gizzypop
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Post by gizzypop on Jan 6, 2010 23:46:13 GMT 1
I've been on wood pelletts for 2 years now and wouldn't change back, but you have to manage it in a different way. I'm on rubber mats started up with 10 bags and add 2 bags a week but then have a week off every now and then as the bed gets to thick. I find you get the best bed if you take out all the droppings and just the very wettest of the wet (my lad waits until he goes in to wee and then wees again just before he goes out!!). I then turn the whole of the bed everyday mixing any wet with the dry. Every weekend I lift the bed and spay the mats with disinfectant leave the bed up all day so that everything is totally dry. I take out between half and 1 of the big tug buckets a day. And the best of it is because theres nothing in it to have to rot down we spread it straight onto the fields so have no muck heap to deal with.
I use Liverpool pellets so it costs about £4.60 a week.
The other thing is getting the right fork mine has a very big bucket with close together tines so that you can sieve it.
Best bedding out for me.
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Post by spanisheyes on Jan 7, 2010 11:37:54 GMT 1
I think managing it totally depends on your horse. I have a gelding who is very clean and always wees in the same spot. Mucking out on the pellets is simple, skip out the muck and dig out hiswet which is all clumped together. The rest of the bed is totally dry and the risk is it getting dusty! However I have a really grubby mare who wees all over the place. She is wet on any bedding and Ive found the wood pellets to be the most absorbent of all the beddings Ive tried. Unfortunately with her getting all of the wet out every day is no easy task because she does so much it is spread around and not 'clumped' conveniently. My concern is for her that as Donnalex said the bed then feels damp. Im getting around it by mixing bedding between Mr Dry and Miss Wet to obtain the optimum consistency lol. This sounds like a faff but it is still quicker to muck out than any other bedding. The amound of wastage is much less as well. I think it will be great in summer but in winter I just worry about my girly lying on damp. However, now Ive had it a while Im getting better at managing it so hopefully I can eliminate this problem. They both lie down as much as they did on other types of bedding and have thick EVA mats underneath. They dont get as many stable stains on the wood pellets so less grooming needed. I dont think any bedding is perfect
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