Last night, I found four out of the six reprobates in the container.  Both are open but only one has bedding, but the ponies have choice if they get annoyed with each other.  There are also two soaked haynets outside for sustenance which are empty by the morning so someone is eating them.

And the new routine seems to be working pretty well for the time being. The ponies who can eat a “normal” diet are out on the new track from 7.30 to 15.30, when it gets dark. I open up little bits so they can get more scrubby grass when it gets bare.

The old ladies go inside for the night but come out in the morning to go onto the grass too.  They look forward to this but are more than happy to go inside when it’s dark.  More buckets.

The only one who is not thrilled by this is Fivla.  She enjoyed the 3 hourly waitress service of constant food buckets that seemed to appear out of nowhere.

Around 12.00, I usually find her hovering trying to catch my attention (waitrees, I say, waitress…. yes, you!)

Today, I gave in and fed her a carrot and then she went back to rejoin her herd.  It is Fivla, after all and she is very special.

And these three quite like being outside now.  They have accepted they don’t have access to the grass like everyone else but spend many hours going in and out of the container, mostly to poo in it so I can spend many hours going in and out cleaning the container.  That is my life now.