EVA Stable Mats - also in veterinary

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Hi,

My horse struggles every summer as soon as the ground gets hard, keeping him sound becomes an issue.

He has been x-rayed and this showed a bit of ringbone, some arthritic changes and a bony spur above the navicular bursa - all in all a bit of a mixed bag!

This year he has already had a cortisone injection into the coffin joint and is now on week 3 of 4 weeks box rest with adequan injections. He's also having 1 bute a day (down from 2).

After the box rest, I want to continue bringing him in overnight (he is usually kept 24-7 at grass) onto a surface with some "give" to give his legs a break from the hard ground each day to see if that helps - my vet has agreed that it's worth a try.

So my questions are, has anyone any experience of this or can anyone recommend matting to help achieve this end?

I have looked into a few makes - the equimat supersoft is a bit out of my price range so i'm wondering about the 34mm easimat or Robinsons do a 33mm eva mat.

Thanks in advance :)
 
Thistle said:
Personally I prefer normal rubber mats.

Google eva mats and soft tissue injuries.
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I did - and can't see anything relevent to horses (and soft tissue injuries.)

Most of my stables have 3/4" EVA mats, some are thicker (and they're a pain to trim!) A few have plain rubber mats and they're a PITA, as they keep curling up - and they are NOT as comfortable or warm as the EVA. Other than the M8!

For a low cost rubber mat that's easy to handle, very comfy and warm, etc, I would recommend Fieldguard's M8 mat - see http://www.fieldguard.com/stable_mats.html

If I was starting again, I'd use these exclusively!
 
Good thread (yes, I'm looking as well!).

JG - given your experience of them, would the M8 be okay for a horse with a pelvis issue, plus secondary damage to rear suspensory ligaments?

I'm needing softness, non-soft tissue damaging, and very easy to look after.


MD - I love deep beds with decent banks :D. We used to have to build banks that one could sit on, so I'm used to doing fairly decent ones (we couldn't have lunch until they were just so :cool:), but my horse will just stand on them, then trash them into the bed, so pointless in our case.
 
I got my mats from Cowcomfort and decided to go for the Maxi bed http://www.cowcomfort.co.uk/ (32mm Maxi bed)

The old website had two sections, one for horses and one for cows but the lady on the phone told me that they are the same.

I used them with Megazorb/Straw and have now switched to Wood pellets. Would definitely recommend them and they are more comfortable for horses than normal rubber mats.
 
MrsD123 said:
Where exactly does the urine go? I could not bear to watch a horse pee and get splashback, I can't see how horses can get comfy if they are not on bedding, and the bedding forms walls to stop them getting cast.
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You would need to put some shavings to absorb pee ..and ive never seen the point of banking up the walls if a horse is prone to getting cast it will banks or not IMHO......
 
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