Carpet in stable

[1luckylady]

I'm thinking about putting down strips of old carpet in my stable.....
My stable has rubber mats throughout and I am currently using shavings with wood pellets under. However I am thinking about putting down a base of straw then carpet then topping with shavings. Hoping that the wet goes through the carpet into the straw. I know I will need to replace the carpet every few weeks but wondering if it will save money, or maybe I've just mad

 

[Amy May In A Manger]

That would just creat an incredibly wet and smelly bed surely?

 

[FieldOrnaments]

Two nights tops and it will end up wringing wet and rather stinky I'd imagine

 

[smolmaus]

I would keep thinking, personally.

 

[webble]

That will stink and the carpet will be heavy to move out. Also how will you dispose of it? Surely you will need an endless supply of carpet and it wont lie flat so could be a trip hazard

 

[Mrs. Glittery Jingle Balls]

OMG! I can smell it from here, very very bad idea.

 

[FieldOrnaments]

Also an absolute breeding ground for bacteria and impossible to sanitise

 

[Sandstone1]

I have heard of people using it for a soft footing for ponies with laminitis but really think it would soon become a smelly mess.

 

[MissTyc]

I'd recommend getting a pallet of miscanthus or aubiose or something like that and just having a really deep litter bed. It will do its job and only the very bottom will be super gross!

 

[smolmaus]

I'd recommend getting a pallet of miscanthus or aubiose or something like that and just having a really deep litter bed. It will do its job and only the very bottom will be super gross!

Chopped straw bedding doing a similar job for me atm!

 

[Equi]

Noooope.

 

[Exasperated]

I'm thinking about putting down strips of old carpet in my stable.....
My stable has rubber mats throughout and I am currently using shavings with wood pellets under. However I am thinking about putting down a base of straw then carpet then topping with shavings. Hoping that the wet goes through the carpet into the straw. I know I will need to replace the carpet every few weeks but wondering if it will save money, or maybe I've just mad

Please don’t.
Manky will be the least of it!

 

[rabatsa]

The only place in a stable for carpet is on a door to deaden the sound of a horse kicking it.

 

[nutjob]

The only place in a stable for carpet is on a door to deaden the sound of a horse kicking it.

Yep, I have a piece of carpet looped over a chain across the door so it's 2 layers thick, I've also had to use it above the door to stop my horse whacking his head on the lintel.

 

[ihatework]

Possibly one of the most bizarre (not in a good way!) ideas I have heard in a while

 

[poiuytrewq]

I carpeted a shed for a rabbit who
Used a litter tray. Not long after it stank and was thrown.
With a horse it will be hideous.

 

[HopOnTrot]

I’ve just added half a bag of wood pellets to the wet patches in my stables

 

[Traks]

That will absolutely stink!!

We have a wood pellet base and then a big straw bed on top. It works really well actually, I wasn't keen on the idea till we tried it and its great for wetter horses. Periodically dig out and replace the straw pellets.

 

[marmalade76]

Straw, then carpet, then shaving? However did you come up with that??

I have rubber mats topped with shavings then topped with straw. I do this because straw is warmer and more comfortable than shavings but is now harder to get hold of so I put shavings underneath because it helps the staw last better because the wet goes through the straw and is soaked up by the shavings. This means I only need to dig it up and take the wet out once a week and less often if she's spending less time in.

 

[Roxylola]

That sounds smelly, soggy and really scary to stand on for your horse just stick some straw or wood pellets down to make a base and straw or shavings on top

 

[Mrs B]

If you want to absorb the pee under a bed (without costing a fortune) try replacing your pellet base with sawdust.

I have rubber mats, a good sprinkling of sawdust in the middle - gelding - (£6ish a sack, sack lasts me 2 weeks) ... then straw on top to a depth of about 40cms.
Muck out down to the sawdust each day, remove & replace sawdust, pull clean straw back over.
Two bales of straw a week (@£4) max, so per-weekly cost for the bed is about £11 or £12.

 

[Archangel]

or maybe I've just mad

Not just mad. Completely mad.

 

[SEL]

OMG! I can smell it from here, very very bad idea.

OP my beds got better when I took up the rubber mats. I have a big, wet mare in a stable which is a bit small (but she kicked off when I suggested moving...)

Bed of wood pellets & aubiose and it's the driest and least smelliest she's been.