Tips for a muddy winter

[essexlady]

I got Grace in December last year and dont remember her being this dirty ever:eek:

My grey mare is starting to have brown legs and neck:rolleyes:


Can you give me all your good tips to get through the winter as clean and healthy as possible.

Cheers.

xx

[tiga]

Sorry, don't have any tips as it is my first winter. But I am amazed at how muddy Izzy can get his neck in one day! He has a turn out rug on (no neck cover) but every day his neck is caked in mud.

Good for my wobbly arms I suppose!

[bluntcrayon]

pretend she's skewbald :)

[Maggiemooo]

pretend she's skewbald :)

:D:D:D

That's what I do, as long as the bits under the saddle and bridle are clean, he can be brown, green or pink for all I care in this weather!

[greymare]

Tip 1. Learn to float and levitate

Tip 2. Give up all hope of remaining clean

Tip 3. Close you eyes when grooming.

I wwn a grey and have given up with the washing for hours and hours and trying to remove the dirt totally.

Sorry its not much help lol.

A good tip I have heard os to cover legs in baby oil or pig oil which acts as a barrier.

Jen
x

[fairlady]

S*d the Horses, lol, my TIP is warm gloves and FLEECE socks:p:D

Seriously, both mine have been ROLLING in the mud at the moment:rolleyes:

Great, they are always still too 'wet and muddy' to groom and look
totally neglected:eek: Sioned is now rugged which does help a little bit but Bertie, ....I just give up....

[Joyscarer]

I do the pig oil trick too.

I bung it on the legs up to hock hight and comb it through the mane and tail too.

I don't believe in having clean ponies and go for the scruffy native look which we have perfected!

The pig oil is great for keeping those bits in control though ;)

[Native Lover]

I do natural scruffy native types unrugged and muddied up :eek: they all have hay and shelter.

I like them to be as natural as possible so cannot really help except to say rug and hose legs if you want to keep your grey clean over winter.

[diplomaticandtactful]

I am very lucky my lot are pretty good at keeping clean.

Very very lucky.

[Kimmy C]

Please can you tell me where I get this pig oil from?? I suppose I must have some form of OCD as I really hate to see Adella with any mud on her, I know its sad, and she just loves to roll in it especially when its time to come in and the mud is wet and the N/Z is heavy with it:mad:

I use baby oil, mane and tail conditioner, aqueous cream for the legs or udder cream for the legs to ward off the dreaded MUD FEVER ugh!! I really HATE it when Adella gets mud on her fluffy bits and its impossible to brush off. Oh how I hate winter :mad::mad:

[Mimi + Me]

If we got rid of all the grass/mud in the fields and replaced it with Astro Turf then they wouldn't have anything to roll in and we'd all have lovely clean horses! ;) Do you think your YO's would agree??

[greymare]

The only down side is I know Tyler would take advantage of the burns you get from astroturf and ensure I fell and scrapped along the ground lol

Jen
x

[Kimmy C]

I think they should do what they do with the football pitches and have underground heating that way we would have grass all year round and no mud!!

[Flipo's Mum]

If we got rid of all the grass/mud in the fields and replaced it with Astro Turf then they wouldn't have anything to roll in and we'd all have lovely clean horses! ;) Do you think your YO's would agree??
Class - I just sprayed coke all over the place!

[tiga]

You can get pig oil on Ebay. Also a lot of feed stores will stock it or will get it in for you.

I use pig oil and sulphur on Izzy feathers and it does keep the mud off.