SVMel
Well-Known Member
Hi! Am using a grazing muzzle for the first time this year on our shetty, trying to avoid laminitis. He doesn't have it, but got very fat last year on new grazing, so am trying to stop any problems before they start.
Today is the first time he has a muzzle on and I feel so rotten I don't know what to do . He has spent the couple of hours I was there wandering about, getting cross and trying to rub it off (all expected to be honest). He does put his head down, but doesn't seem to be trying to get any blades of grass at all, despite me pushing grass through the hole, showing him he can still eat. He digs a bit at the ground, then gives up and stands about looking dejected.
How long do I persevere and how do I know if he's managed to get anything at all?? The only other answer is to split him up from the other 3 to restrict his grazing, and I didn't really want to do that either. Feel so bad, but trying to do the best I can for him. Any advice gratefully received!!
ps its a canvas type muzzle with a rubber plate across the bottom with a hole in, like the best friends ones, I think.
Today is the first time he has a muzzle on and I feel so rotten I don't know what to do . He has spent the couple of hours I was there wandering about, getting cross and trying to rub it off (all expected to be honest). He does put his head down, but doesn't seem to be trying to get any blades of grass at all, despite me pushing grass through the hole, showing him he can still eat. He digs a bit at the ground, then gives up and stands about looking dejected.
How long do I persevere and how do I know if he's managed to get anything at all?? The only other answer is to split him up from the other 3 to restrict his grazing, and I didn't really want to do that either. Feel so bad, but trying to do the best I can for him. Any advice gratefully received!!
ps its a canvas type muzzle with a rubber plate across the bottom with a hole in, like the best friends ones, I think.