Cut mouth - how long to heal?

I read in a stephen hadley book that you can leave them in the stable with a bridle in (obviously with someone around!) with a bit with a soft mouthpiece, wrapped in a cloth covered in glycerine or similar? Never tried it, but might be worth googling?

Or you could buy some glycerine from the chemists and put some on her tongue - our dentist recommended this for sore mouths. Its nice and sweet I think, so they seem to like it
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Dont agree with 'use a hackamore' They are not exactly the nicest of bits to be fair.. and can cause damage

A gentle touch bitlss bridle could be an idea.
Unles you happy and comfortable in a hackamore.. dont use it!

Lou x
 
Thanks everyone. I was going to try him in a hackamore actually anyway, he is really fussy in the mouth and we are having bitting/breaking issues at the moment (hence the cut mouth :-(

I am putting Bonjela on the cut and it does seem to be healing up quickly - I just don't want it to tear again. Poor Ollie.
 
Bonjella (spelling?) seems to do the trick.

I have used a hackamore for this purpose in the past - as N says above though, they are very severe. Some horses take a while to get used to them.
 
Alum crystals from the chemist - that's what worked for my horse. Mix a teaspoon of crystal in half a pint of boiling water. Let it cool, then soak a bit wrapped in chamois leather in the solution, put bit in mouth once a day and magic - it really works a treat! Then use something nice like a KK Ultra when healed!
 
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