Warning snuggyhood head

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I love snuggyhood rugs and have used them for many years. I have always used the sweetitch rugs and been pleased with them and sung their praises on here many times.
Recently I have been buying the bug rugs and have been thrilled with them. Last year I bought a head ti go with one but never used it as I turnout at night and didnt really need it. Unfortunately I have had to turnout earlier this week so yesterday I put the head on. I sat and watched her and it seemed fine but this morning it was off and she was injured. I think it must have slipped forward and then she was blind as it would cover her eyes. If a fly mask moves it can still be seen through but not these.
She had cut her quarters and leg and it could have been worse.
I will be emailing snuggyhoods but my phone wont email. I have told them on facebook but now cant find the post.
As I say I love their rugs but want people to be aware of the danger of the heads.
 
Head covers with eye holes (I don't use snuggyhoods, but having googled this seems to be how they are designed) are notorious for causing injuries. We had a poster on here a while ago warning about them as one had slipped and her horse nearly lost an eye due to it.

I hope your horse is better soon.
 
Thank you. As I said love the rugs and hoods are fine but the heads are lethal. I could sell it on ebay as it is perfect and didnt come undone but would hate to think of another horse galloping around blind.
 
a horse on our yard had this the other day she ran through 6 post and rail feces and 9 electric fences when it covered her eyes. luckily she was uninjured but she hasnt worn it since. hope your horse has a swift recovery!
 
The same thing has happened to mine. First it was slipping and blindfolding him, so I sent it back and they altered it. Then it slipped again and the edge of the eyehole went across his eye and injured him so I binned it.
 
I put my boy in a lycra hood (with eyeholes) and shoved him in his field. Bear in mind that we live on site so can see the horses regularly throughout the day.

I went up a few hours later in the day to poodle around & poo pick etc. When I went in the field he was standing in the corner all huddled up, not stuffing his face, which is mega unusual for him.

When I got nearer I saw that he'd got the lycra hood all down over his face and eyes, it was hanging off his nose coz the flippin thing had slipped. He was standing there, totally blind, not able to see a thing, and luckily because he IS actually a sensible boy, had decided not to move until someone came and rescued him, bless him.

I threw the thing away. There was someone else on here ages back who's horse had lost an eye coz the lycra hood had slipped and its eye had ulcerated.

Damn things, I just wish people could be aware of the dangers they face. My boy was only out for a few hours, but in some cases he could have been turned out for a whole day and something like this could have happened.

I am disappointed that the Snuggy Hoods one has caused a problem: I've heard some good reports about their stuff, but won't use lycra hoods out of principle.
 
I had the complete sweet itch body and hood a couple of years ago, put it on my two year old andalusian as she really reacted to any biting flies, she only wore it twice, on both occasions it slipped and covered her face. The first time i found her in the morning just standing in the field with her head right down near the ground but not eating. I quickly realised what was wrong thankfully. I tried it on again having made the neck shorter, but stayed watching for a little while, it slipped again, within 15/20 mins, but tjis time i saw
her immediate reaction, it was terrifying to watch her run around panicking for a few minutes till i could catch hold of her, thankfully she came near when she heard me calling her and i grabbed her rug so she stopped, sufice to say i never used it again, now use the rambo hoody with a separate face mask - as above if the nett moves or skips they can still see where they are going, way safer and just as effective. Would never put a lycra type cover anywhere near any of them again. Noticed snuggy now do one without a face in at all, way better idea, the rugs were well made and did stop midges and more importantly for my mare stopped her being bitten by horseflies and other biting flies, happy with my rambos now though, wouldnt swap them for anything else :)
 
Yeah I don't like them either. There is some company that makes a different type of hood, so rather than eye holes it has like bands of fabric that cross over the face, so it if slips or comes undone it doeant cover the eyes... I haven't described it that well but will try to find a link!
 
The only problem ive had with snuggy hoods has also been with just a head however it didnt fit too well so was probably my fault. I bought a smaller one recently and it has a loop for a headcollar strap which does help if used with a field safe headcollar - perhaps thats a recent improvement? They are never going to be as hard to dislodge as the full hood with the belly strap though

I do think a lot of problems are due to either the wrong size being used or the horse not being used to the product - though not all as your case shows

Im still a great fan of their products :)

The other day the detachable neck came away from my Horseware rug and rubbed my ponys eye, the vet prescribed some drops and checked it over and i think the pony was quite lucky - ive put that one down to horseplay but it does go to show that injuries can be caused by all sorts of rugs

As for full hoods - Literally hundreds of show horses around the country tonight are wearing hoods of one kind or another with no issues - they are very commonly used on animals worth considerable amounts of money - im not sure that would be the case if they caused widespread injury

Mandwhy - the hood you describe i think is the Good Hood - a great design
 
I had this happen with the snuggy hood that includes the neck cover and secures with the belly band. On one occasion I found it on the floor and no harm done, however the second time I found Sally stood still in the long grass, having got it over her head but it was then stuck there so she couldnt see. She had gone through the electric fencing in three places and had obviously been down too as the flat long grass clearly showed. I also used to sing the praises of snuggy rugs but will never use them again. I went out the same day and bought a shires sweet itch combo which has the ear loops. Touch wood I am very impressed so far and Sally is a bad sufferer so really do need something which gives all round cover (using it with a fly mask).
 
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