cardboard bedding

[ticobay831]

Hi, has anyone tried it???

 

[aimeerose]

Yup, one of the horses I used to look after was bedded on it - I really liked it (I like paper as well)

Found it easy to muck out, doesnt blow out of your barrow in wind like paper does and is really clean.
I would certainly use it again.

 

[bexandspooky]

My friend used to use it and i thought it was horrible!!

I loved using paper until i had a horse that pee'd alot and boxwalked- that was a nightmare!

But i found with the cardboard that if your horse kicks it's poo about it is a nightmare to sort through as the cardboard kind of lays in layers and the poo gets stuck between them.

 

[MurphysMinder]

I use cardboard bedding with rubber matting. Find it easy to muck out, just wear rubber gloves and pick up the poo !

 

[cobden99]

Who actually makes it ? I wanted to try it as I read a good write-up aout it ages ago but Ive never seen it advertised

 

[MurphysMinder]

The stuff I use is made locally, called Andy B bedding. Presume he sells to feed merchants etc. nationwide.

 

[Cuffey]

Yes been using it 18months
Made in Carlisle by handicapped recycling group C2 Enterprises
http://www.c2enterprises.co.uk/27361.html

Chopped corrugated cardboard, cheaper and warmer than shavings, my cats curl up and sleep in it--never saw them in shavings bed
I find it easier to muck out than shavings
Think it is more likely to be made to sell to a fairly local market like paper bedding
Enquire through recycling at local council--what happens to cardboard?
Grew potatoes in first lot of compost--it rots very quickly, good crop