Where to buy a grazing muzzle for my fatty...

[Willow2]

Hello - I have made the decision to put my 15.1 Connemara fatty in a grazing muzzle, and know there are a few different makes out there. Where can you get them from? The only one I've seen is Derby House, and is called the Comfort Grazing Muzzle - is this the Shires one? I've also seen a leather muzzle but I'm not sure if this is a grazing muzzle? Leather would seem to make sense from a safety point of view.
Many thanks for your help.

 

[ISHmad]

There are always plenty on ebay, but for speed might be best to get one from your local tack shop. The shires webbing one is fine as it has a velcro breakaway point. If you decide to go for a Greenguard grazing muzzle, whatever you do don't get the headcollar you can buy which goes with it, as that doesn't have a break point (can you believe)!

It isn't nice having to muzzle them, but far better that than laminitis. One of mine is out in the day with a grazing muzzle on and in at night with soaked haylage to get rid of all the sugars. Thankfully he is looking much better, but it is always a battle with good doers isn't it?

Hope your horse gets on okay with the muzzle and loses weight soon.

 

[Thistle]

The Shires one is safe, it has a velcro break point.

 

[Vicki1986]

my fatty (also a willow!) has been wearing the shires now for 8 months and never a problem and only around £15. it does rub in places sometimes - only the hair away not the skin - but they all do - however some of the freinds have modified theirs by sewing in patches of sheepskin to prevent this

 

[Moggy in Manolos]

i highly recommend the shires one, you can buy them off ebay, they are great

 

[lornaA]

i got my pony a greenguard muzzle this year as she has had laminitis a few years ago and i hate keeping her in in good weather. she hated it at first and tried to get it off every way possible but she accepted it now and is absolutely fine . i didn't bother with thier headcollar and just attached it to the regular headcollar.