Darcy keeps getting cast!!

[ForeverBroke_]

The silly fool got cast again. Hes in a large stable..i think its actually a foaling box, on a nice wide shavings bed, with 3 walls around either side, the walls being big enough etc..and he keeps just rolling into the bank and getting his knee's stuck under him ...or today he just did a literal roly-poly into the door! How can i teach him to just either not roll (Stable stains! ) or to roll on the spot haha? Would that work? Anyone have any experiance of anti- cast rollers and if they work.

 

[scotsmare]

Yes an anti cast roller will work as he then can't get right over.

 

[Bosworth]

a) Put him on a small stable so he can't roll. or
b) wear an anti cast roller as they do work, or
c) get rid of your nice deep shavings bed, put rubber matting down and just put a small area of bedding in to soak up his pee, that way he is not encouraged to roll

 

[liveryblues]

Be carefull of anticast rollers, they ca also in some cases prevent a horse from righting itself. I saw a horse on a previous yard manage to roll over up against a wall with a anicast roller on & was unable to even try and push himself back as the roller had wedged him over even more and in this case actually prevented him from rolling back.

 

[JessPickle]

2 horses that have got cast wear them at my yard they haven't got cast since. They wore them all last winter and no getting cast unlike the winter before that

 

[Shilasdair]

I've found anti-cast rollers work very well...and if you nail an anti-cast strip along the walls, it can help give them something to grip/push against if they do get stuck.
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[CracklinRosie]

A mare at my yard kept getting cast, she now lives out all year round!!!!

 

[ForeverBroke_]

Lol darcy is a bit of a fairy to live out unfortunatley! Hes going to cry tomorrow with our 50mm of rain forecast. He stands at the gate scraping, i think he tries to dig under?