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pascoe
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 Posted - 15 Oct 2008 : 12:21:55 PM
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I have a new horse Before i start i cant afford to buy rubber matting this year but am saving for some for him next summer He is on straw at the mo, but he eats all his bed, so has nothing to lye on. Staw cost me £2.00 a bale  but its good stuff and i dont mind all that much him eating it  except for the fact the by the time he has finished thats his bed gon for the night I put in two hole bales on Sat put dirty used bed on top and sunday morning all that was left was poo I need some cheep alternative Has any one used Elephant grassDo they eat it or how about eco bedding, its like cardboard chippings. I dont want to do shavings, cant really get hold of them for less than about £8.00 a bale!. Thanks xxxx
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egyptianstallion
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England
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Christine Pollard
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England
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Posted - 15 Oct 2008 : 1:11:12 PM
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| We always sprayed bedeaters beds with diluted jayes fluid. Maybe its not the done thing now ?? |
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Vera
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 15 Oct 2008 : 1:24:10 PM
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When I kept my horses on straw it was normal to set the bed up using 3 to 4 bales and then top up daily with half a bale so it doesn't sound to me like you are using too much straw!
I changed to Ecobed when I could not get hold of decent straw - about 5 years ago now. I can't say enough good things about it. To me there wasn't a down side. It's about £5.50 a bale.
Last year Dennis went to a rehab yard that used paper, I now use paper for all of mine and again I can't say a bad thing about it other than you have to get busy with the broom. Which at £4 a bale is a small price to pay. |
    
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pascoe
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England
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Posted - 15 Oct 2008 : 2:12:44 PM
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| Hey Vera, Sorry did not word it quite right, his bed was already set up, he eats all of it every night!! I mean there is nothing left.... I set up with 4 bales and then have to add at least 1 - bales a day to give him something to lye on, he is going be the size of a house at this rate!!! How easy is ecobed / paper? he is a messy horse.... poos every where and then sort of mulches it all in..... I like the look of eco bed... Where do you get your paper from? Is there a name for it, cant seem to find any one round me that does sell paper xxxx |
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Vera
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 15 Oct 2008 : 2:24:41 PM
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I get the paper from a local supplier, it isn't branded but if its good enough for Liphook Equine Hospital to use its good enough for me!
I find with the messy ones the answer is to use more bedding not less.
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jackie k
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Posted - 15 Oct 2008 : 6:08:49 PM
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Does that philosophy work Vera, as I have a mare who is absolutely disgusting where her bed is concerned..... |
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Christine Pollard
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England
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Jessica
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England
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Eeyore
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Posted - 16 Oct 2008 : 09:37:02 AM
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Yes, more bed for dirty beasts
I use chopped straw which comes treated with virkon and sprayed with eucalyptus so they don't eat it |
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Qui Gon Jinn
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Scotland
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Posted - 16 Oct 2008 : 11:00:33 AM
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With the threat of shavings shortage this year, I have gone to Dengie's Medi-bed. It is lovely stuff and one bale goes a very long way! It looks like chopped straw and costs on average about £6.50 a bale. I bought a pallet of it from the supplier (30 bales) and got it for £5.85 a bale and they delivered it for £7 too!! Not bad when you consider that I am about 40 miles away.
Oh forgot to say that I have rubber matting down in my boxes too....well actually conveyer belt rubber as my Dad is in the Quarry business and I got it for free!! |
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Edited by - Qui Gon Jinn on 16 Oct 2008 11:01:37 AM |
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Cage Alma Arabians
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England
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Posted - 19 Oct 2008 : 5:47:38 PM
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We have one mare who is particulrly messy- does twice as much as the others and always mashes it, lies in it, buries it, eats the straw, etc etc. More, more and more bedding again is the best way with her.
We use straw as we get the enormous Heston bales delivered 2 at a time, into the stable block by tractor from our local farmer. he charges us £10 a bale and 2 bales easily do 13 horses for a week- and I am very very generous with bedding- all our stables are a minimum 12x 15ft (foaling and stallion boxes bigger)and they are bedded from to back with high banks and very deep. We find this works really well.
However a stud I know uses a variety of bedding types to suit individual horses and reckon muckier ones are better on paper or the cardboard.
Qui Gon Jinn- we were given some quarry conveyor belt for one of our stables which is very old with an uneven floor- brilliant stuff, love it!! Would love to get more of it but the guy who gave it to us has retired on health reasons now so probably not possible. |
     
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susan p
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Scotland
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Posted - 20 Oct 2008 : 6:56:11 PM
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| Does anyone know where I could get recycled paper or eco bedding in Scotland? |
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kimzi
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Posted - 20 Oct 2008 : 9:55:47 PM
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| I have to say i am loving hemcore at the moment, smells lemony fresh, totally unpalatable, never likeley to run out at peak buying times, light to move (unlike wet paper) and only requires one bale a week top up even for the 17.1 muck monster. :) |
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phoenixbruka
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Bex
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Wales
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Posted - 21 Oct 2008 : 6:54:29 PM
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Lasy-soft at 3.93+vat sounds good!
Any more details on this?
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precious
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England
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Posted - 27 Oct 2008 : 3:35:14 PM
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| where do u get this lazy-soft bedding from i cant find it on ask. |
     
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PhoenixBoysOtherMummy
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England
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Posted - 29 Oct 2008 : 08:17:29 AM
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| Do you or anyone you know work in an office? The shredded paper can be used as bedding, and is free! |
  
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phoenixbruka
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England
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Posted - 30 Oct 2008 : 8:25:07 PM
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laysoft.co.uk
As I said, don't take too much notice of the price on the main page, phone for the best price and it comes down substantially, I've just had 100 bales delivered for £3.93 a bale |
   
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Bex
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Wales
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Posted - 30 Oct 2008 : 8:34:53 PM
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| I phoned them but they said I was much to far away for them to deliver to me (I'm in the Wrexham area- N.Wales) |
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phoenixbruka
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England
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precious
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England
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Posted - 31 Oct 2008 : 08:04:00 AM
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| My pc wont recognise the website :( |
Gemma Thompson
Birmingham West Midlands
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precious
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England
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Posted - 31 Oct 2008 : 08:24:36 AM
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| has anyone got the details of the company i cant get onto the site. what area are they in aswell i wonder if they would deliver to west mids |
Gemma Thompson
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