Best wood pellets for very wet horse

[Haywain]

I have decided to try wood pellets over rubber mats for my very wet horse. I have previously used small flake shavings but have been hearing very good things about prllets. What brand do people recommend? And any hints to make sure the transition is successful?

 

[Abacus]

They worked for one of my horses but not the other, who would be wet and messy if I stabled him on the Sahara. I've given up on him; he can live out next winter.

I've tried lots of different pellets but haven't noticed much difference in quality. Just follow the instructions on wetting them, and how to muck out (leave the wet until you can see a patch emerging from underneath, etc).

 

[Sammie1985]

I have swapped to wood pellets from shavings, I use the swift energy ones, if you use the energy ones instead of the ones for bedding they work out a lot cheaper st about £3.40 a bag and they are exactly the same.

My horse isn't too wet but all the other girls at my yard use them, I started my bed with 11 bags, split them from back to front with a knife and them fill them with a bucket of water and leave them for about 15-20 min and they poof! I top it up with one bag a week but others who's horses are a lot wetter top up with two bags a week but her horse is truly disgusting with his bed.

 

[eggs]

Anything but Verdo!

imho Aquamax and Five Star are the best but Sparklets and White Horse Energy are very good and cheaper.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

I tried wood pellets for my wet mare and found them useless I changed to hunter shavings so I had more to play with

 

[PoppyAnderson]

Ive tried a few over the years but if you're near to Cheshire, the very best I've found were on an industrial park in haydock!

 

[ElleSkywalker]

Aquamax. I've tried various cheaper options including Liverpool and Verdo over the years and they end up costing considerably more than Aquamax. I use one bag a week in winter even with horses in for long periods and less than a bag a week in summer. The others makes I was using two or three bags a week

 

[Haywain]

That's interesting. Thanks.

 

[Haywain]

Thanks everyone. Useful ideas, and very useful tips. I think I'll give it a go, if only because I've recently moved yards and dont have as much storage as I used to.

 

[SpottyMare]

Miscanthus pellets are much more absorbent than wood, and the resulting waste can be used for compost too

I get mine from pellet beds.

 

[angrybird1]

White horse energy platinum plus are good.
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