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 | | From: | \Pussywillow\ Volfie | | Subject: | Tail maintainance | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 15:38:26 -0500 |
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 | Just curious since I've never used one: what makes a tail wrap stay on? I
read somewhere that you are supposed to tie it below the tail bone but, is
that it? -- just tie it REALLY tight? It seems to me that the natural
movement of the tail would eventually make it slip down. And if it's tied
too tight, I would think it would harm the tail by breaking off the hairs.
Am I wrong about that?
I'm asking because I'm trying to get my mini's tail into show shape. His
mane is extremely long but his tail looks pretty pitiful by comparison. I
suspect his love interest nibbled some of it off. Should I invest in a tail
wrap? Can I make one just as well? Any other tips and tricks as to what to
do to encourage the growth and health of his tail?
I thought about giving him gelatin but feeding boiled horse hooves to a
horse just seemed *wrong*...
Thanks,
Giselle
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| | From: | John Hasler | | Subject: | Re: Tail maintainance | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 15:13:52 -0600 |
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| Giselle writes:
> what makes a tail wrap stay on?
Friction.
> ...just tie it REALLY tight?
If you want his tail to fall off.
> Any other tips and tricks as to what to do to encourage the growth and
> health of his tail?
Leave his tail alone. Every time you mess with it you pull out some hair.
> I thought about giving him gelatin but feeding boiled horse hooves to a
> horse just seemed *wrong*...
Where do you get gelatin made from horse hooves?
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John Hasler Boarding, Lessons, Training
john@dhh.gt.org Hay, Jumps, Cavallox
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
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| | From: | \Pussywillow\ Volfie | | Subject: | Re: Tail maintainance | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:42:35 -0500 |
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Thanks Lizzard Woman and Cindi, I'll give it a try. I have some light
weight doubleknit, t-shirt material I can cut up so I can get the length
right. One more question: can the last few inches of his tail be braided
and then turned up and lightly banded? Do you think that would do more harm
than good? About a third of his tail hairs DO go to the ground -- we just
want the rest to catch up. SOON. If I braid the tail it will actually drag
on the ground and I don't want the longest ones to break off in the
ice/mud/snow.
I will remove it every day and condition the tail and such. I'll check into
the suppliment, too. Thanks.
Giselle
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| | From: | lizzard woman | | Subject: | Re: Tail maintainance | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:01:50 GMT |
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""Pussywillow" Volfie" wrote in message
news:10v86i73rir0701@corp.supernews.com...
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| Thanks Lizzard Woman and Cindi, I'll give it a try. I have some light
| weight doubleknit, t-shirt material I can cut up so I can get the length
| right. One more question: can the last few inches of his tail be braided
| and then turned up and lightly banded? Do you think that would do more
harm
| than good? About a third of his tail hairs DO go to the ground -- we just
| want the rest to catch up. SOON. If I braid the tail it will actually
drag
| on the ground and I don't want the longest ones to break off in the
| ice/mud/snow.
I guess you could start the braid at the end of the tail bone instead of at
the top and then fold the end up to the end of tail bone once or twice and
then secure with a band. If that's what you meant.
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love,
la mangosteena
"The United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian
Religion" -- Treaty of Tripoli, 1797, ratified by Congress
"Religion did for bullshit, what Stonehenge did for rocks." -- The World
Famous Tink
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| | From: | Dana Compton | | Subject: | Re: Tail maintainance | | Date: | 23 Jan 2005 23:55:31 GMT |
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>Thanks Lizzard Woman and Cindi, I'll give it a try. I have some light
>weight doubleknit, t-shirt material I can cut up so I can get the length
>right. One more question: can the last few inches of his tail be braided
>and then turned up and lightly banded? Do you think that would do more harm
>than good? About a third of his tail hairs DO go to the ground -- we just
>want the rest to catch up. SOON. If I braid the tail it will actually drag
>on the ground and I don't want the longest ones to break off in the
>ice/mud/snow.
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>I will remove it every day and condition the tail and such. I'll check into
>the suppliment, too. Thanks.
>
>Giselle
I didn't get the original post. I use infusium leave in hair conditioner for
people. Both my boys have lovely tails and manes. Stay away from stuff with
silicone in it, like show sheen. The more the hair is bent the more damage is
done. Keep it conditioned with a real conditioner not a hair/show polish and
brush/ pick gently every few days.
Dana
Azthor - 8 year old Saddlebred gelding
Juan's Magic- 17 year old Thoroughbred gelding
The Urantia Book a Logical/Scientific Christian Book
www.urantia.com
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| | From: | lizzard woman | | Subject: | Re: Tail maintainance | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:47:34 GMT |
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""Pussywillow" Volfie" wrote in message
news:10v82ptn0uorn5e@corp.supernews.com...
| Just curious since I've never used one: what makes a tail wrap stay on? I
| read somewhere that you are supposed to tie it below the tail bone but, is
| that it? -- just tie it REALLY tight? It seems to me that the natural
| movement of the tail would eventually make it slip down. And if it's tied
| too tight, I would think it would harm the tail by breaking off the hairs.
| Am I wrong about that?
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| I'm asking because I'm trying to get my mini's tail into show shape. His
| mane is extremely long but his tail looks pretty pitiful by comparison. I
| suspect his love interest nibbled some of it off. Should I invest in a
tail
| wrap? Can I make one just as well? Any other tips and tricks as to what
to
| do to encourage the growth and health of his tail?
|
| I thought about giving him gelatin but feeding boiled horse hooves to a
| horse just seemed *wrong*...
I think gelatin is made from bones, no?
Lots of horses wear tail wraps at my barn. You have to braid the tail
first. Then tie the bag into the braids.
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love,
la mangosteena
"The United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian
Religion" -- Treaty of Tripoli, 1797, ratified by Congress
"Religion did for bullshit, what Stonehenge did for rocks." -- The World
Famous Tink
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| | From: | cindi | | Subject: | Re: Tail maintainance | | Date: | 23 Jan 2005 13:11:04 -0800 |
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| Hi. You tie it into the braid - you braid the tail first. As for a
cheap one, just get an old tube sock and cut the top of the sock, both
thicknesses, straight down about 3 inches to make your ties. Make this
cut twice, say if the sock opening is a clock, you want a cut thru
noon/6 and 3/9. Then drop the braided tail into it, and somewhere at
the top of your braid, near the bottom of the tail bone, tie the sock
into it. If you push the ties thru one side or the other and only tie
around the hair, not the tail bone, you can tie it very tightly so it
won't come undone. It's only if you tie around the tail bone that you
have to be careful.
A tube sock is actually pretty short, and the drawbacks to that are the
tail can't be used for swishing flies as well. So the actual tail bags
are longer. In fact some come in different lengths. But since you are
talking about a mini, a tube sock might be OK. Also the ties you make
by cutting the tube sock will be thicker and shorter than the ties on
an actual tail bag. But in either case, the ties are not like rubber
bands - they are cloth, and thick, and they shouldn't break the tail
hairs.
As for growth, I like Shapley's MTG. It seems to work. I don't know
of any actual science behind it, though.
cindi
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