Its a little too cold to bathe him yet. I'm hoping one of these days the weather will warm up, but until then...
I recently acquired this horse that someone had been abusing/starving. I've been getting some weight back on him and working on brushing him, very gently as he is sore (you don't even want to know the whole story), but his hair coat is very long, curly and matted in several places. I tried rubbing oils and even cowboy magic into the matted parts to loosen them, with no luck. I don't really want him losing anymore hair then he already has and you know that when it gets matted like that it hurts and can leave more sores. Any suggestions? I trimmed the ones I could, but right now he is very restless because his hips are in bad shape so he won't just stand in one place so you can trim his hair.
I recently acquired this horse that someone had been abusing/starving. I've been getting some weight back on him and working on brushing him, very gently as he is sore (you don't even want to know the whole story), but his hair coat is very long, curly and matted in several places. I tried rubbing oils and even cowboy magic into the matted parts to loosen them, with no luck. I don't really want him losing anymore hair then he already has and you know that when it gets matted like that it hurts and can leave more sores. Any suggestions? I trimmed the ones I could, but right now he is very restless because his hips are in bad shape so he won't just stand in one place so you can trim his hair.