Can I put chilli oil on my horse?

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Just kidding, however I’d like to know if my youngster will ever stop picking fights with my older gelding. He is covered in bald patches from bites!
They get on pretty well, and whinny if I take one or the other away, but my youngsters going through the “I’m going to piss off all of the other horses” stage (terrible twos I guess) and keeps picking fights (and losing) with his brother. Initially they will play and fake bite at each other and rear etc, but then my gelding gets bored and tells him off with his teeth ?
Any tips or tricks? Kind of wish there was a cribox type product that’s safe enough to put directly on the horse!

He looks a bloody mess ? and I planned to show him this year!
(Already smothering the bald bits in cornucresine!) I don’t want to separate as my youngster is happiest when he’s with the big horses. (The ponies are old and don’t want to play!)
 
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I used fly gel...the fly repellent stuff that you smear on your horse with a sponge. I primarily used it as fly repellent but I wonder if it helped with his more playful field buddies.
 
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You need an Uncle Archie.

Arch is very affectionate and will groom the other horses all day but isn't much of a player. If someone (Charlie) tries to play with him, he'll ignore him for as long as he can but when he's had enough he does thing where he grabs an ear and pins his head to his chest in a way that means all he can do is back away - but Arch won't let go so he's stuck. Once Charlie's had a few seconds to re-evaluate his actions, Arch lets him go and he runs away!

Seriously though - is there an older tolerant horse who will good-naturedly correct him rather than getting angry?
 
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OrangeAndLemon said:
I used fly gel...the fly repellent stuff that you smear on your horse with a sponge. I primarily used it as fly repellent but I wonder if it helped with his more playful field buddies.
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I have some of that phaser gel and did wonder if it would help! Will give it a go!
 
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Annagain said:
You need an Uncle Archie.

Arch is very affectionate and will groom the other horses all day but isn't much of a player. If someone (Charlie) tries to play with him, he'll ignore him for as long as he can but when he's had enough he does thing where he grabs an ear and pins his head to his chest in a way that means all he can do is back away - but Arch won't let go so he's stuck. Once Charlie's had a few seconds to re-evaluate his actions, Arch lets him go and he runs away!

Seriously though - is there an older tolerant horse who will good-naturedly correct him rather than getting angry?
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He’s currently out with my gelding and an older mare, but unfortunately as he’s the biggest on the yard (he’s 16.1) there isn’t many that will challenge him! The mare tends to just squeal at him and trot away now ?
He knows not to mess with my gelding when he has that “look” in his eye! And I think he understand that he’s not at the top of the pecking order but doesn’t seem to learn from the bites! Doh!
 
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Don't bank on him growing out of it ... I can't turn any of these 3 out together because one would end up dead through refusal to quit plating - 13yo Welsh Cob, 18yo TB and 29yo Shetland stallion...
 
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How long have they been together. It took about 6 months before my youngster wasn't covered in bites. He's now learned to bite and be annoying and then immediately move out of the way... quickly.

Tbh, even when youngster was muzzled in summer, they just ended up rearing up at eachother instead.

But they are best mates too!158608399_10164559861910618_5451390542659009636_n.jpg
 
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Michen said:
How long have they been together. It took about 6 months before my youngster wasn't covered in bites. He's now learned to bite and be annoying and then immediately move out of the way... quickly.

Tbh, even when youngster was muzzled in summer, they just ended up rearing up at eachother instead.

But they are best mates too!View attachment 68326
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They were together for the majority of last year but the youngster had a couple of months of “barn rest” due to injury so they were separated for a while! Have been back together for a few months now. Mind you he didn’t really try to play much before the box rest!
 
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It worked for me. The bully was grabbing my horse by his dock and hanging on to him as he tried to walk away so I sprayed it on the top of his tail.
 
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