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Post by fanfarefan on Apr 15, 2014 18:24:25 GMT
Today i have been out and bought my mini horse a grazing muzzle !!! I have managed his weight well all winter , hes now clipped out and ready to show , on poor grazing with sheep and four other friends , but since the sun has been out 3/4 days he is now a little bloater on four legs !!!! This i thought was wind !!! But no difference by the morning !!!! Hes out for about six hrs a day in at night , handful of hay at tea time and a bucket of hay 8pm , a handful o topchop lite twice a day and desertspoon of outshine and balancer ,,,,; so ibought the muzzle , he now hates me and ran round the field for half an hour trying to get it off without succes, im going to put it on everyother day and see how he gets on , i just wondered what experiemce good and bad others have had with muzzles ,,,, its not ideal butit seems to be the best option
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Post by silvester on Apr 15, 2014 18:52:45 GMT
I've just put one on my shetland for the first time ever this week. I'm so surprised that she couldn't care less, and even now 5 days in, I can still catch her loose in a big field and pop it on without any grief, and it stats on!! No, she can't really eat through it either!!
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Post by fanfarefan on Apr 15, 2014 19:09:37 GMT
well im thinking that if hes not eating he'll be walking around and getting exercise,the grass started growing early , and unless i put him in a small poverty paddock on his own where he cant run around either , and will be on his own its really a no brainer , as long as hes alright in the long run
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Post by highlanderlass on Apr 15, 2014 19:22:16 GMT
My Shetland wears a muzzle through the summer as he had frost induced laminitis 4 years ago. He wears it all the time and certainly isn't bothered. I was told to leave it on him as they tend to gorge when it's removed. I have a small pen in the field and when our other pony goes out I take the muzzle off and he can have a while without, he has never had laminitis since then. I have a rider for him this year so I am hoping with the exercise he will get it will mean we might be able to ditch the muzzle.
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Post by fanfarefan on Apr 17, 2014 13:21:33 GMT
So my problem now is how to keep it on , the last two days hes got it off by lunchtime, which means hes had it on for 4-5 hours , he rubs it on his front legs which are now bandaged as they are clipped and i dont want him rubbing it on his tendons ,,,, it maybe that i have to resort to the poverty paddock !!!! But any tips would be gratefully recieved
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2014 13:24:30 GMT
Can you not plait the headpiece into his mane. We used to have to do this to a pony that we could catch, it used to take off it's head collar so we plaited it into it's mane. Stayed on after that as they have to get it over their head to get it off. Just a suggestion
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Post by highlanderlass on Apr 17, 2014 14:57:11 GMT
I have previously used a headcollar on top of the muzzle to stop my other pony pulling it over my Shetland's ears.
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Post by fanfarefan on Apr 17, 2014 18:18:10 GMT
Thank you , i could try putting his head collar on aswell !!!! I cant plait anything in or over as minis have a longer bridle path , but good idea !!!
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Post by highlanderlass on Apr 17, 2014 18:36:24 GMT
It worked really well for my Shetland when I realised what was going on. I couldn't figure out how he was doing it until I saw it with my own eyes, they aren't daft.
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Post by fanfarefan on Apr 17, 2014 18:49:27 GMT
Unfortunately my mini doesnt have any native wit and just spends the whole time trying to rub ir off instead of trying to get what grass he can, so i will just have to be alittle inventive i think lol
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Post by kirky on Apr 18, 2014 11:19:16 GMT
OK, mines not a mini but he has had his muzzle on for about three weeks now. I had to keep altering the headcollar to make sure he couldn't get it off when I first started using it a few years ago but now he never bothers to try to take it off, in fact he prefers to have it on as he gorges and gets a gassy belly. I found that if you make sure the strap at the back of the chin is neat fitting they can't get it off. My boy will have his on now until the grass stops growing and I find it's far better to keep it on, they do get used to it and it's for their own good no matter how they try to make you feel bad.
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