Turning out in a lycra hood..thingy!

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Does anyone do this?
My gelding gets rubs on his neck above his chest from where his rug literally touches him (I've held my hand there whilst he's eating to check the pressure at varying times of day), because he's a total wimp!

Short of popping one of these lycra style hood thingies on him, I have no idea how else I can try and stop this happening.
So my question is..does anyone actually turn out in these? I'm not sure how safe it would be, and this concerns me as I don't want him to get attached to anything and panic.

I defo would not be going for one with a face, but maybe one that covers the neck and then attaches over the ears.
 
This is what my concern was :/
Not sure if there's any other ways I can stop his rug from rubbing him though. It fits fine and is barely any pressure against his neck, he's just a sensitive soul.
 
My beloved jumping mare is half blind in one after 1 of these slipped and damaged her eye.
I referred to it as a freak injury and my vet went nuts! Apparently very common injury.
She still jumps but needs a lot of physio as she tilts her head to compensate, is clingier to her husband-horse and can't judge gateways if hurried. She's a legend though, another horse would probably have quit on me.
Please find something else.
 
i use a snuggy hood with face on my horse and i have never had a problem with it , however it fits him really well and if it didn't i wouldn't use it
we also use some of the cheaper makes at work (hunters) and the only one that stays put is the snuggy hood , the others are a liability , the rub there eyes when there head is down grassing and they have moved right over and caused a nasty eye injury , luckily the horse didn't panic despite not being able to see
 
My pony virtually lives in headless Snuggy Hoods and they've never budged an inch, they fasten behind the forelegs so shouldnt slip over the head, even in the outside chance that comes undone its still attached with a strap through the front legs. They are available in a heavier turnout fabric as opposed to lycra, its not what I would call waterproof but does the job very well.

Lycra hoods have too much stretch for turnout really

I've used the hoods that covre the ears and face, these are great and also do not budge if you get the fit right but I have stopped using them as it was just a risk too far for me

Another option may be something like a Bossy Bib that comes up the neck a little bit
 
WelshD said:
My pony virtually lives in headless Snuggy Hoods and they've never budged an inch, they fasten behind the forelegs so shouldnt slip over the head, even in the outside chance that comes undone its still attached with a strap through the front legs. They are available in a heavier turnout fabric as opposed to lycra, its not what I would call waterproof but does the job very well.

Lycra hoods have too much stretch for turnout really

I've used the hoods that covre the ears and face, these are great and also do not budge if you get the fit right but I have stopped using them as it was just a risk too far for me

Another option may be something like a Bossy Bib that comes up the neck a little bit
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Thanks, will look into other types too. He has a full neck rug, so this minimises the chance of it getting caught on anything (apart from the bit that would be visible by his ears!)

I was thinking of a bossy bib, but even that may potentially cause the same rubs, a it's where his neck kinda..creases as he puts his head down. Hard to explain!
 
fawaz said:
If your rug is sitting this high no wonder it rubs! It just isnt fitting him. I would try another make of rug rather than looking for a bandaid dolution.
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The rug itself doesn't sit that high (that would indeed be a worry!), it's when he buts his head down to eat and his neck sorta..wrinkles is where the rubs seem to be forming.
 
Here's the rug. Seems to be one of many offending rugs, all of which are different brands! (Weatherbeta, Shires & Horsewear)

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Is it still too high? The area where the rub is, I've marked in red.
 
Is there a bit of leeway in the rug fit? What you could possibly try is one of those rug expander pads at the chest cut down to the level of the first strap so you have a 'cut out' step effect under the neck so nothing touches the area (does that make any sense?)
 
Have you tried a Rambo/ rhino with a v-neck closure? That could stop it getting tight on the chest? (If you do, then for rhino go a size up- my pony takes a 6,3 when he's normally a 6ft)
 
WelshD said:
Is there a bit of leeway in the rug fit? What you could possibly try is one of those rug expander pads at the chest cut down to the level of the first strap so you have a 'cut out' step effect under the neck so nothing touches the area (does that make any sense?)
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If I did this, do you think it would cause the rug to slip back too much? Don't want to cause rubs elsewhere :/ But does definitely seem like something to try - thanks!

