Re: Rubbing tail.....
This message is from: Kathleen Prince I have been fighting this same issue since getting my mare in '08. I keep her udder clean, clean, clean. I actually shave the base of her tail as they do dressage horses. This was so sad the 1st time but she always had her hair pulled and broken off anyway, this keeps it looking neater. It also allows me to do my "doctoring". I use a natural product made here in FL called Toad Juice. Sometimes I will use baby oil to keep her skin moistened where she scabs it up. I also have to do this to her mane. She is a very allergic horse so we are always trying to keep her more comfy. -- Kathleen Prince kathl...@pookiebros.com Check out our blog! http://www.cassidyapril.com Pookie Bros. Pet Sitting Professional Pet Care In Your Home! http://www.pookiebros.com On Nov 27, 2012, at 8:18 AM, Jeanne Zuker wrote: > This message is from: Jeanne Zuker > > > My Fjord, Windy Acres Monty, has found a new game. He has been > rubbing his tail > on the handle area of th Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw FH_L Shirts: http://tinyurl.com/8yky94l
Re: Rubbing tail.....
This message is from: Krissie England Have you checked his sheath? Sometimes my geldings will rub their tails if they need their sheaths cleaned. Otherwise, he may just be itchy and bored. I have one that rubs his tail all the time no matter what I do :( From: Jeanne Zuker To: Fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 8:18 AM Subject: Rubbing tail. This message is from: Jeanne Zuker My Fjord, Windy Acres Monty, has found a new game. He has been rubbing his tail on the handle area of the blue heated bucket in his stall at nighttoday I found him standing quietly in the back of his stallan unusual spot since he is always at the stall gate ready go outside, have breakfast and to start the day. I immediately went inside and found that he had basically 'tied' his tail around the handle where it connects to the bucket. I was able to unravel ithe was a great boy and stood perfectly still while I worked at itI know he wanted out for breakfast. I then led him outside where his day got started a little late. I am wondering if there is something that I can put over the area of the bucket to keep him from getting his tail tangled up. He has never done this before but this year he has done this a couple times because I found some of his tail hairs wound around it before but this is the worse since he was kind of tied to the bucket. Or is our only option putting his tail in a bag, at least at night. He is on a regular deworming program and I have checked the tail and there is no reason I can find for him to be rubbing. Thanks for suggestions. Jeanne and Monty MI/USA Today's high: 35 degrees BUT.we are suppose to have sunshine!!! Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw FH_L Shirts: http://tinyurl.com/8yky94l Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw FH_L Shirts: http://tinyurl.com/8yky94l
Rubbing tail.....
This message is from: Jeanne Zuker My Fjord, Windy Acres Monty, has found a new game. He has been rubbing his tail on the handle area of the blue heated bucket in his stall at nighttoday I found him standing quietly in the back of his stallan unusual spot since he is always at the stall gate ready go outside, have breakfast and to start the day. I immediately went inside and found that he had basically 'tied' his tail around the handle where it connects to the bucket. I was able to unravel ithe was a great boy and stood perfectly still while I worked at itI know he wanted out for breakfast. I then led him outside where his day got started a little late. I am wondering if there is something that I can put over the area of the bucket to keep him from getting his tail tangled up. He has never done this before but this year he has done this a couple times because I found some of his tail hairs wound around it before but this is the worse since he was kind of tied to the bucket. Or is our only option putting his tail in a bag, at least at night. He is on a regular deworming program and I have checked the tail and there is no reason I can find for him to be rubbing. Thanks for suggestions. Jeanne and Monty MI/USA Today's high: 35 degrees BUT.we are suppose to have sunshine!!! Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw FH_L Shirts: http://tinyurl.com/8yky94l
Re: rubbing tail
This message is from: John Bolinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I had a pony for a while that would get a 'rat tail' every summer. He would grow in a beautiful full tail over the winter then scratch and rub the whole thing down to the skin every summer. The skin on the dock would get hot and swollen. The vet thought it was an allergy, maybe flies/mosquitos/? and when we started putting SWAT cream on it regularly and cleaning and brushing it, he cleared up. We had to put the SWAT on about 2X per week. SWAT is a sticky cream insect repellant, usually a bright pink which looks really ODD on a horse's dock but seems to work pretty good. We use it now on all the horses sheaths and udders to keep the really bad biting flies off. It lasts so much longer than most sprays and I have not had a horse that was sensitive to it. Good luck with it. Martie
Re: rubbing tail
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 ~
Re: rubbing tail
This message is from: Cathey Magill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Someone posted some information on this subject awhile ago and I meant to print it out but forgot. My horse has been rubbing his tail for the past year and now the top is completely bald. We've tried everything. He's wormed every two months so we couldn't see it being that. We did think it was boredom but someone mentioned in their post about tiny mites or sometimes. If anyone can forward me that info, it would be greatly appreciated :) Thanks, Cathey -- * Cathey Magill [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Haven/1218/ http://www2.crosswinds.net/~chinbit/index.html
