Dealing with moulting

[fleabitten]

After reading baymare's post about moulting, I thought it would be a good idea to share tips and ideas on any ways to deal with all the hair!!

What grooming tools do you use when grooming to get the hair away?

How often do you de moult? (eg, a wee bit every time you groom or one or two big de hairing sessions during the week!)

Where do you do it? (stable, field, yard etc. - dad yelled at us for clogging up the drains so we have tied some baler twine to the fence in the field and we now de moult there!)

Clothing tips - what do you wear? Anything in particular? Or what do you do to get the hairs off your clothes?

Do you de hair your rugs too - how often?

Where do you put the hair?? (we used to stick it in the wheelie bin until we went up the field - we just let it blow away now!)

Any other tips??

[baymare]

i have just bought a super tool for moulting.it is a metal loop with teeth edges on one side.it works brilliantly.a senitive skin horse you could not use it on but my 3 love it.hair was coming out again this morning.it is quite long so makes under the tummey easy to reach.cost £3 so it was a bargin to.bay.

[jack]

i just wrote a big post on here and i must not have pressed post reply so i will keep it short i will be buying a firminator try a sheding blade last year didnt like it

[hollyvj]

I usually de-hair as much as possible before I ride. And just use a curry comb to get up as much as possible, then I put the hairs outside fro the birdies, but not mane/tail hair as would be horrified if the babies got strangled on it. I usually brush in the stable, did it out in the yard once and the wind kept blowing it in my face yuk!

I also de-hair the rugs, but only before I wash them, or if the get real bad I'll do them. I use a stiff bucket brush and a hoof pick for getting it out of the seams. I also de-hair, de-sweat and wash girths and numnahs on a regular basis throughout the year.

[haffyfan]

The natural way always works pretty well for me...as soon as possible get the rugs off and a good roll does the rest. I also remove loads with plastic/rubber combs of course but do find they shed an awful lot more rolling.

[racaille]

Feb 14, 2009 12:58:21 GMT baymare said:

i have just bought a super tool for moulting.it is a metal loop with teeth edges on one side.it works brilliantly.a senitive skin horse you could not use it on but my 3 love it.hair was coming out again this morning.it is quite long so makes under the tummey easy to reach.cost £3 so it was a bargin to.bay.

We use these too Bay, we call them étrilles americaines but who know what you call them! Our horsies love it when you give them a good going over and the hair comes out in handfuls, then you just bang the thing on a wall and it all falls off. They are also the biz for getting dry mud off.

I give my lot a good going-over each time I work them (even just lunging) as when they moult it seems there is enough hair to stuff a mattress every day! But Paco is a huuuuuuge fan of rolling and I agree, Haffy, it seems to do the trick too.

[Becca]

Feb 14, 2009 18:45:07 GMT haffyfan said:

The natural way always works pretty well for me...as soon as possible get the rugs off and a good roll does the rest. I also remove loads with plastic/rubber combs of course but do find they shed an awful lot more rolling.

Def my fave way, bern gets bored being pampered, strange animal

[abi]

same as bay- works a treat!

can also get retractable brushes that you swivel and hiar comes off them so you dont have to pick hair out the brush.

if you have birds nearby leave some hair out- will make some bird a nice nest x

[ceej]

those moulting blocks - they are BRILL and very cheap....

Never clear away your hair - birds find it invaluable for nest building - put it in the hedge or something for them to collect.

Neither of mine have started to moult yet....have everyone elses?

[fimacg]

Dexter is moulting like there is no tomorrow but then he isn't rugged so has 3 times as much hair as the other 2