My 18 year old QH has a pretty thick white blaze. He gets awful sunburn all the time and when ever I try putting sunscreen on him he throws his head, so I can't really rub it in and get as much as I want on him. I even use non-scented sunscreen. Any other things I can do to make his sunburn go away? Or try to get the sunscreen on him?
Also can you put aloe on a horses face?
thanks!
if you cant train him to get sunscreen on him use a flymask or something like that. At the barn I go to we have had to do it to several horses and it works
Don't wait til the horse has a burnt face to put lotion on it.
when putting sun block (not screen, sunblock is better) on, don't try to wrestle with him, just hold the halter lightly in one hand and rub his face like you are rubbing his face with your bare hand, not like you ' re trying to smear lotion on it.
Take the time to do it, don't rush or get pushy or anxious about it. Make it a pleasant experience.
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If he moves his head away, don't chase his head with your hand. Leave your hand in the air (where his head was before he took it away ).... and ask him to bring his head back toward you by tugging lightly on the halter. Soon as he does bring his face back, drop your hand.
Then try again.
It's about patience.
You can also put a fly mask on that's got UV protection. They sell masks that go all the way down the nose.
Try using a fly mask or something like that to keep the sun off of his face or keep him in a barn during the day if possible .... and sunscreen will burn but maybe try sunscreen for babies or infants it should be milder than other sunscreen.
My sister's cob has a pale muzzle and gets bad sunburn as well. We use a zinc oxide based cream such as udder or nappy cream. It's a complete sunblock and also helps treat the existing burns. They aren't very keen on having creams on their noses but just make sure you have a head collar on and move your hand with the horse. We usually put loads on in the morning so it lasts through the day - be aware of the horse trying to slime you, our cob thinks if he has to wear cream so should we lol
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com The other thing to ensure is there isn't anything he's eating which is making him more sensitive - our cob reacts to buttercups and they make him much more photosensitive so he burns much worse. He's had 1st degree burns which required vet treatment before now. We've used a herbal supplement designed to detox the liver (eg after ragwort) and this helps a lot with our cob. This is the one we've used
http://www.globalherbs.co.uk/equine/rest ...
http://www.horse.com/item/cashel-crusade ... You may want to invest in one of these.
Putting sunscreen on the burn probably hurts like hell, which is why he doesn't want you doing it. Get the burn cleared first and then start working with him on touching his nose until he settles down. Once you've accomplished this, you can go back to the sun screen.
find a spray sunscreen for horses/animals? Maybe even the regular kind for humans would work. It wouldn't be as hard to apply it if you could just spray it on!
A fly mask would prevent severe burns, so try it out.
sunscreen! my friend had this same problem
Have had you had the horse for a long time and has he had the sunburn in the past? or did he just start to get it recently?? Hope you can find something that will help him. Let us know.
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com I have dealt with horses for many years and the first bad sunburn face horse I saw was one that I had in for training and shoeing this was around 30 years ago and in the last 15 or so years I have seen many, many of them, I wounder if it is something in the air or the feeds or what is in the feeds because we did not have a lot of them in the past.
My daughter bought a real well bred filly this year and was at my home for 3 days when I saw she was sunburning I asked her where she was when she bought her. "In a barn" I knew she had been in the barn to get ready to sell. I had to make a mask for her just over her halter to cover her blaze.
When I would put SS on her it would just run off and did no good at all.
I recently was asked to go see a horse for some folks and ride her for them. She was mostly white, and had such scars on both shoulders from sunburn that the hair was just growing in clumps.
I will not buy any more horses with a lot of white on them. I have a friend who had a cremellow he had to keep her in a barn in the day and out at night.
