Anti-cast plastic stable banks

i dont hae them my self but i know that a veternary hospital has them :) they take up a lot of room in the stable and i dont know if they work as to stopping them getting cast but i suppose in theory they would :)
 
Never seen them before, looks a great idea as long as bm says, they can't put a foot through, I'm sure it would have been tested for that but you never know

How much are they, says to email for quote, that to me is a sign its really expensive, like when they say price on application for a horse lol
 
hmmmmm def not interested, they cost a fortune and reduce my stables size by quite a lot Also they do not look high enough to have the desired effect. Simply screw a strip of rubber matting right around the stable at about 3 ft high and the horse can get purchase against that and turn himself back again. Also looks rather fragile to me, i suspect it would get holes in if very easily. Also you need it on on 4 walls, as horses can get cast on any side. If you had that on all 4 walls the horses 12x12 stable is reduced to in effect a 10 x10. ( it looks approximately 1ft wide) and I certainly would never consider putting any of my horses in a 10x10.
 
Awh, my idea has stolen! I looked into doing "gymnastic" type triangular mats to replace banked bedding. The cost of the material I wanted to use (dense foam) was very expensive. I like the look of these however I think they will be expensive. I can see vet hospitals getting them.
 
again, you lose a load of stable space, and they are just not high enough. you need them about 3ft up the wall and they need to be a ridge. Something they can push off against. I just think these could actually help a horse get cast, the reduce the angle the horse has to push against. Again when waste money on something expensive when you can simply screw a strip around the stable, that does not reduce the stable size.
 
OK thanks. I was planning to just put strips up, but wondered if anyone had had good results with these. I also feel that they are not safe/high enough, but wanted other people to reassure me that I wasnt just being dumb!

Thanks again!
 
Waste of money!

When a horse gets cast its legs are usually above where these end, if they are cast lower down then they can usually push themselves away from the wall.
If you have a horse that does get cast then the best way to help them out is to fix 3" x 3" hard wood strips around the stables about 3' and 4' off the ground, they usually get a foot under it and lever themselves into a position where they can get up.
 
I just screwed strips of thick rubber matting around the outside of the stables about 3' high. Had one big heavy horse kick the side of the stable out trying to get up. Never had any probs since then.
 
We trialled them at my last place of work and we all hated them, we had massive stables but they make them tiny, also if you have 'ahem' dodgy horse they get in the way if you are trying to avoid being kicked and the horses in the boxes with them still did get cast........ complete waste of money.
 
we had to get them installed for our racey boy he is a highly strung nightmare(fractured pretty much every bone in his body :( ) and gets cast on a regular basis they cost and arm and a leg BUT he hasnt been cast since and you can even see the evidence on them at work (you can see little marks still look good though) worth every penny at least he is happy now :)
 
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