Aubiose or Easibed or Megazorb??

[miss_p]

I currently use Bedmax shavings for my pony but he's very wet!! I'm using 2-3bags a week and its becoming very expensive!! I would use straw but he loves to eat it and he makes it very messy. Anyone used any other type of good absobant bedding thats time and cost effective??

 

[oofadoofa]

Have used aubioze and easibed and would say that aubioze is the better and most absorbant of the two. It works really well as long as you have a horse that doesn't dig, as you need to leave the base layer down and just skip out the top daily and take the wet out once or twice a week.

 

[BigRed]

Aubiose is really lovely stuff, but is very expensive. A cheaper alternative that works just as well, is Hemcore which is the English version.

 

[lochpearl]

I have a very, very, very wet horse and he's only 4 so can be quite messy. At the moment I used Hemcore and Megazorb together, it is a fantastic combination. I also have used Elephant Grass bedding too to bulk out the bed in the dry areas as it is only £4 a bale.

Just to mention too that my boy is on total box rest, he only leaves his stable for a max of 20 mins a day for some in hand grazing.

 

[GoJo]

aubiose is crap as they eat it
easibed is great and easy to use but expensive - worth it though as its absorbent, easy to muck out and doesnt smell
bedmax makes the stable smell horrible in the morning
never used megazorb

 

[curio]

i use megazorb and shavings mixed but i also semi deep litter and my big lad with shavings on its own drags his bed about but with the two it stays put and takes about 10 mins a box to do daily, and the wet out when it comes to the top

 

[Hippona]

I use Allbed- which is the Irish version of Easibed.....feed merchants in the north of england can get it....its cheaper and smells lovely and the bed stays put, even though my lad has a tendency to box-walk on occasion.

I poo-pick daily and get the wet up on a weekend and usually use just one bale a week, although occasionally I may an extra one down to bulk it out.

I went onto it when the prices of shavings went mental, but I wouldnt change back.