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-- Posted by Sadie on Nov. 22, 2001
There have been loads of threads debating the various types
of bedding, but I thought it would be interesting to have a
poll of who actually uses what type, and the reasons why.
Sadie's on straw at the moment, although I have used shavings
in the dim distant past for cost reasons (got them free from
sawmill!).
-- Posted by Cookie on Nov. 22, 2001
Got to say straw for me, although the only other things
I've tried are shavings and aubiouse. Hated both. B
has the habit of "mushing" and I just ended up with
a dark and unattractive looking bed.
I still think a nice deep straw bed looks nice and comfy -
although I'd like to have a go at rubber matting, but it's an
expensive investment if they end up not liking it!
-- Posted by scoobydoo on Nov. 22, 2001
I like shavings, my horse is only in for 4 hours a day so I
deep litter his bed. I find that deep litter straw gets
smelly and wet underneath, whereas shavings pack down nicely.
Easy to skip out as well - it takes me 5 mins with a
pair of rubber gloves. I would also like rubber matting,
but again, its an expensive outlay.
I have used paper, and found it incredibly difficult to muck
out!
-- Posted by abby on Nov. 22, 2001
I have swapped from shavings to Easibed, ned is mucked out
daily and bed is much lighter to muck out. Wee drains through
to the floor so just leave bed up while I ride to dry out and
lo and behold, nice clean bed.
He has his legs bandaged at night (well leg wraps) and it just
shakes off, no more dandy brushing off and it doesn't get in
his mega-thick tail like shavings did or get stuck in his
plaits if I do them the night before! (he's found a new trick
for getting messy on show days though - the salt lick is a
wonderful rubbing post especially when you are black, the salt
lick is white and your long suffering mother has spent hours
brushing/cleaning/plaiting you the day before!) But at least
his tail's clean!
-- Posted by DunPony on Nov. 22, 2001
I muck out 3 stables - 2 with straw over rubber
and 1
plain straw. I would prefer to use shavings (or
something else!) but the cost is prohibitive as I only pay for
the straw to be baled.
-- Posted by Kamikaze on Nov. 22, 2001 Both mine are on straw. It is grown and baled on the
farm and is included in the livery.
I love the look of a lovely fluffy straw bed. I probably
make them too big but both mine seem to spend all night lying
down sleeping and they snuggle in. I think it is warmer
for them. Keeps me warm anyway when I have sat in it for
any length of time.
Also I build nice big banks, cos Sultie uses his as a pillow
and again I think it keeps them warm.
I wouldn't mind using shavings but don't think you can build
such nice banks. I like rubber matting too. I
worked at a yard for a bit and mucking out was much quicker
but don't think they look so inviting and comfortable and the
horses get filthy. So all in all I love their straw beds!!
-- Posted by scoobydoo on Nov. 22, 2001
I've never found that Scoobs gets dirty with shavings, but
I'm lucky in that he's a very clean horse, and I have a 28' x
12'stable so he poos at one end and sleeps the other.
-- Posted by cloudnine on Nov. 22, 2001
I always thinks that straw looks really warm and
comfortable and as they say - a bed should look good enough to
sleep on yourself! I do prefer mucking out shavings on rubber
and sometimes change to them in the summer when the horses
aren't in as often
-- Posted by Whisper on Nov. 22, 2001
find straw cosy and warm for the horses, you can have it
really deep for them and it's extremely cheap.
-- Posted by millie on Nov. 22, 2001 I'm on rubber with a few shavings sprinkled where he
pees, but I'm thinking about putting him a bigger bed down
when I can go 'bagging' again!
-- Posted by Sadie on Nov. 22, 2001
Abby - what's Easibed made from? And how much does it
cost?
-- Posted by EventerAlly on Nov. 23, 2001
Here you pretty much choose from shavings and oh yeah,
shavings. Straw is pretty hard to come by in my neck of the
woods (Canada) and if you can find it is more expensive than hay. Most
stalls have rubber mats under too.
-- Posted by Sadie on Nov. 23, 2001
A small sample so far, but interesting results! Personally,
I didn't expect to see nearly 20% of people using rubber
mats....thought there would be loads more on straw and
shavings.
I'm tempted to think about rubber mats, especially if straw is
going to be scarce this winter - but I suspect that I, too,
wouldn't be able to resist putting a nice deep comfy looking
bed down on top, thereby defeating the object!!
So, does ANYONE know what Easibed is made from? And how
much it costs?
-- Posted by RuthE on Nov. 23, 2001
I have only every used straw, at my first yard it was
included in the price of the livery and at the second I had to
buy my own but it was much cheaper than anything else and also
the yard owner preferred us to use straw as it was easier to
get rid of the manure. My pony is now field kept so I don't
have to worry about choice of bedding.
-- Posted by Anonimouse on Nov. 24, 2001
I love clean straw, it's cheap so you can bung a load in,
and it always looks inviting. Have had my boy on
shavings and paper in the past. Paper is the pits. With
shavings I found the wet was really heavy, his feet dried out
and although clean you can become obsessive about picking the
bits.
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