Sun protection

Lady Redhawk · 2 Year Old Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 43

I am fighting sunburn with my white faced Paint horse. I have been using a mild "people" sun screen that is safe for use on the face. Is there something that is made especially for horses? Or something that has been proven to work well on them?

horsewoman1965 · Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:11 pm Post subject:

fly masks are also supposed to cut down on the rays and help. also seen some masks listed at sstack.com. hope this might help you out. you would think with all the other products made for horses that there would be some sunscreen. the closest I have seen to that were shampoos which were supposed to be more for keeping the coat from fading.
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Lady Redhawk · 2 Year Old Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 43

Thanks HW.

Ok now for the dumb question.
How do I decide what size face mask to get? I am on SStack.com site to order one. The choices are: Yearling, Warm Bld, Arabian or Full size. Most regular sized halters are a little too big for her. So what would be the size that is larger than the yearling, but smaller than the full size?

dctrainingandlessons · Very Active Member Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 548

Arabian is the next biggest size over the yearling size. I just always have used good 30 spf sunscreen for children, the generic stuff you can get about anywhere. I haven't heard of any horsey sunscreen.

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Lady Redhawk · 2 Year Old Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 43

Thanks!

Falling · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:14 am Post subject:

Zinc Oxide ointment is the best sunburn protection for bald-faced paints' noses and such. You can get in at any drug store.
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Tweety · Member Joined: 28 Sep 2006 Posts: 76 Location: Georgia

Zinc edixo (spelled backwards, darn spam thingy) - natural sunscreen used in most sunscreens on the market today, also used in mineral makeups as a natural sunscreen.
It also has anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties.

Titanium edixoid (also spelled backwards, sorry) - natural sunscreen also used in most sunscreens and mineral makeups on the market today, it reflects most of the suns harmful rays.

If you make your own soaps, makeup, lotions, etc. then you already know where to buy this, if not I've listed the website that I've found so far with the best prices. However, I will tell you that sometimes you can buy it off eBay by the pound, since this is for a horse it doesn't need to be of makeup quality (extremely fine) just fine enough to stick to his face unless you want to mix them with organic oils which I must warn you is going to attract dust and make his hair look oily and dirty but actually would work even better plus add more protection, if how he looks at home is unimportant to you mix with avocado or sesame oil for added UV protection. Be sure to use the good quality oils, skin care grade and not the kind you buy at the grocery store, you can also get these on eBay.

www.tkbtrading.com

Two other sunscreens you may already have at home, if your like me and take alot of vitamins and herbs.

PABA - also used in most sunscreens on the market, this is a B vitamin and you don't need to buy it powdered by the pound, you can get it in tablet or capsule form in a bottle almost anywhere that sells vitamins or herbs, drug store, wal-mart, k-mart, discount stores, etc.
When I make a cream or lotion for my animals I just crush as many as I need.
Folic Acid - also a B vitamin with sunscreen properties, you can get it and use it the same as PABA.
I've taken and used both of these for years not only for myself but also used them for my animals and none of us have croked yet...lol

There is also some herbs that have sunscreen or sun protection properties and if you want a list of those I can give it to you after I double check some of my books, just let me know.

Tweety

Lady Redhawk · 2 Year Old Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 43

Thanks Tweety for the great information!

Things turned much worse since I first started this thread. I was using a sunscreen on her that said it was save for babies. It probably was, but it didn't do much to stop the sunburn. She burned so bad it took a good bit of hair off her face on each side exposing her pink skin. She had blisters around her mussel just above her nostrils, this all happened in one day!!

We first had to get her out of the sun and healed up. It looked pretty bad and had me very worried and upset! She is on the mend now, blisters healed and starting to grow her hair back.

We have found the BEST sunscreen for her! It is called "Water Babies" by Coppertone! That stuff is FANTASTIC! It has completely stopped the sun rays from hurting her. We were told it can stay on the horse for 10 days, but we haven't let it go that long yet before applying, but we did have the nerve to go three days and it is still working great!