tail length and gassy runs
This message is from: Susan Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello...I haven't written in a while but I have a question. What length should a Fjords tail be? I looked out this morning and saw that my hubby had been very busy last night. What once had been beautiful tails (thinned a bit but long) have now been reduced to hock high shaving brushes. I was livid! Is this a normal length or do most people cut them at this length? I personally love a long tail! On a different topic, a few years back I wrote in asking about my gelding Peppin having a runny gassy problem. He always had a dirty hindend, clear to his heals. The culpert turned out to be sweet feed in any form...pellets or mash. We tried them on oats and molasses and the problem that he had had ever since we got him has completely cleared up. No more brown streaks!...and now no more long tail either. *sigh* Oh well, at least its a long way from the heart...and it will grow back. Happy fjording everyone, Sue in N.B. (Desertstorm's and Peppin's mom) The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: tail length and gassy runs
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sue, LOL Ouch! Poor horses... Tell hubby that hock length tails went out in the late 70s. Long is now in. I think most of us leave the tails as long as possible with out having them drag the ground. I just trim the bottom off square just below the fetlock; just short enough so they don't step on it when they back up and pull chunks out. Amy Amy Evers Dun Lookin' Fjords 260 May Creek Rd Days Creek, OR 97429 541-825-3303 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: tail length
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 11/06/2001 6:50:57 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We were looking at some pictures of our Fjord and see that the one taken last spring and the one taken recently show that the tail was about 12 inches longer in the spring. Wonder what that means, if anything??? Any ideas? Something has been chewing it off??? :) no, seriously... do you comb out his tail? You should just condition it and finger-pick it instead. Other than that I have no answers for you. Lou Check out our website A HREF=http://hometown.aol.com/dbldayfarm/index.html;DoubleDay Farm - Paint Miniature Horses/A I know God won't give me more than I can handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much.
Re: tail length
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dave and Ann Sperl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We were looking at some pictures of our Fjord and see that the one taken last spring and the one taken recently show that the tail was about 12 inches longer in the spring. Wonder what that means, if anything??? Any ideas? Basically, it means that the animal is losing tail hair faster than it's growing. From what I've read, common causes include: * Excessively thorough brushing of the tail---too often, too firmly, or with tools that grab the hair too much * Use of certain grooming aids on the tail---for instance, Show Sheen is reputed to make tail hair more brittle * Lots of tail swishing, at insects---especially in the presence of mesh or barbed wire fences, which tend to grab tail hairs * Tail rubbing, often because of bug bites, such as ticks * Nutritional deficiencies---supposedly biotin helps tail growth, likewise for Vitamin E and selenium (but test, first---too much selenium is as bad as too little); and I had good results with a flaxseed meal supplement. My old mare, Nansy, had a nice tail when I got her, but lost most of it a couple years later, shortly after we got our 2nd Fjord. I found a huge hank of tail hair in her stall; I suspect that Rom came in behind her when she was lying down, and was standing on her tail hair when she got up! (Her remaining tail hair had a horseshoe-shaped cut to it, and she was really crabby at him whenever he came into her stall behind her for a long time.) For years, her tail stayed shorter than her hocks. It'd grow out some, then she'd rub it out again when the ticks got bad. She also grew hoof slowly (age? Cushings?). Interestingly, when we moved to Oregon, she finally started growing and keeping her tail! Not sure if it was the change in hay/pasture, a different mineral supplement (more selenium in the standard supplements here), the lack of ticks, the fact that (while we were building the new house) I didn't always find time to give them their regular groomings, or what. Sleepy has always had a long, full tail---it wears off square near ground level. Rom's tail is thinner, and pointed at the end, which is not quite down to his fetlocks. (Rom has much finer mane/tail hair than does Sleepy.) I haven't noticed much change in their tails here, although their hooves have improved a great deal. Rom did go thru a period of thinning tail in the year or so after we got him, but his tail returned to normal after I took the bottle of Show Sheen away from my husband, and only let him comb tails with a dog brush (wire slicker). Marsha Jo HannahMurphy must have been a horseman-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] anything that can go wrong, will! 15 mi SW of Roseburg, Oregon
tail length
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello all, We were looking at some pictures of our Fjord and see that the one taken last spring and the one taken recently show that the tail was about 12 inches longer in the spring. Wonder what that means, if anything??? Any ideas? We certainly enjoy reading the daily good information on the list. Sorry to read of some of you ailing, and hope all get better soon. Dave and Ann Sperl Sunny and 55 in central eastern Washington.
