i now have a fear of haynets has anyone else had a similar experiance

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Last week i went up to yard and casually unloaded feed and bedding from my car she whinnied to me but i thought nothing of it i was then met by a steaming blak animal whos nosterals were flaring like she had just run the national it was then that i noticed her poor leg was right up but caught in the net and her other leg was so filled it was massive..... the net wasent hanging particually low but i was in such a panic i couldnt find a knife or scissors to cut her free finally i did free her and poor girl was so sore but it has frightened me for life no more nets except in horse box!!!
 
Must have been very frighting. I know that a lot of people don't like using nets. But I've never had, or seen, a problem with them.
 
If you always tie haynets to a loop of bailer twine, you shouldn't have a problem as the twine will break if horse gets foot caught. It shouldn't happen with small-holed nets and if they are tied high enough (they do tend to drop down when they are empty though) Hope your mare is ok now, very scary for both of you
 
I never use them in the stable, I have seen far to many horses get legs stuck in the Hay Nets.
Plus my young horse gets a little carried away with his hay and poors the ground and gets his leg very high!! So never would I use one with him.
I think its better for them to eat from the floor anyway.

Haynets should be used for travelling and thats it!!
 
Thankfully she is fine now thanks there was swelling for a few days and she has a rope type burn around her fetlock poor baby i think im going to make a haybar as buying 1 they r very expensive....
 
Far better and healthier for horses to eat from the floor. An unnecessary risk as you found out too. Never have used a hay net other than in the horsebox after a show/hunt.
 
Had a similar expereince 20 odd years ago, was very lucky I had a knife to hand, pony panicked and it made a complete mess of his leg. Hay net was tied up very high too. Hence never ever use them in the stable, use haybag when travelling and only use a net when tied up and supervised.
 
Ra had a tendancy to rub his sides along his haynet, wasnt an issue untill he got rugged in winter
Found him one afternoon, dripping with sweat both back legs off the ground as he had managed to get one of the belly straps caught in net & then got his back leg over it, when i cut him free he scooted to the back of the box & squatted like a mare to pee (the net was stopping him going
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I changed my horse over to a haybar a few weeks ago, on vet's advice because of a chest infection. He needed to eat head down but I knew he'd just trash a pile of hay on the floor so I invested in a haybar. Fabulous invention and much less waste. Someone on the Forum has instructions for making your own haybar so if you put a post on asking for the instructions, you should be pointed in the right direction x
 
i have seen a few horses get stuck in haynets when rolling in their boxes- very scary!

mine are all fed from the floor and only have haynets in the trailer.
 
yes, they are awful things, i'll only use the ones with the tiny holes, and then only in the horsebox up high.
i know of someone who got picked for the Junior team for the euros, went out to tell her horse and found his leg caught in his haynet, all wrenched and sprained... end of the dream.
haybars are a thing of genius imho.
 
Whenever possible I will not use a haynet in a stable.
I knew a horse that died by strangling itself with a haynet. That is obviously a very rare and freaky accident, but there are more examples of horses getting their legs hooked up. Plus physically it isn't that good for them to be eating from nets all the time.
 
I hate haynets, my mare also many years ago got her leg caught - fortunately no damage done but very scary
Having to use them for my OH's 3 year old who is on box reat at the moment as he is just trashing his pile of hay then gets very bored and starts fidgeting - kicking the door etc - but as long as he has haylage he's calm and well behanved, so not really any option at the moment.
got xrays today and if we are looking at a longer box rest period we might have to look at getting a haybar - my horse eats from a big trug and is quit eneat and tidy thankfully
I'd prefer to only use the small hole nets and only in the lorry (we have CCTV) or when supervised eg for farrier.
 
My Andalusian has got caught in a haynet before now but he just stands there as cool as a cucumber waiting for you to free him. He doesnt panic at all. He got cast in his box one night and was discovered the following morning just lying there waiting to be freed. He's obviously been there sometime as he hadnt eaten any hay. If you put his hay on the floor he pees on it!
 
I won't use them, seen far too many accidents.

Had a haybar at my previous yard (on livery, not my money!) and thought it was brilliant. Current stable doesn't lend itself well to building anything next to the wall (wonky walls), so currently using 2 tubtrugs for her hay - she still drags it about a bit, but less than she would if it was just loose on the floor.

Thinking about making some sort of haybar though...
 
Ive rescued enough horses from nets to never want to use one with my own! Hay on the floor is much safer. Its not just legs that get stuck, often the front fastenings of stable rugs get caught up in them as well. Horrid things!
 
I feed mine from the floor as he ends up with solid tense neck muscles if fed from a haynet. One of the few times I did use a haynet, he got his foot stuck in it. It was tied high enough but he likes to root around with his foot and got carried away!
Luckily he doesn't do panic (years spent tethered taught him not to I suspect!) and just stood patiently waiting to be rescued, whilst continuing to eat!
 
At my old yard the first person up would have to feed the whole yard, I found one of the pony's with his leg stuck in a net, luckily he was calm enough to let me cut it off and was fine after. The net was large holed and was tied too low.
 
I used haynets until on morning I came in to find my pony's net on the floor, thankfully he was un-injured I didn't use them for many years after this. I have since used them as a last resort in my horse's stable as I fed it from the floor but he was eating it very quickly so half was in a net. However unless I need to I will not use them I hate them so much I also prefer to try keep things as natural as possible so feed off the floor.
 
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