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The equigroomer also works Great on Eva (GS dog.)
I think I still have some colorful vetwrap kicking around in case it's needed. Also probably some horse liniment for strained muscles, generously shared with me by our former band of mares.I have a burn on my left forearm. I wasn't too careful burning sticks, etc. last week.
View attachment 65439 It isn't too long or large. We, horsepeople, steal from our livestock vetwrap supplies to help US heal. DD treated this yesterday with Neosporin, gauze, and covered it up with some vetwrap I had in my medicine drawer in the kitchen. Why,, the kitchen? The bathroom is a bad place to keep bandages bc it's so humid. Anyway, it now looks Far worse than it really is. Good thing I ran out of Pink vetwrap.
Hope your mare doesn't have Cushings. Our last little old pony had it but lived for her last 5 or 6 years with the disease relatively under control thanks to pergolide. That medication's dosage had to be increased each year, but was easy to administer and kept her from looking like the abominable snowman and prevented outbreaks of founder. She lived to be 36 in relative comfort, and outlived her 3 pasture-mates.Sadly, I am sure that my 26yo mare has Cushings. She wouldn't shed out. I had bought an older horse years ago, and the spring came, we bought clippers to get the coat shedded and just couldn't get his winter coat off.
Every year all of my herd have simply rolled enough to shed in the Spring. Not this year...
FORTUNATELY, with my mare, DD's successfully attacked her coat with a shedding blade, an equigroomer,
Mane N Tail shampoo---friends have Given us theirs, in the past,--EquiGroomer 8 inch Deshedding Tool
The EquiGroomer effectively removes loose hair, dirt and dander on all parts of a horse’s body, including their legs and bellies. The EquiGroomer’s blade is especially useful for sensitive-skinned horses such as Thoroughbreds, many of which won’t toleratewww.bigdweb.com
Mane N Tail conditioner (smells like apple,)
a pair of blunt end scissors (Harbor Freight freebee,)
and a HD grooming rake that nobody seems to make anymore.
They spent 5 hours on her coat, and most of the time she stood perfectly still. When 80% of the coat was off we hosed her down and she stopped..."panting".
Cold water Can cool anybody off.
She was thoroughly bathed, while she grazed, then she came over to me to blow in my face, which is how a horse says, "Thank You!"
They lathered her in apple scented conditioner which really helped to get off additional matting, treated 2 small leg wounds, picked out a hoof which had some small stones in it, then thoroughly sprayed fly spray all over.
There are Still some places that need deshedding, maybe 5% left, BUT, and a BIG but, the coat came off.
We turned her, she was walking better, and when her herd mates complained about the flies, she said, "What flies?!?!?"
I finally ordered my 2024 Fly Predators.
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