Pasturemate pulling horses tail out

[HoofHeartSoul]

As the title says a pasturemate with my horse is pulling his tail out trying to egg him on and play by trying to nip his hindend.

My guy is older and the ground is frozen and rutted ( so he can not walk away quickly) and the pasturemate knows right where to stand to avoid the correction of his swift knock it off kicks.

is there any solution to this.
The pasturemate does not really get exercised outside of turnout so he is full of piss and vinegar, but doesn’t want to run off steam by himself apparently.

this may be a stupid question but is there anything I can do other than move my horse out of the pasture or the other horse ( no where else they can go).

I am worried he might try and yank and play with a tailbag

[oldernewbie]

I have one that likes to chew tails too. When he was younger, he chewed off my other horse’s tail above the hocks. Eeeek!

Try this - it does deter my “hairdresser”:
https://www.sstack.com/ultra/Ultra-Chew-Stop-/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIh5qajsaY3wIVAVuGCh0hpwvnEAQYAyABEgJ09vD_BwE

Horses!

[SonnysMom]

One of the horses in the barn gets RapLast put on his tail to deter his field buddy from chewing his tail.

[HoofHeartSoul]

He really isn’t chewing it, rather he is quickly grabbing and Yanking it out ! :no: he is obnoxious about it. It might work if he holds it long enough to get a taste.

[x-halt-salute]

I’ve been through the youngster chewing on my horse’s tail thing, but not the exact yank and pull problem you’ve got. I’ve had really good luck with a braid-in tail bag – it keeps the actual hairs out of the obnoxious one’s mouth and if he does tug on it the force is distributed across all of the tail hair. IME with a young, playful, tail chewer, it solved the problem without turning into a toy. Or maybe just see if braiding it (again, so that he can’t grab small locks that are easy to yank out) and applying a wrap-last type product helps?

[oldernewbie]

Well, a muzzle maybe? Don’t know where you are, but around here there’s not much grass anyway. Of course his owner would have to agree to that, but it might work. Or how about a bib?
https://www.bigdweb.com/product/bibs+-+leather.do?sortby=ourPicksAscend&page=2&refType=&from=fn&ecList=7&ecCategory=100623

I’ve never used a bib but it looks like they can eat and drink, just can’t get their mouth in position to bite stuff.

[HoofHeartSoul]

We have asked about him wearing a muzzle since he is very overweight and the owner was against it.

( a bit of a bleeding heart that cannot stand the look of their horse in a muzzle , even though it would be a great benefit to their horse and my horse’s tail!):rolleyes:

[GraceLikeRain]

@HoofHeartSoul

We have asked about him wearing a muzzle since he is very overweight and the owner was against it.

( a bit of a bleeding heart that cannot stand the look of their horse in a muzzle , even though it would be a great benefit to their horse and my horse’s tail!):rolleyes:

If the ground is frozen and your horse is older I’d frame it as a safety issue. If your horse gets grabbed by the tail and goes down on frozen ground trying to get away, that could be a really ugly injury. Allowing a horse to get bullied is never okay. Either the owner needs to take steps (in the case a painfully easy one) or the BM needs to find a new pasture situation for one of them.

In the mean time, I’d coat his tail with something really unpleasant and spicy. Since it is more yanking than chewing, I’m not sure the efficacy but it would potentially help with the association that tail grabbing is unpleasant.

[HoofHeartSoul]

Thank you for all the replies. I Will try the Raplast or tail bag/braid as suggested.

I am just thinking hopefully the raplast or similar won’t burn his skin being on his tail and if he swishes his tail between his butt cheeks. Ouch.

His pasturemate is in sore need of exercise for hos weight and his boredom.

Did I mention this is the same horse that when my horse rolls ( my horse grunts and groans as he is rolling, always has) will stand over him snorting!

Which of course disturbs my guy who stands up quickly ( and not too balanced as he does, normally he must take his time and gather himself) and I am afraid he will further injure his anatomy more than it already is.

[AllHorse]

Braid the tail and spray it with something that tastes awful as well. You can put some vetwrap or tape around the bottom part - not around the dock as it can cause circulation problems
I know this is just a case of tail pulling but tail chewing where the hair gets ingested should always be deterred as the hair isn’t digestible and can easily cause a serious blockage

[Emily190]

I would put a tail bag on and cover it in hot sauce. I did this when my yearling started chewing on fences. It was very helpful to stop him.

[TCA_Arabians]

Dish soap on the tail. A ball for Mr. Chubby that bites tails.