Today, I made a quick trip into town to get all things biotin for Haakon’s hoof as well as get my hair cut.
I spent my morning at the feed merchants looking at labels on all the equine supplements and trying to make an educated guess as to what would be best for my poor old boy.
Feeling that I was getting into a huge muddle with this, I went and stood outside trying to find a halfway decent mobile signal in the drizzle while phoning NAF Equine for more information and some guidance. They were very sympathetic to Haakon’s situation and I came home with biotin in liquid form (Pro Hoof), a General Purpose Supplement and some TurmerAid (Lambie and friends had finished my supply).
I also bought Haakon a big bag of his favourite veteran mix to add to his food as he knows when I put anything suspicious in, like boswellia, which he loathes and then refuses to eat. Fussy bugger.
This is Haakon’s afternoon bucket – and he devoured it, complete with supplements and mix.
The smaller of the vultures were also circling.
They knew I had brought little carrots for afters.
Vitamin was fairly certain I would part with them early but I said no as I wanted Haakon to finish his bucket of drugs first.
Once the bucket was finished, I distributed fairly my carrots.
Fair’s fair.
And then I went to see the little ones. All very well in that field. I think Tiddles is over his tummy troubles.
Kisses all round, and then I put everyone else to bed (hens, ducks and called the sheep home).
Do you know it is dark by 4 o’clock?
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Fingers crossed that those who are well, stay well, and those who are healing (I’m looking t you Haakon) continue to get well.
And that somewhere in the middle of it all, there is time for you to have a soak in the bath with a favourite tipple 🙂
Sweet of you but I don’t drink alcohol anymore. I gave up 116 days ago.
Well done you. If it is any comfort, I do not imbibe either, x
I am struggling tbh but will not drink alcohol again.
that should be ”AT you, Haakon”
Busy, productive day! The sky pics are beautiful.
I never realized that Shetland vultures have hooves & manes; our sky vultures are black & swoop; our ground vultures look a lot like Monster, except either ginger or tortie. Regardless, I hope Hakkon’s hoof mends quickly & well & the vultures will neither gallop nor swoop.
Good progress!
The 6:30 p.m. Radio 4 programme today was Mark Steel’s in Town. I love his humour and today’s programme was from Unst. It was gently hilarious. I’ve loked for a link but it’s not up yet. Do listen – pure joy!
I enjoyed that too! Wonderful humour. Did you hear the previous one in the series, from Lerwick? He mentioned many things I first learnt of here from Frances, even if he didn’t seem to have heard of her famous menagerie!