Haynet repair

[Kind horse lover]

I bought my horse two greedy feeder haynets to slow down his eating, but he bites a hole in them. Please can I ask how you repair your haynets; do you use ball twine? What thickness?

I've also bought a trickle net but the livery yard at the time complained it was too difficult to fill then it disappeared.

Any other ideas to slow down horse hay consumption welcome! My horse is a 16.3hh draft type and overweight.

I'm not in a position to feed little and often as I'm not there every day, and i won't leave him for long periods without hay.

thank you for your time!

 

[Barton Bounty]

I would double net them, one inside the other

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

I would double net them, one inside the other

Thats what I have done before

 

[Kind horse lover]

I would double net them, one inside the other

I could double net a normal haynet, but the greedy feeder already make him angry! Not sure he would get anything out if it's double-netted. Do we think a normal haynet double-netted is better than a greedy feeder?

 

[Barton Bounty]

I could double net a normal haynet, but the greedy feeder already make him angry! Not sure he would get anything out if it's double-netted. Do we think a normal haynet double-netted is better than a greedy feeder?

I use shires haylage nets, if i had a greedy horse I would put one inside the other and feed that way, hes angry at having to work for his tea

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

I bought my horse two greedy feeder haynets to slow down his eating, but he bites a hole in them. Please can I ask how you repair your haynets; do you use ball twine? What thickness?

I've also bought a trickle net but the livery yard at the time complained it was too difficult to fill then it disappeared.

Any other ideas to slow down horse hay consumption welcome! My horse is a 16.3hh draft type and overweight.

I'm not in a position to feed little and often as I'm not there every day, and i won't leave him for long periods without hay.

thank you for your time!

not really but I have use small cable ties, the really small ones to close up some holes till it gets too bad, i pull the hole closed then cut the end of https://www.amazon.co.uk/100-Pack-G...ocphy=9046070&hvtargid=pla-420390445590&psc=1

 

[criso]

I've just used baling twine to tie the edges of the holes. It doesn't necessarily last but I get a bit more use out of it.

 

[Melandmary]

I also have the shires greedy ones and they are not that strong- 3 of them have holes in now. Bailing twine doesn’t work for very long so I use the “holes” to thread through when tying up the nets and sometimes thread through again and that tends to close up the holes better than any kind of fix. Wish they would make them a bit stronger as they aren’t cheap and totally pointless when the ponies turn them into all you can eat buffet nets

 

[dottylottie]

i use the miss piggy ones, only ones my piggies haven’t chewed through! number 1 piggy has 2 doubled up for her night net

to repair the others i just use baling twine, doesn’t necessarily last very long but since it’s “free” i don’t mind

 

[Nasicus]

I would double net them, one inside the other

My experience has been that if they're chronic net-hole-makers, double netting just ends up with two holey nets instead of one!

OP, have you tried giving him a measured amount loose to start off with, so he can get something in his tummy first before working on the net? I found that tended to reduce the frustration and hangry, as they had something in their tummies and weren't quite as inclined to rip holes in the nets.

 

[Kind horse lover]

I use shires haylage nets, if i had a greedy horse I would put one inside the other and feed that way, hes angry at having to work for his tea

Thank you; I've ordered some shires haylage nets and will try double bagging.

 

[Kind horse lover]

My experience has been that if they're chronic net-hole-makers, double netting just ends up with two holey nets instead of one!

OP, have you tried giving him a measured amount loose to start off with, so he can get something in his tummy first before working on the net? I found that tended to reduce the frustration and hangry, as they had something in their tummies and weren't quite as inclined to rip holes in the nets.

Thank you for your response. He does have a low sugar feed twice a day and the yard manager is now giving him hay in the morning and evening instead of just once a day.

 

[Kind horse lover]

Thank you to everyone who replied.

Looks like bailing twine is the popular choice for repairing holes so I will order some. I don't mind ongoing maintenance as it's cheaper than keep replacing haynets and more environmentally friendly! I will also try a shires haylage net double bagged. Bigger holes also means he wastes more hay which gets trodden in the mud.

His main problem is he is bored as he doesn't have a job or a friend in the field, but as soon as he gets a bit sounder, that can change. Unfortunately, the weight is a factor in his lameness so he will have to put up with the slow feeders for now.

 

[Kind horse lover]

not really but I have use small cable ties, the really small ones to close up some holes till it gets too bad, i pull the hole closed then cut the end of https://www.amazon.co.uk/100-Pack-G...ocphy=9046070&hvtargid=pla-420390445590&psc=1

Thank you; we tried the cable ties and he had ripped them apart in a few days. Do you think they are a swallowing risk?

 

[criso]

Thank you to everyone who replied.

Looks like bailing twine is the popular choice for repairing holes so I will order some. I don't mind ongoing maintenance as it's cheaper than keep replacing haynets and more environmentally friendly! I will also try a shires haylage net double bagged. Bigger holes also means he wastes more hay which gets trodden in the mud.

It could be any string. People only said baling twine because there's always loads of it lying around from the hay and straw.

 

[vmac66]

I use the little piggy nets. Horse has 2 x 3kg nets a,night. One is double netted. Slows her down a bit but she's got very good at eating out of it.

 

[teacups]

My nibbleze nets are going strong after two years whereas two of the greedy feeders have holes in them. It’s odd as at first sight I’d have said the nibbleze wouldn’t last long.

Better for the horse too as softer, and best of all from your point of view is that they came with a repair patch! So it might be worth trying one.

Thanks for this thread as I’ve also been wondering if it’s worth trying to repair, and if so how.

 

[MereChristmas]

My nibbleze nets are going strong after two years whereas two of the greedy feeders have holes in them. It’s odd as at first sight I’d have said the nibbleze wouldn’t last long.

Better for the horse too as softer, and best of all from your point of view is that they came with a repair patch! So it might be worth trying one.

Thanks for this thread as I’ve also been wondering if it’s worth trying to repair, and if so how.

My Nibbleze net is fine but I had to replace the rope which shredded. It wasn’t easy and the replacement para cord is already wearing through.

 

[teacups]

My Nibbleze net is fine but I had to replace the rope which shredded. It wasn’t easy and the replacement para cord is already wearing through.

My rope is fine! Luckily so, by the sound of it. I love the rope: is it climbing rope? That or something similar.

 

[MereChristmas]

My rope is fine! Luckily so, by the sound of it. I love the rope: is it climbing rope? That or something similar.

I don’t know what Nibbleze use. I bought Para cord of the same diameter. It has lasted about the same length of time. F tosses his net about while eating though. It is dreadful to replace. I couldn’t have done it without my heavy duty sewing machine.
My real moan is how difficult it is to slide the rope through the loops. I have weak fingernails and.. ouch.

 

[teacups]

That’s true: opening the net back up isn’t always the smoothest or easiest.

I like the way I can just loop the rope around a fence rail a couple of times without having to secure or tie it, for wetting the net with a hosepipe, and it will just hold. Once drained it’s quick to remove.

My F also tosses nets about whilst eating. I am rubbish with a sewing machine, hope the rope carries on <touch wood>