calekio
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Post by calekio on Dec 30, 2012 20:24:41 GMT 1
I'm trying to avoid clippers!!!
Fudge came in today.. dry.. dry enough for a brush... err.. yes and no.. Legs.. caked in mud... proving tricky to get it all off... Belly however... OMG!! Its just clumped all in his belly... it cant be comfortable for him poor love! We tried brushing it.. with a curry comb.. a dandy brush.. a hairbrush!! not coming out.. tried finger teasing it... nope.. won't crunch under your fingers either... and the 'clumps' go down the skin! I could cut them out! would rather not however but they are clumped like that!!!
So... any ideas... its farrrrrr too cold to bath him!! Especially as i'd really have to scrub at it!! He was getting miffed about the brushing so told us to get off.. (we had however just had big issues flushing his tear ducts so... he proberly wasn't in the best of moods! lol)... and trying to avoid scissors/clippers however... that is currently my only idea!! lol
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Post by misty on Dec 30, 2012 21:09:38 GMT 1
Have you tried a rubber curry? Then one of thos metal loop comb things. We find this works.
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Post by calekio on Dec 30, 2012 21:11:58 GMT 1
Rubber curry comb.... and then i presume you mean a sheading blade..
No i haven't... could try tomorrow...
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Post by cookie on Dec 30, 2012 21:22:51 GMT 1
Shedding blade is what I would use, my boy seems to find it more comfortable than lots of brushing even though it looks a bit harsh.
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Post by ba on Dec 30, 2012 21:40:45 GMT 1
How on earth has the poor thing got into that state? My boy has a very long coat and rolls daily in a muddy field ( and he is a mostly white piebald) and he doesn't have a scrap of mud on him when I put him to bed, I brush it off daily and his coat is clean and dry. Do you have excessively muddy fields or do you need a management rethink?
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Post by kafee on Dec 30, 2012 21:54:21 GMT 1
Excaliber had hard lumps stuck fast to his legs, and I was afraid it was mud fever so I sponged pig oil and sulphur onto them. The next day the lumps came apart and fell off easily when I pulled at them gently.
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Post by calekio on Dec 30, 2012 21:56:38 GMT 1
I don't know ba! I feel really really bad!! My field has been very muddy and wet and he is a shetland so very thick coat.. and close to the ground.. and playful.. so spends half his time charging round the field!! However.. that said.. even his friend he plays with isn't this bad!!!! Maybe i've been a little nelgectful.. he lives out and its been so wet and muddy and raining this is the first dry day i've had hold of him and its been dry and not sopping wet mud that i've had a chance to look properly!! I've fence them out of a gateway today as its that sticky, sinking mud.. even my old girl with arthritis and bad hind legs nearly got stuck and struggling to walk through it!!
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Post by cookie on Dec 30, 2012 22:49:55 GMT 1
I think it depends on your soil too, the clay stuff can really harden and stick.
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Post by ladyndibs on Dec 30, 2012 23:32:26 GMT 1
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Post by julz on Dec 30, 2012 23:50:58 GMT 1
Seamus had a huge patch like that one year... problem was I wanted to clip.. took two days of scrubbing and keeping in overnight to dry him before the clippers could get through the hair...
Like you say, the clumps go right to the skin and it's possible that there is moisture there so hair will never dry. IMO you're going to have to bite the bullet and wash with tubs of carried hot water if you have too and keep him in overnight so he doesn't chill overnight (or roll again) then after either clip or rub pig oil in.
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Post by calekio on Dec 31, 2012 8:12:36 GMT 1
I don't have a stable though.... And whats to stop it doing it again?? I'm wondering now of clipping... as he'll be getting a bhalf belly clip in a few weeks proberly anyway as he is ment to be a ridden pony and the belly clips help with cleanness and easy for getting that area nice and clean! lol I say ment to be however.... lol
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Post by bernadette on Dec 31, 2012 11:19:53 GMT 1
it sounds like you have clay soil. We have it too and what you've described doesn't take long to happen in that type of soil. Once it dries it's like concrete - remember it makes plates :-) Anyway what we do is use one of those stripping/thinning combs that you get for dogs - the one we have is made by Mikki and it doesn't have an actual blade. You just comb the coat and the comb cuts the mud off - tedious but it works. If you then apply some oil (we use udder cream but you'll have your own preference) then the mud won't stick so fast when it sets next time.
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Post by floydsmum (aka LesleyfromKent) on Dec 31, 2012 11:25:34 GMT 1
Well I use cheap Tescos or Sainsburys own brand furniture polish - spray it all over Floyd's body (being very careful of his face) and also pig oil his legs and tail every few days. The silicon in the furniture polish stops the mud from sticking!! Bonus is Floyd is shiny & smells nice ;D
If you're going to use either furniture polish or pig oil for the first time, do a little 'test area' first to make sure they don't cause irritation.
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Post by bernadette on Dec 31, 2012 11:42:53 GMT 1
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Post by bertie666 on Dec 31, 2012 14:21:32 GMT 1
Mine live out too and I use a rubber curry - tis the easiest thing for mud - obviously needs to be dry though.
A shetlands belly is that much lower to the ground im guessing hes like my litter terrier who needs mud guards to keep his tummy clean!
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