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Horse Care and Comfort

Clipping a yearling

By:

LennyLlama

Date:

2015-Oct-07 at 03:57PM

Hi all,
My yearling grew a lovely thick and extremely long winter coat this winter, but coming into summer, my other horse had already lost his winter coat weeks ago, yet she shows no signs of shedding. Its getting hotter and hotter this time of the year in Aus, and she sits in the sun panting. i have tried grooming blocks, shedding tools, brushing twice a day, hugging, etc yet hardly any hairs are loose. She is fit, healthy, etc. I have ordered clippers, but I'm not sure if i should go ahead. Its not for her looks, but for her own good. Would it be the right thing to do?

vicci - UK (North Wales) 2015-Oct-07 at 04:46PM

Hmm tricky one...I am not a youngster expert; it does sound odd that she is not shedding any coat at all. While she may be externally fit and healthy I wonder if it's worth getting vet to run some tests to see if there is anything else going on?
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I presume she has some shelter from the sun if she wants it so that she can choose......even if she has shelter, need to make sure the shelter doesn't take her too far away from the other horse(s) as she may choose to suffer the heat rather than the separation. I'm sure others will have ideas, but thoughts I'd get things started :-)

JoHewittVINTA 2015-Oct-08 at 09:56AM

Hi. I agree - a vet should check her out. This week we rushed my 2 year old, Kirk, to have his broken front tooth dealt with. The vet came out, confirmed his front milk teeth were scheduled to fall out last year so his current damage was his permanent tooth & booked him in to see what could be done to save it. Poor Kirk had a very sore mouth but loaded into the trailer very easily & travelled well to the surgery 20 miles away. He coped really well with the strange surroundings & we were soon in the clinical centre where his stubborn milk tooth was removed showing a healthy permanent tooth ready to moved into place! Phew. I'd not seen any gaps in his teeth & now I know why - milk teeth are still in place. His sister, now almost 17 months old, hasn't had any gaps in her teeth either so I think we can safely say that we have a family trait to retain milk teeth, a situation I can now monitor effectively. Good luck. I hope your filly has a simple to solve problem. If you do Dually training & use an electric tooth brush on a cane, stepping up to a hair dryer blowing on her you'll prepare her for clippers. Cheers, Jo.

LennyLlama 2015-Oct-10 at 01:35PM

We have plenty of trees, a shelter, etc. The other horse is a sooky gelding so he won't leave her side anyway, they're like mare and foal haha!
Thanks for the help, I clipped her today :)
The clippers needed no introduction, she slept the whole time, even doing her face. I think she enjoyed the massage! Im glad she is comfortable now. Its only spring but its already hitting the mid 30C's.
Thanks for all the advice :)

JoHewittVINTA 2015-Oct-10 at 09:44PM

Hi. Good that she accepted the clippers & is now comfortable but I'd still get her checked by the vet. This lack of casting isn't normal & worrying in one so young. My 2 year old has laminitis! Far too young! I'm no expect but lack of hair loss is possible Cushings. If it turns out to be that it's really sad but medication can control it. Cheers, Jo.