How to Stop a Tail-Chewing Horse

By eHow Pets Editor

Instructions

Things You’ll Need:

Rubber gloves
Cayenne pepper (preferably ground)
Petroleum jelly
Concerted mane and tail conditioner

Step 1:
Remove the tail chewer from the herd. This is the most effective and quickest method. But tail chewers are illusive, it can be hard in a large herd to pinpoint which horse is doing the chewing.
Step 2:
Put on rubber gloves and liberally apply petroleum jelly to the tail (or what is left of it) of the horse that being chewed on. Cover the jelly with a little cayenne pepper. Just shake the container a few times to coat the jelly with pepper; which will work like glue and hold the pepper to the tail. The pepper is hot and will burn slightly when another horse attempts to chew on the tail.
Step 3:
Coat the tail with a concerted conditioner. Horse conditioners are non-toxic and like the petroleum jelly are goopy and will cling to the tail. Anyone who has accidentally got shampoo or conditioner in their month while showering knows; it may smell good, but it certainly doesn't taste good. The theory is the same as the cayenne pepper, the foul taste of the conditioner should discourage tail chewing.

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