What to do about a rat tail
One of my 2 yr old fillies HAD a beautiful long black tail. This spring she roaned out and lost mane, tail and forelock. Her foundation App is coming through. So, this is not just any rat tail, this is a stick coming out of her butt. She tries swatting a flies and all you hear is "thwack thwack." lol, poor baby. So, we have joked around about getting a hairdresser to come out and put a weave in for her so she can swat at flies. Has anyone actually done this before? The hairs on her dock are litterally 2-3" long. No longer than that. They couldn't hold a tail extension.
Any thoughts?
Answers:For a horse to go to a gorgeous tail to nothing, makes me think more than appy issues sorry.
Do a search on selenium poisioning and see if your area is rich in selenium. In SD we had a huge problem with it, manes/tales would fall out and the horses sometimes would loose their hooves.
In WY its deficient, so no worries anymore. But if you have alot of alkali on the ground (white powdery stuff) that is a huge indicator that you are selenium rich.
Other than that, there really isn't anything you can do. You could try supplements to help and see about wrapping her tail to get more growth. I know the probiotic I use on my mules gives them humongo hoof and hair growth, I get it from Dynamite.
I do not think that you could add extensions or even a faux tail with only 2" or tail. I guess your only option is to use great fly repellent. I love tri tec for spray on it usually lasts all day no matter how hot it is, equispot spot on control is an oil in a small tube, it is expensive, but works wonders and will last for days and fly sect roll on works wonders in their ears and around their eyes. At this point with no hair, all you can do is help repel the flies. good luck
You may want to look at this website and call these people. They seem to have come up with a way to solve your problem since they have an extention that attaches to the dock of the tail. Worth a try
http://www.newhorsetails.com/damagedtail...
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