lucymay9701
Well-Known Member
I just wondered if anybody had a fully clipped horse that was unrugged sometimes at the moment? I have a 26 year old retired thoroughbred mare. We have always been careful not to over rug her and she was unrugged for alot of her life (she has mainly been a companion horse though so not clipped) as she has always been on the hot side. She has recently had a full clip as she was suffering from itching and the vet said this may help. Her itching is now improving but we are finding she is still too hot. She went into medium weight rugs at first after the clip but was far too hot so changed into lightweight. She has been wearing a lightweight outdoor rug (with no filling or neck cover) last week and was about right. At night she is just in a 50g stable rug (with no neck cover) which seemed about right until last night when she seemed boiling even in that. We were tempted to take it off but didn't feel 'right' about doing that when she is fully clipped in case it went cooler in the night. I just wondered if anybody else takes them off clipped horses overnight at the moment? It was quite mild last night (well where we live anyway!) but I started to wonder if there maybe any health problems that can cause them to be too hot. So I was just wondering what other people were finding with their horses and if anyone else had a fully clipped horse that was too hot in lightweight rugs at the moment? Maybe she could just do with something lighter still at night as her day rug has no filling and the night one 50g. Just interested to compare her with other horses and what other people are doing!
Thanks very much.
Thanks very much.