Snuggy sweet itch rug help

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Hi. My Friesian suffers with sweet itch, he's currently in a Boett but it's rubbing the base of his mane quite badly and he's ripped the tail cover off it so I'm going to buy him a Snuggy rug as we used to have one and really liked it, I'll repair the Boett and keep it as a spare.

Does anyone know the difference between the sweet itch hoody and the bug body? Also, should I go for the light beige colour with him being black, will that help to keep him cooler? His Boett is brown.

Any help/advice much appreciated.

Thanks.
 
The sweet itch hoody is a body rug with a hood that goes on first and does up round the girth area, the rug then goes on top. The hood has a face and a fringe and ears

The bug rug is a rug that goes on first, it has a headless neck. the rug and neck are fitted with a velcro strip and they are attached together by this around the neck of the rug

(I believe thats all correct!)

I have the first one. I also have a neck cover that does up around the girth so can alternate that and the full hood depending on cleanliness and weather

I have the beige and it is looking a bit stained now, the fabric and velcro has worn very well though. The blue one is supposed to keep flies away. On balance if I bought again I would go for brown I think
 
There was a thread on here not long ago about someone who'd had a Snuggy Sweet itch rug and it had got over their horses face/eyes. So worth a search.

Personally I am not a fan of anything to do with lycra, my horse having got a hoody over his head and eyes, and was standing up in the field with his head down unable to see. Note, this was NOT a Snuggy rug it was another brand, but I still have a distrust of them, but that's just me.

Just a thought but why don't you consider a Rambo SI hoody? Or if you want to go a bit cheaper try Premier Equine as they do a cheaper assortment which are quite serviceable. A lot easier to take on and off too :)
 
MiJodsR2BlinkinTite said:
There was a thread on here not long ago about someone who'd had a Snuggy Sweet itch rug and it had got over their horses face/eyes. So worth a search.

Personally I am not a fan of anything to do with lycra, my horse having got a hoody over his head and eyes, and was standing up in the field with his head down unable to see. Note, this was NOT a Snuggy rug it was another brand, but I still have a distrust of them, but that's just me.

Just a thought but why don't you consider a Rambo SI hoody? Or if you want to go a bit cheaper try Premier Equine as they do a cheaper assortment which are quite serviceable. A lot easier to take on and off too :)
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Thanks. The Snuggy bug rug is like the Boett with no head cover, it fits with elastic behind the ears like the Boett does so there wouldn't be an issue with it going over his eyes, I must admit, when I had one previously it was a concern but never happened. I think the rambo would rub his shoulders/mane, whereas I found the Snuggy didn't. Even though his Boett has rubbed his mane, it doesn't rub his shoulders. He lives out so has to live in it 24/7 and I find the Snuggy/Boett style rub less than a traditional fly rug style and they also give a greater coverage.
 
The problem with the rambo rug is that it doesn't cover the belly completely like the snuggy/boet type rugs do. If the neddie needs his tummy covered, like mine, go for a snuggy type rug. Snuggy Hoods do have a summer stock sale on at the moment. I've just got another hood for my boy. Personally I think they're great.
 
We have tried all the rugs for our Dartmoor with bad sweetitch,he finds the boett the best,the snuffy hood one weakens his mane and it just falls out in clumps,the Rambo bug body looked great and was very light weight bug the seam dug into his withers horribly. It really depends on what your horses shape is,we have tried all sorts of cheaper versions but because he is quite chunky but short a lot of them rub somewhere.unfortunately for us it has been trial and error at great expense, and of course the most expensive one worked for him! I do like the Rambo hood though I tie the long elastic strap on to the shoulder straps on his boett and that has worked well.he is also on an electrically fenced square with nothing to rub on with saves his rugs.
 
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It was me that the head covered the eyes as it came off. I have loads of snuggyhood rugs and love them. The sweetitch rug was always great but I found with my present horse it rubbed her jaw bone as she ate as the neck was a bit short for her in full stretch, so I got a bug rug. It is great and I put an ordinary fly hood on her with it.
I have never had a problem with the head that is attached other than with this mare.
 
I also posted about the whole lot coming over my ponies head - I had the one where the head/neck were one piece & the body was a separate rug - and I came down one morning to find my poor mini had got the whole lot over his head and was just stood there. God knows how long he's been like it but he couldn't move as he couldn't see, the neck part was actually over his head with the head bit hanging down so not only were his eyes completely covered but he couldn't graze or drink either so I hope it hadn't been like it for long.

I spoke to Snuggy who said it sounded like it was too big but as I'd sent them all his measurements and they'd altered a standard size rug to fit it was pretty much made to measure. It was the first time he'd ever worn it so I couldn't chance it again - total disaster.

Prior to that he had a de Meulenkampf which wasn't great so we went for Boett because a lot of the horse ones aren't made small enough for him.
 
I posted too about the problems I'd had with my Snuggy. The hood covered his eyes and the whole rug stretch and got heavy when it got wet.
Boett's are my favourite but due to the price I've used conerstonebrowbands ones which have been fine except for the weak buckles which I've replaced. I've had him in the rambo one this year and have found it covers enough of his belly to be okay, fortunately.
 
I notice at shows that show horses who must practically live in hoods usually have hoods where the eye holes have been cut much bigger or the strips of fabric between eyes and between eye and ear holes have been bunched up and stitched, im guessing this may be to allow for any slight slippage by exposing as much of the face as possible while still using a hood

I'm of the opinion that if these things fit properly the chances of problems are much less, i think Snuggy Hoods are better in this regard as there is a wide range of sizes.

I've had a hood slip but some alterations on the size sorted the problem
 
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