Anyone else's horse still in grazing muzzles

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Daisy2

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As the post says really. In years gone by I have been able to let them have unrestricted grazing from about November onwards but this year the grass is still lush, growing and very green. Just wondering when they and I can have a break fro the muzzles! They are a godsend though and have helped me manage them with relative ease as we have grass livery only.
 
Yep mine is! as she had her first (and last if I have anything to do with it) attack of lami earlier in the year. A months box/yard rest followed by 2 months with just soaked hay in a mini paddock and now in a grazed down field with a muzzle on. No X ray changes but I aint taking any chances.

Until the grass is yellow and dying, it's staying on, as she needs to lose more weight still as well as keep sugars down.

She is in at night with mix of soaked hay and oat straw tho, if she wasnt I would take the muzzle off at night or put her in the bare paddock with soaked hay.

Edited to add we are in NE Scotland and even our grass is still green and lush and the horses are both out without rugs (not that fattie gets one anyway even in -20!)
 
this time last year my cob had been out of his muzzle for nearly 2 weeks, however this year I just can't seem to keep it off him. He is currently allowed it off for about 6 or 7 hours as the grass is getting to the length he really can't eat through the muzzle but after that 6 hours or so, he has inflated considerably! we haven't moved into our winter grazing yet which is looking very green and tasty:rolleyes: my usual trick is to keep his rug off as long as possible so he can shiver the fat off and keep his muzzle off. he has been wearing it since April...it's never ending!
 
Yes much to her disgust:D
But yesterday she was seen galloping up and down with her field mate, which for a very lami prone little girl always makes me very very happy. so Yup muzzle will stay on :)
 
No but I can understand if they still are. Today I looked at the well eaten grass and overnight it looks just like spring grass really short/ VERY green and growing. Its been really mild 17 cent. I worry more about the frost on short grass and raised sugar etc.

But it is definitely springlike(my bramley apple tree has blossom on it).
 
My section D and the 2 section A's are still muzzled during the day, my boy is not really happy about it but the summer grazing is still looking good thanks to the warm weather, rain, warm weather, he's naked as well and only given chaff and his supplements but still heavier than I'd like him to be, almost dreading moving on to winter field as it will need to be on more and I'm sure he's swearing at me each time I put it on
 
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