Pig Oil & Sulphur

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Ok, this stuff is all new to me, and I expect this has possibly been done to death on here, but please could anyone tell me about Pig Oil and Sulphur, for heavy feathered breeds- how you apply it? and is it safe to use for a 6 month old foals feathers? was thinking of using something to protect his legs from the elements when he's turned out in the day. Also where is the best place to buy it from?

Thanks very much for your help!
 
Try agricultural suppliers or online heavy horse sites. Mix it together and apply with a brush not too frequently. Be careful and dont overdo it- I managed to burn my mare by applying it under her girth where it rubbed. If used carefully its very good.
 
Theresa on here has a great PM about pig oil and sulphur. Hopefully she'll see this thread and post but if not worth PM'ing her.

Always make sure you patch test your horse first of all. It's brilliant stuff, cannot praise it enough.
 
Great stuff but horribly messy and smells a bit!

Pig oil is just white techincal oil (basically baby oil without all the scents in it). It's brilliant at waterproofing skin and hair, hence useful for mudfever. Apparently called Pig Oil because they rub it onto show pigs for a shiney hide.

Sulphur is a yellow fine powder that annoyingly doesn't dissolve in the pig oil but mixes fine if you shake it. It's unreactive with skin and hair but is a strong antibacterial (again, useful for mudfever and rainscald).

Be aware some horse are allergic to either the sulphur or the pig oil - i've seen some dramtic swelling - so always patch test first! It also causes sunburn (like all oils) if applied to pink skin in sunny weather - I accidently burn my coloured cobs very pink skin down the parting of his mane
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I put it into a old squeezy washing-up bottle to apply if trying to get it into feathers and against the skin. Makes less mess and can be shaken regularly to re-mix if it settles.
 
I've just started to use Sulphur, but have mixed it with good old aqueous cream. NOT easy to apply at all (think oil would be a lot easier - but cream is cheap as chips and I just wanted to test it first before buying loads), but its really working for my boy so far.
 
I will send you the huge PM I do on just about everything you could want to know about P&S and hairy beasts, if anyone else wants a copy, please PM me and I will send it.

Glad to see you are starting the P&S on young horses - sooner the better as every infestation can leave damage which causes thick skin and folds if not treated promptly.

My lad has been done since 16 months and (touchwood) never had any problems with MF or critters and neither have any of the others since I started using it all those years ago.
 
Thanks very much for all your replies- have had some very good advice and information here so will look into it all!

Thanks again!
 
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