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Two ponies with working eye between them have become inseparable – with one acting as a guide for the other.
See Masons story MNBLIND. Pony Peanut,(Brown coat) who only has one eye, has become a full-time carer for fellow nag Bubbles (white coat) who is blind in both eyes. The pair are best friends and share their retirement eating, grazing and keeping each other safe at Anim-Mates Animal Sanctuary in Kent. Peanut, who is 19, arrived six years ago and Bubbles, aged 23, is owned by one of the charity’s volunteers Pauline Thompson (Pictured here).. The pair have been sharing the same field for two years and Welsh mountain pony Bubbles became more reliant on Peanut when his sight deteriorated to total blindness. Mrs Thompson, who has owned Bubbles since he was three, said: “He could see when they first got together in the field but we noticed there was someone wrong with his eye and we called the vet in and he told us he had a cataract in one and he was blind in it. “Later I noticed Bubbles was holding his head to the side a lot and we called the vet back and sadly he told us he now had cataracts in both eyes so was totally blind.” Bubbles spent his working days teaching children to ride, taking part in parades and he won rosettes at shows. Mrs Thompson added: “He likes living with Peanut and knows exactly where he is.