This message is from: "Meredith Sessoms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cathey Magill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My horse has been rubbing his tail for the >past year and now the top is completely bald. We've tried everything. Dorina had a spell where she had been rubbing her tail and a full third of it was rubbed off to the tail itself. The thing that helped her was combing! I found great big quarter sized flakes of dandruff up close to the skin. It's my guess that when her tail got wet the germs had a hey-day in all that dirt and dandruff and made her tail itchy. I combed and brushed her tail out as often as I could, more than once a week, until I got all that dandruff and dirt out. I was afraid to wash it while it was dirty for fear that that would make the problem worse. So I combed and combed and two years later I got to see her full and beautiful tail in its glory until she rubbed it off again!!!!! Anyways, since then, I try to make tail brushing and combing a part of regular grooming. I read in an all-breed magazine to never brush or comb the show horses tail until just before the show and to keep it wrapped up. I don't think that applies to Fjords at all! I try to keep my ponies tails brushed, combed and clean as close to the skin as I can. For one thing, they have such thick tails that they have enough hair for four QH's! I don't worry at all about breaking the hairs off with frequent grooming, but I still want to groom gently. Last summer, Aagot started itching all over especially her tail and undersides, I vegetable oiled her udder, brushed and combed her tail, gave her a shampoo, cleaned her udder and lightly scrubbed it with a soft cloth, and rinsed her real good. She immediately stopped itching and tail-rubbing so much. Meredith Sessoms Soddy-Daisy TN USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Dorina & NFR Aagot ~
