I've customised my grazing muzzle to stop it rubbing!

[PoppyAnderson]

I had a eureka moment! I got bike handle grips (squiggey foam ones), cut them in half, slotted them over the muzzle edges and glued in place. It took 2 minutes and cost £2 and there's now a lovely padded, non-abrasive edge. Pics hopefully show it in all it's ingenious glory (although pics only show one side done) <awards self chuffty badge>

These are the bike handles. I got them from Wilkinsons but loads of places do em (the plastic on the ends just comes away when you cut them in half):

 

[Parachute]

Great idea, thanks for sharing

 

[Tnavas]

What a great idea. It didn't take long for Serenity's to rub her

At HOY in NZ we get allocated temporary yards and some are placed alongside the perimeter fence that has a barbed wire top. I went and bought swim noodles and sliced down the length and slotted them over the barbedwire, a bit of electrical tape around each to stop the horses from removing them. Worked great - I did not have ripped rugs like the pony next to us.

 

[PoppyAnderson]

What are swim noodles?

Edited to say, actually I can kinda guess. Like my bike handles but longer versions?!

 

[Tnavas]

 

[Boysy]

Well done, i've customized all mine with fleece and fur from the top of the edge sewed right down to the bottom edge so a big fluffy soft muzzle, my poor po's all had rough and bald patches down the front of their faces all winter and it's just moulting out so i want to preserve their faces this yr!

 

[PoppyAnderson]

Shires have got a new deluxe muzzle out, with sheepskin sewn in and the back section cut away more. Have got one on order but need to use one NOW, so this will do as a stop gap!

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

Pipe lagging insulation is cheaper - and already split too

 

[Orchardbeck]

Mine is rubbing my mare under the clip on the side of her cheek, trying to think of the best way to protect her. I have a gel pad on the poll as when I used a sheepskin noseband last year she managed to roll it off over her head.

I'm thinking sheepskin again for the back of the clip, but if anyone else has a good idea please let me know! Op, I wonder if your idea would work?

 

[Tnavas]

Pipe lagging insulation is cheaper - and already split too

I also bought some of that but it wasn't as dense and when leant on some of the tips of the barbs came through. The noodles did the job really well and this year I managed to secure a whole load of them at cut price when a local business had a closing down sale. I have enough now to completely protect the whole top of the yard fence line.

 

[MrSpam]

I used some self adhesive fluffy tape, that is used to line my daughter's splints. It comes in rolls and you can probably get it from a chemist - we had a spare bit. Really easy to apply and worked a treat.

 

[touchstone]

I have to practically demolish my grazing muzzles as my mare has a bone spur under her jaw where the top of the muzzle sits, so I have to hack the top of the muzzle off there. Then I have to cut the leading ring off the back as that rubs if left on , and finally I have to cut the horizontal webbing across her nostrils as she hates anything over her nose. Even then it only gets used for a few hours every year as we both hate the thing (but the lesser of two evils.)

 

[AshTay]

Mine is rubbing my mare under the clip on the side of her cheek, trying to think of the best way to protect her. I have a gel pad on the poll as when I used a sheepskin noseband last year she managed to roll it off over her head.

I'm thinking sheepskin again for the back of the clip, but if anyone else has a good idea please let me know! Op, I wonder if your idea would work?

Mine did this. I bought some cheap fake fur off ebay and made some tubes and the one on that side covers the velcro fastening which was rubbing and also slides right down over the clip too (make it a bit wider than the straps).
The fur is green so it looks like i've sacrificed Orville for my mare's wellbeing but hey ho!!

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

It's fine adapting muzzles so they don't rub & obviously it needs doing to protect the horse but surely it all points to a muzzle that is poorly designed to start with. When you buy something for a purpose & then have to do things to it to make it fit for purpose something clearly isn't right.

 

[AshTay]

It's fine adapting muzzles so they don't rub & obviously it needs doing to protect the horse but surely it all points to a muzzle that is poorly designed to start with. When you buy something for a purpose & then have to do things to it to make it fit for purpose something clearly isn't right.

Agree but I've used the same muzzle on 2 different horses and it rubbed in totally different places. Ideally they'd come totally encased in fur so they don't rub anywhere but it's so cheap and easy to custom-fluff that I'd rather spend less on a basic muzzle and do it myself. It also means I can take the fluff off when it becomes worn and dirty and replace it easily.