Eating bedding?

[jonpeters]

Hi all

I'm a big fan of Bliss (and to a lesser degree Easibed), I've always found it easy to manage and relatively cheap. I've always had issues with my horses eating a straw bed so have stopped using straw now.

HOWEVER, one of the grooms at my yard nearly lost his horse after a colic, supposedly due to it eating Aubiose. He's now paranoid (understandably) about bedding like Bliss/Easibed/Aubiose etc and won't have it on the yard.

I've never heard of this happening before, has anyone here had problems or is it most likely an unfortunate coincidence?

Regards

 

[Izzwizz]

Not heard of horses eating that before. Could it be that the horse concerned didnt have enough hay and so took to grazing the bedding? A horse on our yard ate her straw bed and did die of colic just over a year ago. It was awful to see her in so much pain so I do know how your friend must feel.

 

[Dogstar]

Can't help I'm afraid but have always been suspicious of any bedding with any chopped straw in, as I have a VERY greedy and accident prone horse who would definitely be tempted. I have gone over to EVA matting with a sprinkle of shavings- no more worry, no dust and very quick to muck out.