Ideas welcome before I strangle her! :P

My mare always holds nets down with her feet, it's not pawing so much as "tool use." She's full time in Cavallo's and pads at the moment and has been for a few months, and they never catch in the nets (small hole). I always have them hung low or tied inside a tractor tyre - never had an issue.

ETA - I have several pairs that I rotate, all bought second hand from Ebay.
 
Landcruiser said:
My mare always holds nets down with her feet, it's not pawing so much as "tool use." She's full time in Cavallo's and pads at the moment and has been for a few months, and they never catch in the nets (small hole). I always have them hung low or tied inside a tractor tyre - never had an issue.
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Ill have to put boots on over my ladies shoes Id say. Or ill come out some morning and she will be upside down 🤣
 
Apologies if someone else has suggested already - how about haynet alternatives?

I.E hay bar, hay bags or the plastic slow feeders?
 
Barklands said:
Apologies if someone else has suggested already - how about haynet alternatives?

I.E hay bar, hay bags or the plastic slow feeders?
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Its a livery yard, 4 horses per hardstanding pen with Hay bell and hay net inside.
Livery yard owner has put a lot of money into this and it works for every other horse as was for mine until she has started this pawing.
 
CastlelackSportHorses said:
Its a livery yard, 4 horses per hardstanding pen with Hay bell and hay net inside.
Livery yard owner has put a lot of money into this and it works for every other horse as was for mine until she has started this pawing.
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Ah I see - no suggestions unfortunately other than pawing at food can be a sign of ulcers!
 
Is she out 24/7?

Would it be worth giving her a feed of mash before she goes out , so then her initial hunger is satisfied and less likely to paw.

My mare is less antsy at getting her hay when she’s had a feed before.
 
Lilly-Mayspookatbags said:
Is she out 24/7?

Would it be worth giving her a feed of mash before she goes out , so then her initial hunger is satisfied and less likely to paw.

My mare is less antsy at getting her hay when she’s had a feed before.
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All the horses live out in our all weather winter pens, unless the weather is vile they come in to dry off.
She was fed this morning(big bucket of chaff and her agrobs) and went out and pawed the hay bell and got stuck, again....LOL
 
CastlelackSportHorses said:
All the horses live out in our all weather winter pens, unless the weather is vile they come in to dry off.
She was fed this morning(big bucket of chaff and her agrobs) and went out and pawed the hay bell and got stuck, again....LOL
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I am the last person to ever say a horse is doing anything out of badness but... lol 😂
 
Contact local scaffold firms and see if they will let you have the end of the roll of scaffold net, or a length that has been used. The close weave stuff that stops things falling from height. Wrap a length around the bale a couple of times, at your desired height, and secure with baling twine, or similar. Inspect daily and tighten the slack. We use it to cover metal gates with, to stop feet going through the slats.
 
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