[horsecrazy1982]

can you braid the mane in serpent braid to help it not tangle and so on to help with growth. how do you do it so it dose not break at the poll. and would mane bags help. i board at a barn and thay have the metal hay thangs around the bales and have seen some rip there manes on theam would braiding and puting in mane bags help also what are good conditioners for mane and tail is healthy hair care kind good. any info will be great

[Native Winds]

Unfortunatly you will need to take away the problem like the hay thing esp if its realy designed for cattle. Equine hay rings do not have the top rung on them like cattle ones do.
You can do the serpentine but it begins to pull and the horse is more likely to rub because of the sensation. I use braids that are about 1 1/2 inch thick and you can leave the braids mid way down the braid itself to help in them not getting caught up. I used to do that occasionaly. Just braid the section of hair half way down and bind with a rubber band and let the bottom half just hang like a pony tail.

Healthy Hair Care products are good products. You can try a mane bag but I wont guarantee that they wont get caught also. Have you tried MTG?

[horsecrazy1982]

She has never got her mane on the feeder she hardy eats the hay from it she eats the grass most of the time one horse rubbed his mane but it was on a deffernt kind of hay bale feeder I used some of the hair care store today I have allways keep her tail up and it has helped so I did the braids on her mane today I will see how it goes I made sure that were not tight at the creast for win she has her head down

[Jess!]

Could you use a sleazy? Or sometimes they have things called "mane tamers".

I don't like metal feeders where they can rub their mane's off. My pipe corral panels the horses will stick their heads through and rub their necks, it drives me nuts.

[horsecrazy1982]

she would rip a sleazy and would be hot it is in the 80 now here i am tring braids now and am going to make some mane bags