Clipping Feathers

[Witchy]

Looks like I'm going to have to keep Joe's feathers clipped as again he is stomping, even after vet treatments and shampoos and good ole pig oil and sulphur.

Can anybody recommend any clippers that are decent, man enough for the job and don't cost the earth? Or do any of you have some you would consider selling?

 

[JoanneLangford]

Can't help you but interested as just got my boy looks similar to Joe, Taffy has loads of feather caught him stamping twice yesterday so dowsed him in Pig Oil & Sulpher, I was banking on this working!!Now a bit worried. Good luck with finding some clippers. Surely you will cut the feathers before going in with clippers??

 

[welshied]

I would also suggest you take away as much feather as possible before going in with clippers other wise you blunt your blades very quickly i use the wahl cordless ones i think thats what they are

 

[Shipley]

I have liberty cordless and they will do it, however my boy would not let me clip his feathers so I have bought some wolsley trimmers and use these they are listed for feathers and take a while I do them every few weeks to avoid them getting too hairy and so he does not think its that unusal.

good luck

 

[Witchy]

Yes I did cut all his feathers off before, followed him round his field for four hours cutting them all off and getting them nice and short.

They have been growing for around 3-4 weeks and I noticed him stamping yesterday and the day before.

I really would prefer him to have feathers as they look so good but the vet said that it looks like he's had mites for a year or more (

not my fault, I've had him 12 weeks tomorrow) and the skin is very thick. It's best for him that they are removed so that's what I will do...

 

[Theresa_F]

Unfortunately if they have been left with mites, the skin goes very thick and folded and this is the time I say to people, that clipped legs are better than full natural glory - the folds and thick skin make it very difficult to get the oil into the skin and they can also get sweat in them which then can make the skin sore.

If you have tried injections, frontline and P&S then it looks like the only thing left you could try is global herbs stamp - strong stuff so treat with caution.

Over the years I have had to clip out various legs on the clydesdales for treatments. What I do is get sissors and cut the hair as short as possible - just hack off chunks and don't worry about the look. I have an old pair of Lister Stablemates - heavy duty clippers and they very quickly then take off the rest of the hair. I then go down the leg to blend in and if being very fussy, will use a clippersharp comb to really get the clip line to be hardly visable.

You will need something fairly heavy duty to go through the hair, a heavy duty pair of trimmers may just cope depending on how thick the hair is - my clydesdale and current gypsy cob have fine silky hair, but the shire x and the gypsy mare I had, had hair like wire wool it was so thick and strong.

One last thought - are you sure he is stamping for mites and not habit? The mare I had, was mite free but still stamped on occasion and we think it was where she had them and got used to stamping and occasionally they stamp if they have thick hair and they are sweating and the sweat runs down the legs and irrates him.