Sunbleached coats

[Ginn]

My lovely bay has gone very, erm, bronze over the last month as her coat is looking rather sunbleached and has lost its lovely warm red shine. She still has a soft glossy coat but the sun has definately changed it.

Any shampoos etc on the market which will help restore the natural colour?

 

[I_A_P]

i dont think you can help it really my mare hashad the same thing, a fly sheet wll help though

 

[PapaFrita]

Can't really restore it once it's bleached, but shampoos will help keep the colour. Apparently paprika (via mouth, not on coat!

) is great for keeping horse's coats the colour they're meant to be, and I've heard sunflower oil too, but I can't say I noticed any noticeable results when I tried it last summer. Will deffo be trying paprika this summer on PF as she bleaches looooooads.

 

[parsley]

My piebald has definatly gone skewbald - he is really mealy coloured in places. I have read that cider vinegar in his feed or a vitamin (POSSIBLY vit E but I am not sure) can help - as will covering with a rug.

 

[pottamus]

My black horse turns almost liver chestnut in the summer and he gets bleached streaks in his mane and tail so it looks like he has been to the hairdressers for highlights! But he is jet black in the winter!

 

[welshcobabe]

My black horse goes a maroon colour with dark red streaks in his mane ! also reverts to black in the winter time.