RE: : Help for sensitive skin!

["Marlana" <lrp@tp.net>]

>Help! My mare has extremely sensitive skin, especially in the girth area. I
have tried a fleece >girth and currently use a
>neoprene girth. After a ride the skin has no hair and is red and irritated.
I have tried desitin on >the girth area and a
>lso baby oil and powder on the girth itself. Help!

This is just a guess... but might it be that she's heat sensitive? The
fleece and neoprene might be holding in the heat too much... try a strand
girth... mohair is the best (and most expensive). You can get them for
english and western saddles. That and they can move and stretch with your
horse, unlike a nylon backed neoprene or fleece girth. I prefer my strand
girths over the only fleece one I own. That is, when I ride in a saddle.....


Marlana Pitas & LL Rheebok
South Attleboro, MA
http://users.tp.net/lrp




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