when to take poppys muzzle off??

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grass is getting down now and well winter is defo rushing in ........... so when should i take off poppys muzzle?? she's not looking too bad the now just super fluffy lol!!!

scared to take it off incase she totally blows up lol!!!
 
The grass will prob be dead by now so I don't think there will be much nutrients in it it just depends what kind of quantity you still have.
 
be careful as like others have said, its still mild and grass grows above 6degrees i believe.
i have a field full of grass, very green luss grass. my laminitic is still wearing her muzzle - im giving her a break for about 6hrs a day but when she moves onto my other field for winter (split it into 2) she will have it on 24/7 again.
id prefer to be safe than sorry this late on
 
had thought 5 degrees Seaview but yes about that but also beware of morning frost and mild temps above five during the day they say thats when grass is at its richest and the highest risk of laminitis and founder.
 
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be careful as like others have said, its still mild and grass grows above 6degrees i believe.
i have a field full of grass, very green luss grass. my laminitic is still wearing her muzzle - im giving her a break for about 6hrs a day but when she moves onto my other field for winter (split it into 2) she will have it on 24/7 again.
id prefer to be safe than sorry this late on

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Agree with this we have a late flush of very green grass at the moment, one lady with us has a laminitic with a muzzle and when vet popped out a few days ago for something unrelated she asked him and he said watch the grazing and keep the muzzle on for another two weeks.
 
You could always start preparing for the removal of the muzzle by taking it off for a few minutes and building up to 1/2 hour, 1hr and so on? That's what I did, but have to say that's only because Henry was too thin. He would still be in the starvation paddock otherwise. Even so I'm watching like a hawk, as his belly is growing rapidly, so he may yet have the muzzle back on.
 
Echo others views, be very careful, my horse is muzzled all year round, I was told by me vet that the grass doesn't stop growing unless its below 6, and then you have to be careful if its frosty, I think its something to do with the sugar gets more concentrated, anyway its a bad thing to put a lamanitic horse/pony out on frosty grass.

It depends on quite a few factors as well, like how many horses are grazing, they could eat it down quite fast, sometimes our fields are quite muddy so not much grass, other fields with less horses in stay green so it depends, I'm very scared to take my horses muzzle off in case they ever broke into another field with grass and he just guzzled it and he'd be ill again. I do not want a repeat. I sometimes let my horse have a couple of hours freedom but as I say it depends on what its like
 
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