SaharaS
Well-Known Member
Hello...I had a lady come to look at one of my horses this morning, and she surprised me slightly..I remember years ago I read of people bedding their boxes with peat, bark, and the usual straw, shavings etc...then paper & card became trendy..I have terrible dust allergy so I currently use wood pellets on rubber matting which actually works very well for me and my horses as long as I buy the premium pellets not the economy ones...my beds are all well banked, clean, bright & deep & I use essential oils to assist the eau de amonia that loves to stick to us horsey girls like an amoeba yet the lady slightly looked down her nose at me & I was expecting her to use something really expensive & fancy...to only find she uses chippings from pine trees & softwood...which I presume she gets free but didn't ask as she was irritating me by this point!...I've not seen her boxes, but am interested to hear if any of you do this too??am I missing out on something? other than the obvious eco points as long as you can avoid hard wood & be sure of zero yew content...I'm really not sure...she said it was not hard or sharp and hers never ate it...would be very interested on your opinions.....(other than she is barking mad...sorry that was terrible!;-)