ThinLine Flexible Filly Grazing Muzzle

ThinLine Flexible Filly Grazing Muzzle

The ThinLine Flexible Filly Grazing Muzzle is designed to be softer, lighter, and less confining!  No more cage!

The perfect grazing muzzle for horses, ponies, and drafts!

Pasture time with friends keeps horses active both mentally and physically.

From the exercise to the fresh air, without the risks of consuming too much nutrient-rich grass.

Benefits and Features of the ThinLine Flexible Grazing Muzzle:

• No rubbing
• The ThinLine flexible grazing muzzle is gentle on the skin, teeth, and lips.  Softer, lighter, and safer.
• Works perfectly with all waterers (also automatic waterers)
• Incredibly flexible and very lightweight.
• Durable material
• Has UV protection for delicate noses

Why do you need a horse grazing muzzle?

Preventing overgrazing, undesirable weight gain, laminitis, colic, and obesity are among the most serious diseases. Grazing and weight management are truly very important parts of prevention. Grazing throughout the day plays a critical role in equine digestive health since the constant presence of grass keeps stomach acids occupied and balanced.

With the ThinLine Flexible Grazing Muzzle, you give your horse all the great benefits with the turnout.

This ThinLine Flexible Grazing Muzzle is unlike the typical heavy, challenging, and “cage-like” apparatus of the past. We listened to horse owners just like you and designed this to be softer, lighter, and less confining. Constructed of a durable and pliable material that radically improves comfort, it is also soft on equine teeth and lips.

The Flexible Filly Grazing Muzzle is well-ventilated and safe, definitely in combination with the ThinLine Flexible Breakaway Halter.

What will you need?

We recommend you commit a dedicated well-fitting breakaway turnout halter to your muzzle.  It generally takes about 10 minutes to get everything perfect the first time you install a Flexible Filly Muzzle. Subsequent halters will take about 3 minutes.

How to attach your Flexible Filly Grazing Muzzle?

1. Use the enclosed paper ties or a string to discover the best holes to secure your muzzle to your halter.  The paper ties are a temporary tool allowing you to easily adjust the fit.
2. Two of the “fins” have a triangle cut out. These attach to the square (side) rings on your turnout halter. Three fins will connect to the noseband, one in the centre, the other two fall naturally to the sides of the centre.  Three fins will connect to the chin band; one in the centre, two naturally to the sides of the centre.
3. First, secure each triangle cut out fin with one of the enclosed low profile cable ties.  Do not wrap the fins around the halter, doing so may cause rubs.
4. When properly installed, the muzzle should be close to but not touching the nose of the horse. If the muzzle is touching the nose simply make the fins under the chin longer, this will lift the muzzle away from the nose.
5.  Once you are satisfied you have the correct holes aligned to the halter please remove the paper ties or string and permanently secure the muzzle with the included cable ties.
6.  After finding the best fit for your horse, simply trim the excess fin material just above the top hole being used.  It is fine to wait a day or two to ensure your muzzle is a comfortable distance from your horse’s mouth before trimming. The “keeper” on the cable tie is on the outside of the muzzle and the excess is facing down and trimmed close.

If you have fitted the muzzle properly and the muzzle is the correct size it will work famously. If you find there is too much grazing room be sure your fins are snugly secured to your halter.  The fins should not move along the noseband. If it does simply pull the cable tie tighter.

Additional Fitting Tips

We recommend that when introducing a muzzle to a horse that has never worn it before it is done gradually to ensure the horse’s comfort and avoid any stress. Place the muzzle on for short periods (10-15 minutes) initially, especially for the first few uses, and always supervise them the first few times they wear it. You can gradually increase the time as the horse becomes more comfortable.

With the horse’s head in the upright position it is OK if the muzzle lightly touches the lips. Horses spend most of their time with heads at ground level. Lower their head to check there is about a half inch of clearance when the horse is in grazing position.

If your horse is attempting to eat out of the sides, this generally means they are not able to get grass through the center hole.  The size of the center grazing hole needs to work with other variables such as the height and thickness of the grazing grass.

If the problem persists, check the horse’s fit while in the grazing position.

a) Lower your halter and make sure your muzzle is not on the top hole, the more “leggy” the fins are the easier it is for them to try to eat out of the sides.  Raise the entire muzzle up several holes.  If this does not work you might need a smaller muzzle.

b) Make sure the fins between the front (or back) fin and the side (attached to the square ring) are evenly spaced.  If you have the fins neighboring the center front or center rear too close to the center one the horse will be able to eat out of the sides rather than the grazing hole.

The closer you fit the muzzle to your horses’ lips the less likely it is they will step on the muzzle and tear it.

Care Instructions

• First, you can place the grazing muzzle in a net washing bag and wash on cold water with detergent and a teaspoon of bleach.
• Second, more extended clean, stick it in a bucket with dish soap and a cap full of bleach.

Package Includes:

1. Grazing Muzzle
2. Instructions
3. Twist ties for initial setup
4. 12 permanent ties – 55# tensile strength
5. Reusable packaging

Used Materials

The grazing muzzle is made from one of the most durable polymers on the planet.  It is fungal, mould and UV resistant.  It is safe, effective and durable.  There are no “off-gassing”  materials so they are safe near the nostrils.  Even if accidentally ingested the polymers pass USA food safety regulations.  The muzzle is ideal for slowing down speedy eaters, limiting grazing, and can help curb minor cribbing problems. The muzzle can also keep horses from chewing on leg wraps, wood, or blankets. It works extremely well with all automatic waterers and has UV protection which works much like sunscreen for those delicate noses.