Moulting :)

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Has anybody else's Ned started moulting?

Mine has started definite shedding a few days ago! I am putting it down to the mild weather. She doesn't wear a turnout rug unless it is throwing it down and has only worn a fleece/cooler a handful of times at night.

What fun :p
 
My cob normally starts about now but we have had very cold weather over the past few days (-6 a night) so I think he is hanging on to every bit of hair for now.
 
Yes i have noticed my I.D has started to shed a few hairs.He has been turned out 24/7 this winter for the first time,put a 100g rug on him had to remove that recently he was too warm,tried a rainsheet and removed that also hes now perfectly happy wearing a mud rug,he just doesn't feel the cold
 
Ali has been shedding/moulting for the past week or so now.

I am tempted to send her rugs off to be cleaned and mended...might wait another couple of weeks to be safe in case we have a sudden cold snap.
 
My two native ponies are moulting.. My horses are not yet..

I really hope it doesn't go below zero again, don't want mud either though :/
 
Foxhunter49 said:
Dogs and cats moult, horses shed their coats!

Yes, most of mine have started to shed.
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In the 70,s I was trained its called cast :D

One of My BHSAI questions was name 3 definitions of cast



1. cast a shoe
2 cast their coat
3. being cast in a stable :D



CASTING THE COAT
Horses cast (change or molt) Their coats in spring and autumn and tend to look a little rough, particularly in autumn. There is an old saying that no horse looks its best at blackberry time, and it's true. The hair comes out at intervals-the horse will cast a little and grow a little, cast a little and grow a little, until after a month or two the new coat will be complete, or "set".
 
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Leviathan said:
In the 70,s I was trained its called cast :D

One of My BHSAI questions was name 3 definitions of cast



1. cast a shoe
2 cast their coat
3. being cast in a stable [/B]:D



CASTING THE COAT
Horses cast (change or molt) Their coats in spring and autumn and tend to look a little rough, particularly in autumn. There is an old saying that no horse looks its best at blackberry time, and it's true. The hair comes out at intervals-the horse will cast a little and grow a little, cast a little and grow a little, until after a month or two the new coat will be complete, or "set".
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Now that is interesting. I have never heard it called casting.
Also that they start to cast their coat when the light changes - facinating.
What a wionder Mother Nature is.
 
Yup, I've not noticed it on the ponies but C who isn't really clipped, though not hairy and has been rugged definately is losing his coat :cool:
 
Dirtymare said:
Now that is interesting. I have never heard it called casting.
Also that they start to cast their coat when the light changes - facinating.
What a wionder Mother Nature is.
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woops showing my age now.:D

thats the only word in the 70's
its on this web site in the telltale signs heading
http://www.ker.com/library/equinews/v5n3/v5n314.pdf

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excessive hair
growth, called hirsutism, and the inability to cast winter
coats are the primary signs of Cushing’s disease
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