sweetitch & a complication - advice sw experts please !!

[connieD]

my mare has sweetitch which we have sucessfully dealt with for years with the use of a rambo sweetitch hoody.

she is now in her mid 20's, her back has dipped over the last few years and her withers are very prominent. this year she has got a sore on her withers from her sweetitch rug.

the rug fits correctly and she wears a bossy bib under it. rug is removed/repositioned daily and off overnight when she is stabled and i cover her in avon sss.

i need to find a sweetitch rug without a neck line - like the weatherbeta turnouts with the long neck that have no seam from head to tail (trying to explain but appear to be failing miserably) as im sure its the neck seam pulling down at the front of her withers thats causing the problem.

any ideas anyone ? im stuck!!!

failing that what rugs does eveyone use so i can go and check them all for neck lines

p.s tried sewing sheepskin in - doesnt work - appears to be more of a pressure sore than a rub so need something to stop the pressure over her withers.

 

[popularfurball]

Could you get a larger size rug? Silvers is too small, and although doesnt rub it tends to pull most over withers and shoulders.

Just gives a little more room for moving. or perhaps try an extra clip on the front clips to expand front mildly to allow more room for withers?

I have also bought a new one which I use in the stable - the fit was a bit suspect - it is bizarrly deep for a 5" - but adjusted neck (easily) and now just fasten both sides together instead of using tummy flap as surcingles reach each other! It is surviging well to rubbing - no damage other than fluffing where I forget the velcro and it sticks to rug . She likes it as it is much lighter and more breathable compared to her rambo. Its much more like a normal fly rug but small mesh - I was worried she would be bitten through it - but several weeks down the line, still unbitten

 

[Sunshine-x]

can you not get a boett rug? or does that have the same problem?

 

[notpoodle]

they all have a seam where the neck starts... can't think of one that doesn't. maybe a snuggy hood one? or,if you're crafty with a sewing machine, could you alter the rambo?