NinjaPony - Will have a look at these - thankyou :)
 
Well the rug would sit differently but i cant see how the chest expanders would alter the fit drastically. At around a tenner its worth a try

Are you sure its rubbing and not soreness caused by the folding of the skin?
 
WelshD said:
Well the rug would sit differently but i cant see how the chest expanders would alter the fit drastically. At around a tenner its worth a try

Are you sure its rubbing and not soreness caused by the folding of the skin?
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Not 100% sure which of these it is..I can try and resolve any rubbing on the rug, but I'd have no idea where to start in trying to resolve issues his skin wrinkling would cause :O

I suppose if I can ensure his rug isn't rubbing at all, then it will leave me with the skin wrinkles as the problem...but short of leaving him unrugged (not possible, he lives out almost 24/7) I'm not sure there's a fix for that.
 
fawaz said:
I'm stumped! It seems way to high a place for the rug to be rubbing! are you sure he isnt rubbing or leaning over fences?
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Glad it's not just me who he has stumped then - haha!
I can't say he doesn't rub/lean on fences as of course I'm not there all day, but there's only one short fence area (which is fairly high to stop one of our fence-hoppers!) and then a wooden gate that he cooould be leaning over, but the other side of that is a road, so unless someone is feeding him over it..hmm!! Not seen any evidence or anything of any kind of feeding over gate and we're on a very quiet lane (only 2 houses down about 3 miles worth of lane).

And the mystery continues! Paha.
 
WelshD said:
My pony virtually lives in headless Snuggy Hoods and they've never budged an inch, they fasten behind the forelegs so shouldnt slip over the head, even in the outside chance that comes undone its still attached with a strap through the front legs. They are available in a heavier turnout fabric as opposed to lycra, its not what I would call waterproof but does the job very well.

Lycra hoods have too much stretch for turnout really

I've used the hoods that covre the ears and face, these are great and also do not budge if you get the fit right but I have stopped using them as it was just a risk too far for me

Another option may be something like a Bossy Bib that comes up the neck a little bit
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This :)
My daughters pony and her last pony lived in the headless turnout hood with no problems and it doesnt budge.
Originally bought it for her pony with allergies to fly bites for when she needed a lightweight rather then s sweet itch rug and now use it instead of a fixed neck rug on her current pony.
 
Moya_999 said:
did a few times and it moved over his eyes and he panicked, I would not use one personaly
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Ditto this! Luckily my horses live here at home. I turned my traddie boy out in one, and left him up in the field, returning just a few hours later (fortunately).

He was standing up in the corner, with his head down, facing into the hedge, not moving.

When I got close to him I could see why: the flippin thing had slipped and gone all over his face so that he couldn't see at all, was just standing there, totally unable to see anything, my poor lad :(

That was it, the monstrous thing went on the bonfire. My poor boy, such a sensible chappie in horrible circumstances for him. I'd never ever use one of these cheapie thin lycra things again, the ones with the ear & eye holes variety :(:(:(

The ONLY turnout hood that I would, and do, use, is the "headless" ones which Snuggy Hoods do, coz with these there's nothing can can go over the eyes.
 
I've used a Snuggy Hood turnout for the last three years and not once has it slipped from where it should be. My horse is the most godawful mud monster and when he rolls he really rubs his head up and down and also down his forehead in the mud and it always stays in place. He also leans into the hedge to eat twigs and so far it's not moved or been caught. Maybe I've just been lucky, I don't know, but fingers crossed all's been well for us to date!
 
Is the rub caused by the clasps at the front? If they have nickel in, it could be an allergy to nickel?

Maybe you could get a food dye or something and put it on his neck, it'll transfer to the rug where the rub is happening and you'll know exactly what's responsible?
 
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