Best bedding for rubber mats?

[dwi]

I'm asking on behalf of FoxhillBelle who many of you will know had a very nasty colic yesterday. She's out of the woods now but her owner wants to change her bedding away from straw. I know what I think would be best but wanted to see what others thought as well.

She's looking for something absorbent and good value to go down on rubber matting.

Thanks

 

[Depp_by_Chocolate]

I've picked shavings as its the only bedding I've used with rubber mats

 

[debsflo]

i use bedmax on matting and is the best

 

[Moggy in Manolos]

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I've picked shavings as its the only bedding I've used with rubber mats

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Same here

 

[Chico Mio]

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I've picked shavings as its the only bedding I've used with rubber mats

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And another - although I have used pellets without mats and if I wasn't getting shavings free I would seriousy consider them on the back half of my stables.

 

[teddyt]

I use paper. Take the wet out everyday. No dust, no ammonia, no smell. Much better for the horses respiratory system and takes no time at all to muck out.

 

[cellie]

Ive picked hemcore as its similiar to shavings but more absorbant.I mix hemcore and shavings use hc were she pees and pile up shavings for nice soft fluffy bed.

 

[E_Lister]

Paper would be my vote. My friend swears by it! (And from personal experience it is fab)

 

[tikino]

i think sawdust is fab with rubber and very absorbent in comparison to shavings

 

[kerilli]

i use Ecobed cardboard with rubber mats, have done for years - it's fab stuff. absorbent, no dust at all (doesn't break down to dust with use, unlike shavings), smells lovely, mulches down brilliantly (wormery worms love it).

 

[sare_bear]

I use bedmax and megazorb mixed with rubber matting. Mares are very wet and the bedmax was not absorbant enough so combination works really well.

 

[rara007]

Bliss