101 Secrets: Husbandry

How to cut the cost of cria coats
Author: Sleeping Monk Farm
Susan Evon

I find buying cria coats in all the various sizes to become very expensive so I go to consignment shops and purchase as many zip up fleece vests as I can find. I buy sizes from toddlers to about size 6 or so, in a great variety of colors.

They cost $2 to $3 a piece and they are machine washable and dryable. I put the cria's front legs in the armholes and zip the zest up the cria's back. They don't slip off and they provide great coverage for the cria's internal organs and also some neck protection. Give one a try. I find them much better than the professionally manufactured cria coat, and you can buy about 10 fleece vests for
the price of 1 cria coat.

Susan Evon
Sleeping Monk Farm

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