Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Sunburn

Like across the country, we have been enjoying record-breaking heat and a rain deficit. The boys do have a large group of big trees in their pasture and a 10 by 18 run-in shed that provide adequate shade. I do place flakes of hay for them in their shed, plus extra hay in the shade. They both have managed to get sunburned. And it ain't getting any better. Last week it looked like potato chips on their noses, this morning both looked like they had road rash. Painful to look at. Skip in particular does not like to have anything put on him, although he does stand for the fly spray and the roll-on. But not on his nose. That nose is private property. KC has not been so prone to sunburn, but his nose looks radioactive now. We're heating up again for triple digits. This month of July has been the worst! Long-anticipated, now just counting the days until it is history.

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  1. I've seen ads for fly-masks with extensions that cover the nose, but I've never actually seen one on a horse. Might be worth a try to check it out (or make extensions for a regular mask, maybe).

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  2. Skip has difficulties keeping his mask on (wonder why?) LOL. I've seen them, don't have one. Skip is a bright red chestnut with a bald face and his nose looks like it went through the shredder. We'll be field testers with our trial-and-error method.

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