Why you should always go with your gut instincts...

[bitsnpieces]

When Inca was born, I wanted to call her Jinx.....and I really should have done!!!!!!!!!!!!

A summary of Inca's life so far:

- Born on 13th June...the only night I wasn't there that week (hence the wanting to call her Jinx)
- Seriously ill from 2-6 months old, lots of colic and various spells of box rest. Turned out to be an abcess in her hindquarters.
- As a yearling got badly stuck in the electric fencing and ended up back on box rest as the wound went a bit manky.
- Two years old, thankfully not much by way of injury but got very badly bullied in the field.
- Three years old onwards, started getting bad gland swellings when out in the field.

She also suffers from Sweet Itch type symptoms and today came in with a swollen, gunky eye.

The poor pony has spent half her time either ill, injured or looking like Quasimodo!!!!!!! :redcarded:

 

[devonlass]

You do realise of course that you are jinxing her even more by writing it down:frown::giggle:

Poor girlie,hope she has a better run of luck soon and that her eye settles down.

 

[newforest]

How did you come up with Inca?

 

[Trewsers]

Hope her eye is better soon - poor lass.

 

[sjp1]

She will come right - probably after this run of bad luck won't have another injury for the next 20 years - fingers crossed

 

[Flipo's Mum]

Awh bless, I guess some horses are just set out to be a bit more delicate than others. Am sure Bella is going to make up for it by being a 'wee' bruiser!
Reminds me of myself as a kid. I was known as an accident looking for a place to happen. Split my chin open twice, got sewing machine needle wedged in my ankle (how I don't know) and got run over (very unspectacularly in a caravan site at about 2mph). I grew out of it *runs to touch some wood*. Am sure Inca will do the same as she gets older and her immune system strengthens. Maybe now you're all settled, she can settle as well. Hope she's feeling better soon.

 

[bitsnpieces]

Bless her, she just gets all the bad luck!!

Sjp1, I really hope you're right and that she's had her run of being poorly all the time!

Newforest, I can't actually remember how I came up with Inca... I have a feeling it was thinking along the lines of names that went with her colour and Ink reminded me of Inca. She's known as Stinker most of the time anyway :giggle:

FM, That is awful luck you've had!! Glad to hear you managed to shake it off!!

Thankfully the little lady's eye was much better today, I bathed it last night which seemed to help.

 

[fairlady]

Aw, I think they go thro stages with injuries etc but sounds like she has had more than her share.


Bathe her eye with cold tea B n P it's amazing stuff but don't quite know WHY it works lol x

 

[Tina2011]

I second the tea bag. It works really well:smile:

Mine had gland swelling in summer for a couple of years running, I don't know what caused it, must have been some pollen or other. They were fine in themselves and vet said it was nothing serious. I haven't had it in recent years. Maybe soak the hay if you feed it.

Inca is much nicer than Jinx lol I would stick with that:smile:

 

[bitsnpieces]

Tea is great stuff isn't it! I used it when she came in that evening, bathed it with warm water first to get all the gunk off from round her eye, then did the tea - right as rain the next morning!

She is just such a little spesh, if something is going to happen to any of them, it'll be her!

Tina - I think with her glands it was because they were in a very sparse field so the dust was aggravating them. She hasn't had it all this year!