Muzzle cut off and destroyed. Any other experiences of this?

Rose Folly said:
Update. Apparently 'the fox' had taken the muzzle off on one or two occasions before, but had kindly hung it on a fence post. Obviously felt his / her message wasn't getting through!
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Or perhaps the horse simply removed it themselves on prior occasions. My horse was an artist at removing hers.
 
No need to waste tea, the fox will chew anything lying around on the floor, ropes, electric tape, headcollars and indeed lost muzzles. Horses are always removing things from eachother, it's what they do when they get bored, they play!!
 
lhotse said:
No need to waste tea, the fox will chew anything lying around on the floor, ropes, electric tape, headcollars and indeed lost muzzles. Horses are always removing things from eachother, it's what they do when they get bored, they play!!
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wow really? you must have a different type of fox to the many we have round here! Im quite glad really, you can keep them :p
 
Yes, really....

There is a picture of it on the New Bristol and South West horse group, it looks chewed.
 
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lhotse said:
Yes, really....

There is a picture of it on the New Bristol and South West horse group, it looks chewed.
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are urban foxes more likely to do this then?

Im still chortling however at the idea/image of a fox approaching a horse wearing a muzzle and actually chewing it off the horse :D
 
I can see what lhotse is trying to say, our foxes are pesky little critters, they chew through our electric tape (and yes, it looks cut) they also stole all my dressage marker cones except c, chewed the letters off them and spread them to all corners of the fields. They nicked my little wooden pole lifts, one rug, headcollars, and my field is full of dog toys they steal from the neighbours! They must have a wonderful time. But I also believe do gooders may well remove muzzles, I can see how they would think it looks cruel. Simple sign will help that. If it's foxes I don't know what the secret is!
 
I know foxes occasionally knick stuff from our field - mainly dog toys though as they appear in the next door sheep field, unless the sheep are upto something!! I'd love to meet a fox with teeth as sharp as a stanley knife - I have an image of a foxasaurus roaming the county side with razor sharp fangs and a step ladder to reach a horses head!!!:D Every fox I've ever come across has teeth no more sharp than your average jack russell and I'd say less bite power having been bitten by both!, and they'd in no way be able to leave a clean cut on nylon or tough plastic, chewed yes but cut no, they're only a bit bigger than a cat they can fit through the squares in stock fences, one actually managed to get itself caught in my cat trap one night, he looked rather sheepish and was covered in cat food!!:p
 
scheherazade said:
Sorry but this made me giggle. Your foxes clearly disapprove of dressage!!! But what have they got against the letter C???
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I thought maybe they were trying to spell something, or play giant field scrabble, or maybe set up a fox scurry course, it's hard to say if they didn't like the C, or if it was allowed to live and they others were sacrificed.
 
I've experience of foxes chewing through thick nylon rope used to tie x-country fences as cleanly as any knife. Take a look at the photo of the muzzle, it is quite clearly chewed and not that neatly either!
 
I doubt anyone would cut a muzzle off a horse's head, even if the horse stood still long enough.

We have a Houdini horse who uses a gate to rip his muzzle off so we can no longer use one on him in case he lifts the gate off the hinges.

My guess is that the pony got the muzzle off and it was either caught in fencing or found by a fox and ripped.
 
Alexart said:
I know foxes occasionally knick stuff from our field - mainly dog toys though as they appear in the next door sheep field, unless the sheep are upto something!! I'd love to meet a fox with teeth as sharp as a stanley knife - I have an image of a foxasaurus roaming the county side with razor sharp fangs and a step ladder to reach a horses head!!!:D Every fox I've ever come across has teeth no more sharp than your average jack russell and I'd say less bite power having been bitten by both!, and they'd in no way be able to leave a clean cut on nylon or tough plastic, chewed yes but cut no, they're only a bit bigger than a cat they can fit through the squares in stock fences, one actually managed to get itself caught in my cat trap one night, he looked rather sheepish and was covered in cat food!!:p
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How am I supposed to read HHO at work if foxasaurus is stated! :D
 
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