question on neck sweats

[uwharrie]

My boy Romeo was quite obese when we bought him in June. Since then we have had him on Weight control feed and the pounds have come off. The sad thing is his neck has not reduced like the rest of him. Now I know that once they get that cresty neck it is almost impossible to get rid of. But I have been told that sweating may reduce it some. So my question is

what proceedures do you use?

amount of time its left on?

clipped underneath or not?

any tips or suggestions?

 

[icspots]

I'm no expert on this, but know people who are, and I like to ask questions. first is get a good magnesium supplement, like Quiessence or Remission, there are others, but can't think of the name. They will help "soften" the crest. Then go find some "neat neck" or "ultra great neck", and follow the directions, then, additionally put clean sweats on after you take off the sweats with product on them and wash the horses neck good. The products can burn their skin if left on too long. It may take some time, depending on how old the horse is, genetics etc. But it is my understanding that getting that crest softened up enough to sweat off is really key.

 

[mayville sonny night]

I was wondering, too. We got Angel (Fike's Diplomat Spirit) this past summer...if anything, he was a bit underweight. But the crest of his neck still flopped over. I thought it was because his mane was so heavy, since I was new to minis. But someone else said his neck needed to be sweated?

 

[Tenltraining]

Hello,

I had written several options on reducing a horses cresty neck on a prior post that had originally started named as Round Penning, a few days ago. Look it up and there are two or three posts there I had written with a lot of info about how to use neck sweats. I think most of your questions will be answered there. The neck sweats need to be on snugly to get optimal results, but you should be able to slip a couple of fingers between the sweat and the horse. Laura Tennill