Banks

[Flicker]

As the weather is getting colder no doubt some of us will be bringing our darlings in for the night now. Please, please will you make sure that your banks are big enough?? Or get anti-cast mats installed. A friend of mine recently lost their horse to a twisted gut after it cast itself, and it is not something I would wish on any person or animal.

I know it is second nature to so many of you out there, but I just wanted to raise it again, so it is in the forefront of everyone's minds.

 

[shuz7]

My two horses stay out 24/7

 

[kerilli]

i don't use banks at all, i have 15' x 15' stables, and nothing's been daft enough to get cast in there yet.
rubber anti-cast strips are sold by Fieldguard. they're on my wishlist at some point!

 

[kerrylou123]

I love big banks! I like mine about 3ft high.

 

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Ditto...!

 

[mickey]

Does anyone use an anti cast roller? I have one but I feel a bit mean making my horse wear it all night, it looks pretty cumbersome....

 

[JessPickle]

Pickle has big banks as well as an anti-cast roller, he is such a big lad no one would ever get him back up.

 

[herbert]

Banks do not stop a horse getting cast. They were used years ago when stables were large and draughty and were meant to provide extra warmth not to stop horses getting cast.

 

[ISHmad]

Sorry to hear about your friend losing her horse, what a horrible thing to have happened. We always bank our stables up well. I had always been led to believe that the banks would help a horse if he or she got cast, as long as the banks were a good size and were compacted down well. Quite surprised to see that isn't necessarily the case. Will keep banking ours up anyway, and hope to never have the awful experience which your friend had.

Thanks for highlighting this.

 

[Persephone]

My mare got herself cast in a 15 x 15 stable complete with banks. How do the anti cast wall things work?

 

[Benjamin]

The anti cast strips run around the perimetre of the stable walls. If a horse gets cast then they use them to get a purchase to roll themselves over.

I always bank my bed. Benj is a wall hugger. My belief is that the banks encourage the horse to lie down more central in the stable. Plus good solid banks, I think, stops the horse from going all the way over.

P x

 

[Gorgeous George]

I have rubber matting and I have to confess I don't bank my beds as I put very little bedding down. Oh dear I must be a terrible Mummy.

 

[Salcey]

My mare got cast 3 times in a 12x12 stable so she ended up having to wear an anticast roller. I hated it, and was worried about the long term inpact on her back.
Ended up moving yards and now shes in 20x17 barn and thankfully hasn't been cast since (fingers crossed)

ETS and she banks when she got cast

 

[Solstar]

i have 2 ft high banks, and my horse wears an anti-cast roller as hes prone to getting cast- in a 13x15 stable.