Mane Loss

[Fruiitloop]

One of my horses has a really thin mane and when it gets to having to have a hood/s on the bottom half of her mane just rubs away i know you can get mane regrowth products do any of you know if they work? or any other ideas?

[samsaria]

I don't know of any hair regrowth stuff (it would go for a fortune in the human world :o ) but yes i was warned about hoods for my horse too as he's a thin mane. It hasn't rubbed (yet) but I'm monitoring it. It does lie flatter though, it's a half hood.

Would a vest-type thing under the hood help? :o Sorry, i'm not a whole lot of help :)

[Mehitabel]

are you sure it's rubbing? sometimes if they get too warm under a hood the mane just comes out in handfuls. this happened to petal one year - mid february and a suddenly unexpectedly sunny day, and boom, 8 inches of mane just fell out. if it's rubbing it'll happen gradually and the hair will be ruffled up and manky - when they over heat it just falls out with no rubbing or broken hair left at all.

i would avoid hoods or neck covers if you possibly can.

[Fruiitloop]

im sure its the hood she has 2 :) she has a mark todd stable with neck and a fal viking with a neck and shes not hot shes fully clipped and used to rugs all year round as i do showing so in summer she still has a stable rug on :)

i tried my lycra hood it made it worse she wears a bossy bib all the time anyway

i dunno what to do the hair regrowth stuff i have seen is like £15 for a tiny bottle quite expensive

[pinkypug1]

My mare rubbed away the top of her tail when she had pin worms, it looked awful! I researched and found a product but it comes from america or the netherlands its called "Shapley's Original MTG" its for hair regrowth in horses. It worked wonders you put it on the bald or thin area and the hair will grow back about really quickly about 3" a month! you can also use it on hair loss where their had been a injury etc ans hair will grow back over the scar. It really is magic stuff! http://www.shapleys.com/ this is the web address :):)

[Fruiitloop]

is it your horses head in your pics? if so its mane is 10 times the thickness of my horses :p

[Siogfinsceal]

are you sure it's rubbing? sometimes if they get too warm under a hood the mane just comes out in handfuls. this happened to petal one year - mid february and a suddenly unexpectedly sunny day, and boom, 8 inches of mane just fell out. if it's rubbing it'll happen gradually and the hair will be ruffled up and manky - when they over heat it just falls out with no rubbing or broken hair left at all.

i would avoid hoods or neck covers if you possibly can.

Yes this happens to my mare her mane gets very dry and weak and I agree its casued by overheating of the mane. She has to wear a hood as normal rugs rub her withers.
If you feed a seaweed supplement it will help to grow it back its great stuff! some oil in her food (I use vegetable oil), will help too

[Fruiitloop]

My mare rubbed away the top of her tail when she had pin worms, it looked awful! I researched and found a product but it comes from america or the netherlands its called "Shapley's Original MTG" its for hair regrowth in horses. It worked wonders you put it on the bald or thin area and the hair will grow back about really quickly about 3" a month! you can also use it on hair loss where their had been a injury etc ans hair will grow back over the scar. It really is magic stuff! http://www.shapleys.com/ this is the web address :):)


wow :eek: thankyou :D

[Fruiitloop]

i feed her linseed oil and its good for her coat makes it shiney and stuff
maybe i will get some seaweed