Grazing Muzzles

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tazzy69

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Pony was allowed out to graze this week after coming down with laminitis, luckily caught quite early. So it's grazing muzzle on while he's out and stabled rest of time. Our local tack shop onlu sells Roma grazing muzzles so I bought 2 so one can be washed and one worn. Good job I did as yesterday when I went to bring him in, the noseband part of the muzzle was hanging over the gate, with the rest of the muzzle dangling round his neck! Don't know if he did it on purpose or if he got caught on he gate while scratching. Day 4 and it stayed on til then. He also has a nasty rub, on the point of his chin where he's pink skinned. What can I do about the rub? its from the rubber base of the muzzle, rather than the noseband bit or straps. Thanks
 
Any chance you could use electric fencing instead? You could make a long, thin paddock and get another horse to graze it down first then feed hay? I found that once a rub started it was always vulnerable even with fleece.
 
Is the rub definitely from the rubber? only because my mare gets a rub on the point of her chin from the webbing where it attaches to the rubber. In my case covering the webbing at the back with duct tape solved it completely as it removes the roughness.
I also use a muzzle that is a size bigger than she wears in headcollars as that gives a bit of wiggle room.
 
Duct tape is good.
I once used Stormseal to glue some soft fabric onto the inside of a Roma muzzle.
I ended up investing in a greenguard though, as the Roma continued to rub. It seems to be trial and error though, different types of muzzle rub different types of horses.
 
Went up this morning and noticed that he had a rub on his nostril too. Poor boy. Have kept him in as it's torrential rain, and will give his skin a rest. Went to 3 different tack shops this morning to look for different muzzles. All 3 shops only stock Roma or Shires. So bought a Shires one slightly bigger so I can put some sheepskin in it. Will look online for a Dinky one also. Unfortunately I can't use electric tape. The farmer who owns the livery yard insists on fertilising every year, and the ponies in the field have around an acre each of lush grass. Farmer is refusing to let us section the field just now, which is probably what triggered the laminitis. 5 ponies in about 3 years have come down with lami and there are a couple this year that have colicked because of the rich grass. Thankfully not seriously. It's a catch 22 situation. Lots of people bringing horses and ponies off the grass for half the day, so more grass for them to guzzle on when they go back out! Waiting for a place to come up for my 2 ponies at a yard a few miles away where we'll get our own paddock and can manage it how we want so I'll put a track up. I'm looking for somewhere else to go in between, and trying my best to manage the ponies with what we've got just now. It's a struggle just now, especially as I work full tine and am a single mum. 20 minutes to get a pony in or out twice a day, having to go through other fields with horses in, mucking 2 out when they're usually out 24/7. Yard politics are a nightmare, sons pony coming in with cuts on his legs every day and his pink sheath has beet bitten so much by flies its swollen and sore. Having a down day - must be the weather! In the scheme of things I'm very lucky to have such fabulous ponies who are usually extremely easy, healthy and trouble free. Things can only get better!!
 
Thanks everyone. Have my duct tape and some thin strips of sponge to put under it. Will see how that goes. Have ordered a Dinky one also.
 
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