Aubiose Bedding? Or Wood Pellets?

[sjp1]

My lad is PSSM and is stabled during the winter at night but has a corral off his stable. I am looking for a bedding that isn't going to be blown about like shavings so was thinking about aubiose? He is quite a tidy boy and oddly seems tidier since he has moved stables and has the back door out into the corral. I did put my appy on wood pellets - I wasn't that impressed with them but maybe the wrong wood pellets and he was a bit of a bed trasher anyway! I used the Verdo and didn't really like them.

 

[hobo]

Aubiose all the way for me. It is very stable in the stable! I also use the second hand bedding in my field shelters when I freshen up the stables once a year. If starting fresh just remember to water it in before first use, which always seems bonkers but it works.

 

[ester]

I've used both, bag of wood pellets in the wee spot and either aubiose or miscanthus on top. Did use rape straw too but that is more prone to moving about.

 

[HappyHollyDays]

I changed DP over to Aubiose recently and love it. Very economical and makes a nice firm bed which always looks clean. I do however have my other pony on wood pellets over a deep straw bed and love that just as much. Both very easy to skip out daily with a weekly dig out to refresh.

 

[sjp1]

Am still umming and aahing really!! Aubiose is nearly three times the price of wood pellets but a firm clean bed is what I am after. Perhaps a combination would be the best way forward.

 

[honetpot]

I used Aubiose for years, and if you deep litter its not that expensive, once its packed down it doesn't move. My stables were once flooded to a depth of six inches, instead of throwing it away I piled in a heap so it drained and put it back down, with a dry bale on top. It also rots down very quickly, I used to empty the stable straight on to the garden. Wood pellets are absorbent but can be dusty, I use them as a mop in a straw bed in the pee spot, it stops the nasty smell. The plus side is they are cheap and easy to get hold of.