Castle Bottom Lookers

Castle Bottom Lookers

Sunday 22 June 2014

Pony Identification 2014

6 NEW FOREST PONIES ARE NOW ON SITE FOR SUMMER 2014!
Please comment under this page for any sightings of the ponies this year. 
This is the darkest of the ponies with a small white flash on
the forehead and most likely to be the first to come over to
say hello.

Ginger pony with white flash and white socks. Also very quick
to come and say hello.
This pony is quite dark but has some pale patches around the top of its legs. Usually quite shy and won't be too interested in coming over.

Beige pony with dark mane and tail, white nose. This pony is a little bit skittish and will ususally keep it's distance.
White pony, only girl of the group. Generally quite uninterested in coming over.
White male pony with some grey/brown dappling.

Investigating the truck

The ponies had a good nose around the truck today, probably hoping for a bit of food! All look well and happy.

Sunday 15 June 2014

All ponies grazing happily at the top of the board steps today at 2:10pm.

The Countryside Rangers.

Sunday 8 June 2014

Colic

A quick bit of info about colic as the darkest pony had this on Thursday evening. This is very painful for the pony, they will roll around on their back visibly uncomfortable. They will get up and walk a little but then go back to ground quite quickly and stretch their legs out and roll around. Since the vet gave him some medicine the pony has been fine, but the above behaviour is worth keeping an eye out for.

Wednesday 4 June 2014

Hide and Seek

The ponies are starting to venture around the site a little more and seem to find it quite easy to vanish in to scrub that isn't very tall. This can lead to being quite close to them before spotting them. This shouldn't be a problem as they are friendly, but just to be aware.