Sore mouth...

[madhector]

Jerry has a couple of little sores on the corner of his mouth (which I feel awful about btw) think it must of started when he took off with me out hacking (had to use quite alot of strength to stop) and then made worse by the lesson on friday.

My instructer had a look and said to carry on riding and it will toughen up, so my sister got on him on saturday (I was very sore after lesson on friday

) and after walking round once I told her to stop, as he clearly wasnt happy.

So have decided against instructers advice to rest his mouth for a week or so until it has healed up completly. My question is how do I toughen it up so it doesnt happen again when I put a bit back in? As the skin will surely be quite sensitive now

Thanks

 

[vicijp]

get some Tincture of Myyrr (sp) from the chemists and dab it on a couple of times a day. You will need to dilute with almond oil.

 

[madhector]

Thanks, will try and get some tomorrow, should I wait till its has healed over first? or start straight away?

 

[ThomasTank]

My horse always got a sore mouth in anything jointed.
I changed bits in the end.

 

[madhector]

mmm...seem to remember having a similar confo with you before (but about H and his pelham) Jerry is in a jointed snaffle, but tbh dont think I would hold him in a straight bar

 

[vicijp]

Start slapping it on staright away. We had a horse come to us with an inch deep cut in each corner of his mouth - it healed within about 10 days.
Is the bit a loose ring, fulmer or eggbutt. Simply changing that could be the key. I ahve one that rubs in anything but a loose ring.

 

[madhector]

it is a fulmar snaffle (single jointed)