How to stop muzzles rubbing?!

[EquestrianFairy]

where do i buy the wool/sheepskin stuff that i can adapt to go around my mares muzzle to stop it rubbing?

 

[blackcob]

I cut up a sheepskin noseband that I got from my local tack shop, but it would probably be cheaper to go to somewhere like Dunelm or another fabric shop and get a big piece of fleecey material.

 

[Ashgrove]

I buy muzzles 1 size too big, that stops the rubbing

 

[ann-jen]

I've just amended mine using an old piece of fibregee. Just cut it into strips and then stitched it round all the straps.

 

[WishfulThinker]

I got mine 1 size too big, but it still rubs him

. I hate muzzles

 

[wkm]

I got some cheap sheepskin nosebands from America but on ebay they do sell sheepskin nosebands especially for muzzles. I thought I had made a fantastic discovery when I adapted a sheepskin noseband myself some weeks ago and put it on the forum for others to see. Natural is best rather than synthetic as it breathes and doesn't get so soggy in the rain. My horse got a nose splint thanks to over zealous foraging with her greenguard on last year and looked like a rhino, fortunately it went down after a year BUT I was not prepared to take the chance again. Good luck!