Thank you for all your kind words yesterday. They, plus some dry clothes, really helped my mood and I also had a word with myself about Tiddles.

Yesterday, I tried to keep him inside but he was agitated and miserable so I caved and let him out with his friends.

However, “tomorrow is another day”, and this morning I brought Waffle in to keep Tiddles company and decided they were both back on the laminitis treatment regime.

They weren’t very impressed but I tell myself that I want them 100% right, not hobbling around getting by.

From now on, all hay is soaked, which is a killer for my back but I am determined to make it work.

I know Tiddles is miserable inside but he now has a friend and I gave them both a good brush and a nice frilly forelock.

So handsome.

Tiddles is not pleased with me. I hope he will start eating the soaked hay. He did tuck enthusiastically into his afternoon teensy tinsy bucket (literally a spoonful of soaked fibre-beet) and I noticed the haynet, which I gave them this morning, was almost finished so someone’s eaten it.

On Monday, the vet is coming to take blood to test both of them for PPID (Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (equine Cushing’s disease)) and EMS (Equine Metabolic Syndrome).

That is my plan.  I feel better for having a plan.