oberon
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Post by oberon on Sept 8, 2011 21:55:40 GMT 1
Back in 2009 I put a pic thread on here about wood pellets. Having been a die hard fan since then, I've decided to give straw pellets a try. The price was approx £15 cheaper than LWP. The gentleman on the phone was very nice and efficient. Delivery was the day earlier than I had expected and I wasn't there, but there were no problems. Started off with clean stable. I start off a bed with 13 bags of LWP - I opted for 20 bags of these - just for fun:) All the emptied bags Close up And bedded down Muddy Arab thinks it looks good enough to pee on.... Pee close up And I'll take a bow I'll update how I find them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2011 10:12:50 GMT 1
ROFL at the bow ;D
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Post by wills on Sept 9, 2011 10:21:54 GMT 1
Ohh these look good. How does price compare to shavings? And how do you care or he bed? I really really hate shavings and want to try something new this year
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Post by zack&buffysmum on Sept 9, 2011 11:15:38 GMT 1
Hello Presumably you wet them slightly like the wood pellets? and do you have contact details for the supplier please
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Post by oberon on Sept 9, 2011 11:48:50 GMT 1
According to the website - you don't need to wet straw pellets as they break down much easier than wood pellets horsebedding.uk.com/straw-pel...questions.htmlTo be fair - I never used to be bothered to wet the LWP either, I found they were only crunchy for one night and after the horses walking on them, they went soft quickly. This is the bed after a night. Notice the mess he makes!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2011 12:16:20 GMT 1
Ooh I don't envy you mucking out that little monster!!
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Post by troop on Sept 9, 2011 12:18:45 GMT 1
EEEK i missed previous thread i think, is he normally that messy then?? The pellets look like cat litter
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Post by oberon on Sept 9, 2011 12:58:11 GMT 1
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Post by specialized on Sept 9, 2011 13:12:42 GMT 1
When we have a dirty one on rubber mats we just put a sprinking on flax bedding to absorb the pee, and sweep out daily - I could not be doing with mucking out a bed like that on a daily basis.
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Post by donnalex on Sept 10, 2011 22:35:21 GMT 1
Do ay of the horses eat them? They look like nuts and as they are straw I would worry they might be tempted.
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Post by oberon on Sept 11, 2011 15:28:28 GMT 1
Do ay of the horses eat them? They look like nuts and as they are straw I would worry they might be tempted. Obi is a chronic straw eater. He dropped his head when he went on the bedding for the first time and gave them a good sniff but he deduced they weren't edible. They have a chemical, industrial smell when out of the bag, which I found rather unpleasant. There was a lot of hysteria when wood pellets first came out, but I don't know of any horses who were stupid or desperate enough to eat them.....
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Post by oberon on Sept 11, 2011 15:32:22 GMT 1
From the previous pic of the dirty bed, this was the muck I took out from it. I'm finding them comparable to LWP but the bed kicks up a little dust when mucking out. I never used to wet LWP at all and there was no dust from them. I am actually afraid of the dust from the straw pellets as straw sets of my asthma quite badly. Time will tell, but my preference remains with LWP at the moment.
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Post by oberon on Sept 14, 2011 19:16:58 GMT 1
A week in and I'm happy with the pellets. The true test will be when The Tank comes in for the winter (along with his Space Hopper bladder ) The bed is now a fine, soft, sand and Obi is happy to lie down on it. I'm finding the bed comparable with LWP on ease of mucking out and perhaps even a tad dryer for my wet boy. There is a bit of dust that floats around my feet when I muck out, but it hasn't set of my asthma (even though I have a cold at the moment). This is the bed a week in
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Post by donnalex on Sept 14, 2011 21:54:08 GMT 1
Im guessing as they are straw they would be better for the garden as shavings and wood make the land more acidic than straw does?
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Post by horsefeed on Sept 15, 2011 12:53:24 GMT 1
I was just about to order a pallett of wood pellets, how much are these?
As I would prefer straw for disposing options.
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