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Kizzys Mum
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 Posted - 14 Jul 2008 : 1:28:26 PM
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How long would it take a hogged arab to grow back a full mane?
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Roseanne
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Posted - 14 Jul 2008 : 1:41:58 PM
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Is this a trick question??!!
I can't imagine anyone has ever tried hogging an Arab, but you never know - I'd say it'd be 18 months to a couple of years until it looked respectable again...
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pintoarabian
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Silvern_Scepris
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Posted - 14 Jul 2008 : 2:04:56 PM
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A friend of mine has an Arab gelding that had horrific sweet itch last year and he basically rubbed his whole mane out , which looked really messy, so she hogged his mane (left his forelock though) and this year, with the help of a Boett rug, it is growing back really nicely. It is still on the short side (looks like it has been pulled at the mo), but I would say another 3 months and it will like an arab mane again, so in answer to your q, I would say 15-18 months to grow back . |
  
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Kizzys Mum
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Posted - 14 Jul 2008 : 2:31:01 PM
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| sorry it's not a joke, she has rubbed her mane out (gret big wedges of it) and I wondered how long it would take to regrow and wether I should hog the whole lot so it grows at the same rate. Not really sure atm, she has a mild skin condition on her mane and coat tail seems okay on the whole just a tiny bit scrubbed |
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Suelin
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Posted - 14 Jul 2008 : 3:45:53 PM
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| Have you tried the sweetitch injection? A friend of mine has used that with her chap and so far so good and no scratching. Apparently there are 2 sorts and you need the one that is drug compliant if you are competing/racing etc. Another friend has a Boett blanket for her horse and says it works very well except that it rubs his mane out every summer, which in your case would be rather counter productive. Just some thoughts, good luck with it, it is a very problematic condition. |
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Kizzys Mum
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Posted - 14 Jul 2008 : 3:53:55 PM
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| my vet is fairly certain it's not sweet itch but another complaint but not sure what |
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NatH
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Posted - 14 Jul 2008 : 4:21:04 PM
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If she is rubbing you need to stop her.
Don't shave off the rest of the mane work on the bit that's short.
You can buy products to assist hair growth but if I was you I'd try and stop her itching first.
Netex do a FAB cream, which really works. It's about £20 to buy but it definately stops them rubbing and mends any broken skin and assists the regrowth of hair lost. |
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Roseanne
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Posted - 14 Jul 2008 : 5:18:52 PM
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Do anything to keep it clean and keep midges off; D-itch lotion, neem oil, midge rugs (Shires Maxiflow's my favourite). It's the only way to stop sweetitch - unless the new vaccines are working. Bad luck; sweetitch is a real pain, especially with a horse that should have a good mane.
I'd also advise against hogging the rest. Hogging makes the mane hair much coarser when it re-grows, where allowing it to grow back naturally will retain the natural softness of the hair. |
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carole ferguson
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Posted - 14 Jul 2008 : 6:19:35 PM
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My young Dartmoor mare has had an allergy test for itching - and she is mildly allergic to Midges, Mosquitoes and stable flies - but violently allergic to Horseflies - so although she wears a fly rug all the time - they can still bite her legs or face. My vet sent her blood sample to America I think - and they have produced a serum to inject her which should hopefully minimise her reaction to the biting flies. My neighbour had one of her Dartmoor stallions tested and treated in this way - and his allergy (which was far worse than my mare's) became totally controllable with the injections.
I think I was quite lucky to find a local vet which was willing to try this treatment - and I am hoping my little mare will have a more comfortable life now. |
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NUTTER
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Posted - 14 Jul 2008 : 7:09:28 PM
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When my daughters arab came to us to be sold on !! the owners had let theyre daughter pull her mane and tail for showing
God knows what class!!
Anyway it took i would say 3 years for her mane to look arab !! from being 2 inch mohican and her tail trimmed to just below dock 5 years!! this year i pulled of ends as it was getting to be only a inch or so of floor but after the way she came to us i did not want to touch her!!
Good luck.. hope it grows quicker than my daughters mare.. i bought her as daughter felt sorry for her and fell in love with her.. |
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Kizzys Mum
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Posted - 14 Jul 2008 : 8:23:20 PM
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We are using rugs and lotions, just wanted to see what the general feeling was about taking the rest off, I will leave it as is and continue treatment, hopefully she'll stop scratching with one of the many things we have to try  I used to have a 3/4 arab which was very allergic to midges to the point she got hives and would rub herself raw, she's fine now as we worked out how to manage it for her, hopefully I can do the same for Kira |
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