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| My gelding has been in CA from Washington for almost 2 weeks. He went from Snow to mid 70s in about 24 hours lol He didn't start shedding for about a week but when he started to shed ( Like massive crazy hair coming off) he pretty much stays sweaty on his neck and flanks 24/7. He was really sweating under his blanket but its only getting down to 50 at night now so decided just to leave it off. Supposed to get into 30s next couple nights so will throw a sheet on him. I have never had one stay sweaty when they are shedding but then again, I have never bought one from out of state or different climate. I bet if I went to Florida I would do the same thing. Is this pretty typical? |
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| Did you ask the previous owner if they blanketed? The horse could simply be hot in general. I bought one from SD where they were below zero for several weeks and I'm in SE Iowa. It's been 70 the past 3-4 days. She's not really sweating but her hair is laying down. I know she was on a 900 acre ranch with no pampering, so I'm not doing anything special for her.
He may just be an easy sweater too. But if they didn't blanket in the snow, then I wouldn't even worry about putting a sheet on him at 30.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I would say no blankets are sheets, I dont blanket my horses at all even when we got down in the teens here, they have plenty of hair on them I think mother nature takes good care of them, I make sure they have wind block thou..
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | Remember horses are like 30 degrees warmer than what it is outside. That horse will do just fine without anything coming from where he was to you, he's used to colder!
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | My mares are shedding off and it's still up and down between low teens to low 30s at night. I quit blanketing because they would have small sweat spots on their shoulders. That's telling me they're too warm. I wouldn't blanket or sheet your horse if he's sweating. |
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| Thanks all!! He was turned out in the open for sure but he was blanketed when conditions got really bad. Lol but he had to rough it. |
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| I would say it's normal. Our poor horses do the same thing every spring here. Our lows will still be in the low to mid 20s and our highs in the high 50s mid 60s and then two days later have highs in the 30s and 40s and lows in the teens. We don't move them from one climate to another, it's just in our part of California the climate is a little bipolar to say the least. Seriously, 4 weeks ago I got 19 inches of snow that lasted for 3 weeks. and on Friday our high was 62.
I feel really bad for them with all that sweaty hair. It seems like ours sweat worse when the hair starts to turn lose too. I do my best to brush every one every day when they start shedding so they don't get matted.
I would maybe forgo the blanket since he came from cold country. Even if he was blanketed up there the temperature differences are so extreme he may just be too hot.
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