couldn't face another Winter as long & hard as that.

Anyone know what is trendy to sell on ebay as I'm gonna hit the charity shops tomorrow & I'm gonna get into ebay selling.

choille

Thanks Poo. I just point & click. The camera came free with the computer about 7 years ago. I think it's a basic one - thing is the scenery is so gorgeous here you can't go wrong really.

Sorry you are so cold. I have lived in damp, mouldy cottages most of my life & now in a caravan for the third Winter - but hopefully we'll get there. It is a grind sometimes.
I am so glad we put in my old stove - I think we would have frozen to death last Winter if we hadn't.

I wear a hat to bed & most of everything else! Even the cats get under the duvet.