Megazorb bedding

[Nik and Ed]

Anyone use megazorb bedding for dirty horses? Thinking of ordering a load but don't know anyone who has previously used it. My horse wees poos and dogs in his stable at night so trying different options as pretty much all his straw has to come out each morning. Thanks.

 

[Aspire]

It's a pellet which you put down, then water. It fluffs up to make a deep litter bed. I have used it in the past and liked it. However since my winter breathing difficulties have proven to be wood allergy related I am now back on straw.

 

[Nik and Ed]

Thank you. So it's used as a deep litter? Would that be suitable for a horse that digs at night? I'm guessing not.

 

[WelshD]

Megazorb isn't a pellet (at least not in the UK) its a fluffy looking textured bedding made from a byproduct of paper making. It looks a bit like bread crumbs but is nice and soft

I use it in my horsebox as its very absorbent (the most absorbent I've found) and my horsebox leaks, it clumps slightly so the wet can be taken out with a shavings fork, I use one of those basket type forks intended for wood pellets though which works really well

I would like to try it in a stable but my wallet couldn't handle it. I use Snowflake Softchip in my stables, its not as absorbent but the price difference makes me happy enough with it. I would imagine the Megazorb would be tricky to bed down firmly if you have a digger-horse and would be inclined only to try it with rubber mats OR sit on your hands, not remove the wet and deep litter it

The only criticism I would have of Megazorb is that its dusty when you first put it down

 

[Wagtail]

It's a pellet which you put down, then water. It fluffs up to make a deep litter bed. I have used it in the past and liked it. However since my winter breathing difficulties have proven to be wood allergy related I am now back on straw.

I think you are mistaking it for wood pellets. Megazorb is virgin wood pulp and is already soft and fluffy in the bag. No watering is necessary. I would only use it with rubber mats and not deep litter because it can form a very solid mass like cardboard if left down for too long. If you have a messy horse then it is helpful only if used on mats and just a small amount taking the whole lot out daily. On non messy horses it's a super bedding; very absorbent and soft, and quick to muck out. It's not cheap for messy horses though. We had a box walker on it here and he had 3/4 a sack in every day but the whole lot had to come out daily too, so around 5 bags a week! Clean horses need 1 1/2 - 2 bags a week.

 

[terrierliz]

I love Megazorb, I have my 3 on it - 2 are fairly clean and literally take minutes to muck out and use on average a bag a week. Very wet pony also has a bag of wood pellets in the centre where he wees. It can get dusty if you're using during the summer but just damp down with watering can with rose on.

 

[Nik and Ed]

When you say bag of wood pellets, is that weekly?

 

[spotty_pony2]

I use Megazorb underneath straw for my very wet gelding! 1 bag lasts me a week - I put half a bag over the area where he wees, then leave this area and just muck out the straw on top for 3-4 days and then when it's really wet I take it out and use the other half of the bag. Not too bad at £7.50 per bag when I am only using one per week.

 

[terrierliz]

When you say bag of wood pellets, is that weekly?

Yes but he is a very wet pony - add a bag of Megazorb every two weeks, his bed gets packed down more than the other 2 but doesn't smell, I take a wet patch out everyday and just pull from the top to fill the hole

 

[TGM]

I used to use Megazorb on rubber mats and liked it, but it did work out quite expensive. Have now switched to wood pellets that give me the same level of absorbency but at a much more affordable price.

 

[Nik and Ed]

How much were you paying for megazorb? I've found it for 7.99 a bag. How much are wood pellets? Do pellets fluff up like shavings?

 

[terrierliz]

That's about right for Megazorb- wood pellets about £5.50 only buy about 20 bags at a time of these

 

[poiuytrewq]

Someone gave me a load of magazorb last year as the bags were damaged and they had no dry storage.
It's really quite weird stuff, not like any other bedding I've used.
I actually loved it. Light and easy to handle, rediculously easy and quick to muck out. Very economical (I don't actually know what it cost but judging by the amount of fresh I used compared to other bedding!)
But... and this had to be the deciding factor for my horse, it was incredibly dusty. Like rediculously dusty.
I'm not sure if this was to do with the fact the bags were damaged or what but I've been to scared to shell out on more incase it's the same as horse has a bad allergy and it's too late by the time I've put a bed down!

 

[Nik and Ed]

Anyone else found it really dusty?

 

[Wagtail]

Anyone else found it really dusty?

Not until the last pallet we had delivered here. After the last lot we stopped using it. There was a film of dust over everything in the stable block even though only one horse was being bedded on it. But it may just have been a bad batch.

 

[Tyssandi]

Anyone use megazorb bedding for dirty horses? Thinking of ordering a load but don't know anyone who has previously used it. My horse wees poos and dogs in his stable at night so trying different options as pretty much all his straw has to come out each morning. Thanks.

Megazorb useless on my wet mare, ended up with a thin bed so changed to Hunter shavings and is much better on it.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Not until the last pallet we had delivered here. After the last lot we stopped using it. There was a film of dust over everything in the stable block even though only one horse was being bedded on it. But it may just have been a bad batch.

I vaguely remember talking about this before with you in another thread perhaps. I *think mine was at the same time as you so perhaps it was a bad batch. Yeah I also recall a layer of dust everywhere, horrible water buckets

 

[Spottyappy]

I use it in a wet mare, and it's very absorbent and easy to Muck out.
It's not cheap, but in comparison to how many shavings I was using it's probably comparatively similar.

 

[viceversa]

I've been using Megazorb for a few weeks now. I was using Bliss / Raviera which was the best thing I'd found until trying Megazorb, but my gelding is extremely wet (but not particularly messy) so I wanted to see if there was anything better. I've been putting a bag down on the side of the bed where he wees and its very absorbent, no smell etc. I've not found it too dusty either and my horse hasn't been coughing which he is prone to. I think it would work for you as it compacts down nicely so it's hard for them to dig and trash the whole bed. I've not been sifting through it all each day to find the wet, I just find after a few days a darker patch appears at the front which I fork out and fill again with some clean stuff.
If I had storage to have a pallet of wood pellets delivered, I'd probably try these as I think they are a similar thing and would work out cheaper in bulk.

 

[Nik and Ed]

Brill thank you