A Poorly Charlie Brown

Charlie Brown certainly knows how to choose his moments. On Monday 3rd November at 6.30 am John dropped Wally & Denise off at Bournemouth airport for a well earned two week holiday in Tunisia.

At 7.30 John and I took the breakfast feed up to the horses in the camping field to find Charlie Brown rooted to the spot on the far side of the field. He just did not want to move, and had no interest in food. It took us nearly half an hour to coax him into walking very gently down to the stable to await a visit from the vet.

10.00 am Mel arrived from the Damory Equine practice in Blandford. She gave him a very thorough examination but could find no reason for his high temperature, so the diagnosis was an all too common PUO ( Pyrexia of Unknown Origin)!
A course of antibiotics was prescribed for 5 days and an anti-imflammatory given in the vein.

2.15 pm I returned to find Charlie munching hay and a different horse. The temperature returned to normal in the next few days and he never looked back. He returned to his mates by the weekend and was welcomed back into the fold with great enthusiasm.

Today Charlie is a picture of health judging by his enthusiastic 'Airs Above The Ground' antics before breakfast that belie his true age!!