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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2010 4:45:26 GMT -1
Hi all As a lot of you have dales, with feathers a great way to keep them clean is pig oil and flowersof sulpher, Had mine. Of eBay for a warmblood with sweet itch, If you put it in feather( does look greasy) it repels dirt and water  Also great for mites And for tails for that glossy finish use sainsburys basic or morrisons bee hive furniture polish!! Absoloutley brill!! |
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Post by valerie n scout on Sept 30, 2010 5:41:06 GMT -1
yep used it on the boys last year x  |
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Post by Rowndan on Sept 30, 2010 6:09:48 GMT -1
I keep thinking il try pig oil, paticually as we will hopefully doing the odd clinic over the winter. but how well does it work on white feather if it maked them look gresey?  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2010 6:32:38 GMT -1
It makes it look greasy for first day until dispersed properly just look silky after that
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Post by harleydales on Sept 30, 2010 9:13:37 GMT -1
The furniture polish is a gerat idea!
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Post by tomasnrichy on Sept 30, 2010 9:15:09 GMT -1
As Valerie said , we used it great stuff , can recommend it  |
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Post by harveydales on Oct 1, 2010 5:33:32 GMT -1
Yes, I found the same as Heather. We get really liquid, clay mud in the winter and I just got a gloopy mess too so gave up on it. I now leave all the legs and feathers untouched all winter, just cleaning Harvey's up for the odd show and not had any problems with mudfever or mud breakng off the feathers. Don't know what I am doing wrong.  |
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Post by sck1 on Oct 2, 2010 6:13:33 GMT -1
Do you have any suggestions for Mallanders? Blue seems to have it bad this year - I was going to try pig oil and sulphur.
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Post by katiekynoch on Oct 5, 2010 22:18:28 GMT -1
Do you have any suggestions for Mallanders? Blue seems to have it bad this year - I was going to try pig oil and sulphur. I used to have a TB mare with three white socks which got affected badly one year so after trying various topical remedies (usually involving washing and drying the affected areas and applying thick, clarty ointments) I decided to give NAF Mudgard a try. Although not a quick solution it did have good results BUT the disadvantages are cost and the need to feed it from around September through to March. I hope you manage to resolve it for your horse soon. |
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Post by sck1 on Oct 13, 2010 4:43:56 GMT -1
Thanks Katie
I will take a look at NAF Mudgard next time I'm at the feed merchants. I am not worried about cost etc as this isn't a problem that is going to go away without some effort.
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