Dusty wood pellet bedding...

I See Clover

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Completely uninteresting post I know, but.... For the past 2 months or so, I have been using wood pellets as a bedding and it's been great. However, for the past week or so, it has become extremely dusty. When I go into the stable in the morning there is a covering of dust over the whole stable. I noticed it was particularly bad this morning when I was mucking out, there was dust everywhere. I thought wood pellets were supposed to be dust free? Any experiences/advice would be great.
 

MissMincePie&Brandy

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Yes, this is a normal problem during spells of hot, dry weather. You just need to sprinkle a watering can full of water over the bed and it settles back down again.
I'm doing this about every 2 days, after I've mucked out in the morning at the moment.
 

lachlanandmarcus

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agree with the advice, Im still on the same batch of pellets that werent dusty and now theres dust everywhere, it's just the weather, watering can at the ready! (I know it goes against the grain to put liquid on stuff you want to absorb liquid with tho!)
 
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