Sunburnt noses

[Wheresthehoofpick]

I am mortified. Poor sweet cob has a really sore cracked nose. I have been using a full face shires face mask and filtabac. But may have been taking it off too early in the evening.
We are in far west Cornwall.
Tonight I have butchered a kids wetsuit and sewn it into the nose part of her face mask.
Any ideas to make it less sore / prevent it happening again.
I have left the mask on overnight. I don't usually but maybe I should have ?

 

[Wheresthehoofpick]

That sounds so stupid - obviously she doesn't need it at night, but removing it at early evening check may not have helped!!!

 

[awelshandawarmblood]

I leave mine on 24/7 with filtabac applied daily - both have completely pink noses. I'd just leave them on full time.

 

[Surbie]

The Shires UV full face mask has been a godsend this season for my pink-nosed cob. It he was out all night and I was up in the morning to check, personally I would leave it on all night and have a couple so I could switch for a clean one.

 

[maya2008]

We’re applying suncream every morning for the pink nosed crew (two coloured ponies with pink skin and one with a snip). It works perfectly. So much so that they line up for suncream application without being asked, and the yearling begs for it if I take too long to get round to her!

 

[BSL2]

Ozvet sun cream is brilliant for pink noses. ?

 

[Red-1]

Do you have buttercups? Often, the buttercups are what causes sensitivity.

 

[Wheresthehoofpick]

Do you have buttercups? Often, the buttercups are what causes sensitivity.

I did wonder if something had made it worse. In the past she has had trouble with buttercups. But I can't see any... I wonder if something else is aggravating it.
I saw the shires sun protection masks yesterday. I don't realise they existed. Foolishly I thought the full face ones which say UV protection were adequate. I rechecked last night and only 60% UV protection.

 

[Wheresthehoofpick]

The Shires UV full face mask has been a godsend this season for my pink-nosed cob. It he was out all night and I was up in the morning to check, personally I would leave it on all night and have a couple so I could switch for a clean one.

I think you are right. I always liked to take them off so they could have a rub and a scratch. But we are going to keep hers on.

 

[Identityincrisis]

That sounds so stupid - obviously she doesn't need it at night, but removing it at early evening check may not have helped!!!

Well you're pleasant aren't you?! I wish i were as peter perfect as you

 

[hobo]

Ozvet sun cream is brilliant for pink noses. ?

OH can you still get that it is the best . I use another one now and it does work well but Ozvet was great just the right amount of softness for spreading.

 

[Cowpony]

Well you're pleasant aren't you?! I wish i were as peter perfect as you

it was the OP commenting on her own post

 

[poiuytrewq]

it was the OP commenting on her own post

I got confused by that and almost commented to the rude poster as well ?

 

[Surbie]

Well you're pleasant aren't you?! I wish i were as peter perfect as you

I think you may have misread the thread.

 

[Surbie]

We’re applying suncream every morning for the pink nosed crew (two coloured ponies with pink skin and one with a snip). It works perfectly. So much so that they line up for suncream application without being asked, and the yearling begs for it if I take too long to get round to her!

Mine likes his too - it's just Tesco kiddies SPF50, but it smells of coconut and he likes it a lot. Much better than getting filtabac all over me like last year.

 

[Errin Paddywack]

Often, the buttercups are what causes sensitivity.

I had a pink nosed appaloosa and if I put her into a field with buttercups her nose would crack virtually overnight. My vet used to make up his own cream, labelled as AB cream. It was brilliant, very soft and just dissolved into the skin. It would clear the cracking up just about as fast as it came. No idea what was in it and he is long gone so can't get it now.

 

[Identityincrisis]

it was the OP commenting on her own post

Hahaha oh well, that is ok then, you're allowed to call yourself stupid......off to do just that!

 

[Sparkeyboy]

I've been using the Lincoln sun bloc which is pink - I like this as i can see where it's been applied (and which poor field mate he's rubbed his nose on ) I apply this in the morning and a fly mask with nose protection. If it's looking a bit scabby i'll apply sudocrem in the evening and by the next day it looks a lot better.

If it makes you feel any better, 15 years ago when I first bought pink nosed pony it never crossed my mind that they burned. Turned him away after gelding him at grass livery and they obviously hadn't been doing checks and was horrified to find him a week later with a burnt, cracked nose which looked so sore. It was horrific, never felt so guilty in all my life Lesson learned!

