I mentioned last week that the flies were being very bothersome. The next day Galahad came in from the field looking like this.
I thought at first that he was just incredibly scruffy but when I looked closer I realised that he was in fact covered with fly bites.
He does have a tendency to react badly to bites – every year he gets lumps where he has been bitten. Never so many at once though. I can only assume that he rolled on something which fought back!
Thankfully he didn’t seem bothered by the bites and didn’t react at all when they were touched. Within a couple of days they had started to go down and they are now almost completely gone. They can’t have been nice though. Poor little pony.
Poor Galahad! 😦 flies are such pests! Glad he’s doing better now though and looks a lovely jaunt!
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They really are! Thank you, he’s fine and like I said they didn’t seem to hurt him. It was a lovely ride!
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I hope he’s recovered now. Looked unpleasant.
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Thank you, he’s fine now. The bites didn’t seem to hurt him but I can’t imagine they were pleasant.
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