16/04/2021
Clipping foals!!!
Why would you??
I'll tell you why!
Sometimes in the spring foal coats are a little behind in shedding.
This can make them too warm and sweaty, and if this happens, a foal coat can very quickly become matted!
In addition to this, all that warm floof combined with a foals delicate immune system makes them quite prone to lice and all the troubles that come with that.
Matts in a foal coat will literally spring up out of nowhere. You could leave them to shed out, but if that's your decision then you will be limited in being able to handle your new baby, because grooming will be uncomfortable for them, and trying to brush them out can lead to bruising of the skin which is obviously uncomfortable.
Cutting matts out with scissors is dangerous because they're often very close to a babies paper thin skin, and one wrong move can easily cause an accident!
So please, if you have a cute lil foalie, don't let anyone tell you they're too young to clip. If they're overheating or starting to matt up, get a professional in and give the little one a helping hand ❤️
*Text credit Jillian Scott clipper Queen * Sharing as its sometimes necessary, like in the case of this guy who had become very matted and had some crawlies in amongst all that thick coat.
