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Post by Help pls on Jan 8, 2007 20:00:24 GMT
Can anyone please help me - ''Pig Oil'' - why and where do you use it - what does it do - and how long does it take to work
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Post by Guestless on Jan 8, 2007 20:11:46 GMT
Pig oil has a few different uses and is mostly used by people with hairy or heavy horses. It can be used as a conditioner on manes and tails, added to final rinse water to give extra shine, or mixed with sulphur powder to help protect legs and feather from the mud.
It's a preventative type product rather than something used to cure so it works straight away.
Hope that helps. I'm sure members will have other uses as well.
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Post by showin freak on Jan 8, 2007 21:14:48 GMT
well we use it after we have bathed to condition the coats and make them shine especially on the welshs, we get hot water in a bucket poor a drop of pig oil on the top and just dab a sponge on it and whipe it all over the pony, we also use it before they go in the ring only if there clean tho cos if there dirty or greasy it brings it all to the top!! best in the night performances it dazzles!! oooops just told you are showing secret hehe!!
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Post by lucy on Jan 8, 2007 21:29:11 GMT
i used to use pig oil sulphur and udder cream all mixed together i used it because it stopped my mare from itching and stamping it did the trick
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Post by Molly on Jan 9, 2007 11:23:51 GMT
We put it on the horses coats when in the evening performances. Gives them extra shine when the lights are on them.
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Post by ferret on Jan 9, 2007 11:50:38 GMT
my friend uses it with flowers of sulphur on her trad col cobs feathers mane and tail to stop it breaking thro winter . Also as said above is used in eve performances , but be careful can cook a pony if you use too much under hot lights ...have seen them blister owwch ! Its quite hard to get hold of ....but you can buy it fror Peter Wilkies ( fylde saddlery )
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Post by lils on Jan 9, 2007 12:42:30 GMT
Trilanco who are a big distributor, think from Lancashire sell pig oil, also sulphur Powder.
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Post by Molly on Jan 9, 2007 14:05:54 GMT
We buy are pig oil from are local feed merchants.
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Post by fantastic on Jan 9, 2007 18:51:41 GMT
pig oil is fantastic we use it on the welshies it makes them shine theres nothing that will shine better its extreamly good for night performances speacialy when the light hits your pony they just cleam! on darker ponies it looks like they are wet it shines that much! but make sure your pony has not got a lot of coat when using it for shows as it makes there coats go horrible. But i use it all the time when they have no coat but you have to watch it is not to hot as it can burn because its oil!
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Post by Philippa on Jan 9, 2007 20:33:05 GMT
just be careful. do a test area first. I don't use it at all, I think it is awful stuff and as said above makes their coats horrible. A friend of mine coated her pony in it before going to the Royal Welsh a couple of years ago but the mare had an adverse reaction and had to see the vet down there for anti hystermine injections. She swelled up in places you couldn't imagine.
My advice is, if your pony is well on the inside it will be well on the outside.
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Post by hampshire on Jan 9, 2007 21:48:08 GMT
We use pig oil on our hunters legs and bellies. Cover those areas with it and when you come home the mud wont be stuck on - literally just wipe mud off with a cloth. Saves a lot of work. Obviously would also be good if turning horses out in muddy fields. Readily available from feed merchants and agricultural suppliers.
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Post by Philippa on Jan 10, 2007 13:34:26 GMT
I also use alva dazzle & alva sparkle - its fab.
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Post by Philippa on Jan 10, 2007 16:41:03 GMT
Lol - thanks, I keep getting them then others seem to take them away!!!!!!! lol. At least I am not on a minus anymore, not sure what I said to pee them all off when that happened.
Have returned the karma!!
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Post by atrixo on Jan 10, 2007 19:25:30 GMT
where do you get pig oil?
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Post by Wales on Jan 12, 2007 13:12:38 GMT
used pig oil last night to oil up the hairy fell! fab stuff, its available from most farming places e.g. countrywide etc
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Post by blackknight on Jan 12, 2007 18:36:45 GMT
I oil my fells up a couple of times a week. It has encouraged the feather growth on the youngster and tamed the masses on the stallion, stops the hair going brittle and breaking whilst keeping any mud off.
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Post by How Oily on Jan 12, 2007 19:45:37 GMT
Do you use it neat for feathers and tails, or with water? I've bought some for my hairies, but what now. . . . .?
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Post by blackknight1 on Jan 13, 2007 17:14:49 GMT
I use it neat. Depending on how hairy they are i either put it into my hands and rub it in or put it in an old spray bottle and apply it that way
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Post by lolly on Jan 13, 2007 19:53:20 GMT
dumb question but what actually is pig oil....
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Post by po on Jan 13, 2007 20:17:43 GMT
its a white mineral oil, orignally used by Pig showmen to keep the dry backs of pigs moisturised. Its a heavy oil compared to baby oil and if you want mane to move don't use it for showing. We use it for general maintaince and to keep manes moisturised, and switch to a light coating of baby oil for the ring.
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Post by ponies are great on Jan 13, 2007 22:53:16 GMT
Hi a lady I knew used it on her ponies last yr as was told was great for getting out winter coats, she burned them they went bald and ruined their coats. Took several months for it to grow back be carefull
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Post by dl on Jan 14, 2007 18:53:15 GMT
ive never used it for getting coats out but i used it forthe ponies that are wintered out helps waterproof them
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