Mane and Tail shampoo and conditioners are perfectly safe and
appropriate for people (and can be found in a grocery or drug store).
Many other animal products, such as Bag Balm and Udder Cream, are up
to human specs too. Heck, pet food companies have human tasters. I
have eaten a Milkbone or two in my life, used Mane and Tail and Bag
Balm and I have managed to outlive many cows.


--- In bagpipers2@yahoogroups.com, "nakedpiper2000"
<nakedpiper2000@y...> wrote:
> An urban piper is going to have a hard time finding mane and tail
> conditioner in a pet store!
>
> The other snag: You should NEVER use animal products on human
beings.
> That goes especially for horse and cow preparations, such as bag
balm
> for rough hands.
>
> Sure they work well. The trouble is that a horse or a cow has a
> lifespan of around 15-25 years at the most, and a human has a
> lifespan of 60-100 years.
>
> In that time, a preparation that won't have time to develop cancer
in
> a short-lived species will crop up in a long-lived human.
>
> Thus the horse preparation DMSO is approved for arthritis sufferers
> who are elderly, but forbidden to be used by the young. For good
> reason: you're signing the kid's death warrant by using it on him.
> The altekocker isn't going to live long enough for it to be a
problem.
>
> Stick with human preparations!
>
> The Naked Piper
>
> --- In bagpipers2@yahoogroups.com, realhausfrau <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
> > Mane and Tail conditioner and a very fine tooth comb works
nicely.
> > Works well on people hair too! Also, try a light misting of
> unscented
> > hairspray. I used to use this on my horse before a show to tame
> > flyaways.
> > --- In bagpipers2@yahoogroups.com, "Richard" <macadoo1965@y...>
> > wrote:
> > > I got caught in the rain a few weeks ago with my horsehair
> sporran
> > on
> > > and it has become quite out of control. Does anyone have any
> ideas
> > on
> > > how to take care of it. Thanks
> > > Richard