Rugs rubbing manes - help please

[sammyj25]

I have a falpro silver interactive, it rubs part of the mane every winter taking a fair bit of the summer to grow back. The hood does zip off but i do need a hood on my horse he suffers from a stiff neck so needs to be kept warm. Any ideas please on how to stop this happening. thanks .

 

[Persephone]

I have the same problem with my mare. Every year the bottom half of her mane is rubbed away to nothing.

I had reasonable success last year using a Snuggy Hood from halfway through the rug season. This summer I have been using
http://www.tailgator.co.uk/tg/pages/eqyssmegatekequine.html as well, so I am hoping to have a full mane in the spring!

 

[competitiondiva]

Same problem with my fal turnout and weatherbeeta stable rugs...... If you get a solution please let me know!!!!! This year I've give her a high trace clip so far, therefore leaving some hair on her neck so considering going old style and using the classic neck!

 

[TicTac]

Unfortunately I think it's a price you have to pay for a neck cover. I thought my mare had lice when she lost a chunk of her mane in the spring untill I realised it was caused by the pressure point where the neck cover meets the shoulder edge of the rug.

 

[LauraB123]

My mare had a massive chunk of mane rubbed right off last year. I bought a neck rug and put it underneath. It rubbed the neck rug slightly but her mane was fine! They're quite cheap too.

http://rideaway.purenethosting.com/weatherbeeta-lycra-stretch-neck-rug/default.aspx

 

[The_snoopster]

My mares got rubbed 2 years ago because of fitted neck rug i only got it to stop her neck getting dirty, you know the rug shaped white then the rest of the horse being mud coloured her mane as never really come back bottom half sticks up like a zebra never really growing long enough to fall over.

 

[ConnorRocks]

Use this on the mane -

http://www.tailgator.co.uk/tg/pages/eqysssurvivorequine.html

It worked a treat last year. Keeps the mane smooth and silky so it doesn't snag.