Just ordered a trickle net hope am not disappointed

My good doer is on box rest with controlled exercise, and it has allowed me to keep her weight steady over the last 5 months.
They are very strong as well.
 
Friend has a fat cob that can eat for England. I have never known such a greedy horse.
She bought two trickle nets and they slowed him down for a couple of days until he got the hang of it. Now he clears up in pretty much the same time as triple netting haylage nets. Even hanging net from roof beams so it swung around and less easy to grab the hay hasn't made a huge difference.
I have heard lots of success stories though, so maybe he is just an expert at filling his fat belly.
They are incredibly strong though, but when filled with soaked hay, which he needs, they are very heavy to hang.
 
I bought one of these, to feed my retired horse haylage.

Didnt like it at all. Once she pulled out a bit, as the haylage was long, it just came out at normal speed to a small holed Haynet, albeit with a huge amount of yanking around, with the Haynet bouncing and crashing off the walls.

Gave her 16-18lbs overnight, it still all gone in the morning and decided I wasn't happy with all that yanking around for her neck.

Am sure it would be better with shorter strands of hay.

Have given it to a friend, who feeds half the ration in a bucket and the rest in the net.
 
I got one for my fatty.

I'm not sure it slows him down any more than the regular very small hole haynets, but he has had this net for a good 4 months now and hasn't chewed a hole in it yet. He could chew a hole through a normal net in 3-5 days!!! Which at £10 a pop was expensive, hence he had it loose. Now I can restrict what he gets, so for me £30 is good value!
 
i have a Trickle net :)

I love it

I have a bolt eater. Will eat entire haynet in a hour!

Not a net trasher! I dont think they stand up to net trashers!

it took her about 3-4 days to figure out how touse it properly. My only crit is make sure you can pull the hole completely shut!!!!! Otherwise they will just eat out of there!
 
I have 3 horses, 3 T-nets and they are all getting on with them.

It's amazing how fast the determined eater can move their lips to get the next few strands out once they get the hang of it and realise they can't get the hay out any faster by bashing or taking chunks out of the net. Haylage fairs worse than hay (esp damp hay) as the longer thicker strands are easier to pull out. But with hay I've not seen them using that horrible yanking eating action you so often get with normal nets, and my nets are still hole/snag-free since I started with them in December - so they've paid for themselves easily.
 
Topaz Tiger said:
I bought one of these, to feed my retired horse haylage.

Didnt like it at all. Once she pulled out a bit, as the haylage was long, it just came out at normal speed to a small holed Haynet, albeit with a huge amount of yanking around, with the Haynet bouncing and crashing off the walls.

Gave her 16-18lbs overnight, it still all gone in the morning and decided I wasn't happy with all that yanking around for her neck.

Am sure it would be better with shorter strands of hay.

Have given it to a friend, who feeds half the ration in a bucket and the rest in the net.
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I stopped my horse swinging the net around by fixing a tying up ring onto the wall close to the bottom of the net and then fixing the net to it with a carineener. So the net is tied both top and bottom.
 
Horsesforever1 said:
I stopped my horse swinging the net around by fixing a tying up ring onto the wall close to the bottom of the net and then fixing the net to it with a carineener. So the net is tied both top and bottom.
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I tried that after pony pulled neck muscles and I thought I'd give trickle net the benefit of the doubt. It didn't work and pony pulled neck muscles twice as bad - off work for ages and cost a fortune in physio.

With apologies to those who think trickle nets are wonderful but I would cheerfully burn mine.

The thing is that because of his neck I had to feed his hay on the floor and I found out that he actually eats it slower like that than out of the trickle net (or any other net) while in a natural position. Obviously he has been frustrated by the quadruple netting I'd been doing. He still finishes his hay much quicker than I would like but I've had to accept that is his choice and I would never go back to nets.
 
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