 

[J&S]

Zinc ointment is very good to protect the pink parts from sunburn.

 

[Roasted Chestnuts]

I use baby bum cream applied daily in summer nice thick layer usually asdas own brand. I’ve also used six and castor oil cream to good effect.

I put suncream on Faran once and he took a bad reaction to a new born suitable sunceam so never tried another ?

 

[vhf]

I did wonder if something had made it worse. In the past she has had trouble with buttercups. But I can't see any... I wonder if something else is aggravating it.
I saw the shires sun protection masks yesterday. I don't realise they existed. Foolishly I thought the full face ones which say UV protection were adequate. I rechecked last night and only 60% UV protection.

I am probably not a million miles away from you and I have a photosensitisation issue with hogweed. (Not giant hogweed, but I am suspicious it's either a vicious local version of the normal stuff or a hybrid!!) they love eating it, but piebald one rolls on it and then it sets her white shoulders off. Left her unrugged briefly this year and her shoulders are red raw where she's gone on to scratch them... I got the sap on my arms last summer and came up with blisters that didn't heal until Christmas...
Weirdly the buttercups have been minimal this year. There are other potential culprits, but I can't think of them offhand.

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

Both of ours have pink noses, we don't buy horse sun screen we normally by child sun scream, I believe it's factor 50 & normally buy it from Aldi, works a treat.

 

[maya2008]

I get mine from Lidl! Never even occurred to me there might be such a thing as horse sun cream.

 

[Wheresthehoofpick]

Hahaha oh well, that is ok then, you're allowed to call yourself stupid......off to do just that!

No offence taken. It was a late night post.... and I thought I was sounding like a plonker!

 

[Wheresthehoofpick]

You are

I am probably not a million miles away from you and I have a photosensitisation issue with hogweed. (Not giant hogweed, but I am suspicious it's either a vicious local version of the normal stuff or a hybrid!!) they love eating it, but piebald one rolls on it and then it sets her white shoulders off. Left her unrugged briefly this year and her shoulders are red raw where she's gone on to scratch them... I got the sap on my arms last summer and came up with blisters that didn't heal until Christmas...
Weirdly the buttercups have been minimal this year. There are other potential culprits, but I can't think of them offhand.

You are a genius. This week I have moved her into a field with this. I thought it was cow parsley or sea carrot. (Off to call myself stupid again) we have been feeding it to her as a treat from other fields as the fields are so bare. My other mare doesn't like it and her nose is fine.
What a twit. I had no idea it could make them photosensitive.

 

[Wheresthehoofpick]

Mind you I have just tried to do a line up of cow parsley, sea carrot and hogweed and I am not sure I can tell them apart.

 

[BSL2]

OH can you still get that it is the best . I use another one now and it does work well but Ozvet was great just the right amount of softness for spreading.[/QUOTE

Yep still available. Not the cheapest, but I love it.

 

[vhf]

Mind you I have just tried to do a line up of cow parsley, sea carrot and hogweed and I am not sure I can tell them apart.

I probably could eventually but OH is the expert. Hogweed has big ugly leaves and hairy chunky stems. It's also rife now. Cow parsley flowers a little earlier and is generally a more delicate looking balder (!) plant. Both grow quite tall. I am never sure after that if I'm honest, there's a few similar ones. Alexander's I know though. Only grows near the coast but is incredibly invasive there, over and in seed now though. Apparently used to be fed as a tonic to ailing livestock! Giant hogweed can put a person in hospital, and can be 3m tall with 50cm wide leaves.

 

[Wheresthehoofpick]

After an afternoon of research I think the easy answer is it is too late in the year for cow parsley.
Lesson learnt.
She is loads better tonight thank goodness.

I probably could eventually but OH is the expert. Hogweed has big ugly leaves and hairy chunky stems. It's also rife now. Cow parsley flowers a little earlier and is generally a more delicate looking balder (!) plant. Both grow quite tall. I am never sure after that if I'm honest, there's a few similar ones. Alexander's I know though. Only grows near the coast but is incredibly invasive there, over and in seed now though. Apparently used to be fed as a tonic to ailing livestock! Giant hogweed can put a person in hospital, and can be 3m tall with 50cm wide leaves.

 

[Flyermc]

i used to use P20 sun cream which is 10 hour protection