Help Vientos tail is being eaten!

[piaffe]

Anything I can do?

I notcied tonight that it is thinner and am guessing Lily has been having a nibble; she's already had a good go at Summers.

Anything I can do about it other than not turn him out with her? Or am I stuck with a rapidly disapearing tail!

 

[truffles]

you could put fly spray in his tail, just to put her off because of the taste!

 

[Forget_Me_Not]

Bandage it?

 

[TequilaMist]

We used chilli powder to deter young shetland from nibbling my sister gypsy cobs tail.Seemed to work.But think it differs once tried mustard powder with another and she seemed to like it even more!!

 

[Emma123]

Eek i wouldn't bandage it did anyone see the article in H&H other week where someone travelled their mare for 7 hours, arrived at the place late so never took the bandage off overnight and it cut off the blood supply so she had to have most of her tail amputated!!

Maybe plaiting it or is that giving the cheeky pony a better opportunity to taking a big chunk out of it?

 

[Forget_Me_Not]

I used to bandage my show ponies tail when she was turns out in the day the bugger used to itch hers off *tail that is* rubbing her bottom.... If you put it on right doesn't hurt for few hours but only an idea as other been said!

 

[piaffe]

Good idea!

 

[piaffe]

Thanks for the suggestion. There is no way I would bandage it though as they are out 24/7!

 

[piaffe]

ooooooh thats a good idea! Do you think its a Shitland thing then?!

 

[Emma123]

Hehe yes I'm sure it wouldn't hurt if done properly but i think these people did it quite tight so just saying what happened

 

[RachelMcTimoney]

The lambs ate my friends horses tail to well above his hocks, poor thing! it was really funny that her horse who's always rolling and has a shi**y tail didn't get eaten at all!!! I'd try plaiting and spraying fly spray on the bottom

 

[Weezy]

Plait it and tie up

 

[sojeph]

You can buy a bitter spray for that very thing. My cobbie was a tail chewer and it stopped him.

 

[piaffe]

fab! do you know where i can get such stuff?

 

[mrdarcy]

To keep my Andy's lush tail mud free when I turn him out I've been putting it in a big plait all the way down, threading it through itself so it's half the length, then putting a human tubigrip bandage thingy over the whole bottom bit. I then fasten in place with a few hair bobbles and bingo - his tail remains mud free all day. Might stop yours getting his tail eaten?

 

[piaffe]

Thanks! But as he's out 24/, im not sure it would stay in for long!

like the idea of the spray though or i could remove the shetlands teeth!

 

[dieseldog]

We had a livery who told us that everynight when her horse lied down the rats came and ate the end of his tail....

 

[teapot]

Think it is a shitland thing - everyone I know who has tail problems for their horses - shetlands are around

 

[sojeph]

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fab! do you know where i can get such stuff?

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http://www.tailgator.co.uk/purchase.html
There is this stuff (quite expensive tho!!) but the one I bought was especially for tail chewing although it was a while back. I bought it from a local saddler in Surrey. I suppose anything for cribbing ( spraywise) would do the job tho. You may find something for dogs that would work too. Basically anything that tastes crap!!