Most absorbant bedding

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So in the quest to find a suitable bedding for the p*ssy, box walking pony I would like to know what people find is the most absorbant type of bedding.

Pony has rubber matting and I would be happy mucking out daily if necessary, but would prefer to take out the wet a couple of times a week.

I like the p*ssy one to have a decent sized bed.

I'm thinking of going back to using Megazorb or going onto LWP or Aquamax or would I be better sticking with Auboise and taking the wet out daily? :confused:
 
I've found Aquamax/wood pellets best for me. Have pony who wees in same spots and floods the stable. I was doing 3 bales/week of shavings till we switched to wood pellets, now no floods or smells, and life is good. I do take out wet every day though, but even so, it only takes a few minutes to do his stable, much quicker than shavings...
 
Wood pellets are great for my lot and are what I use, but if money was no object I would use Megazorb. It's easily the most absorbent bedding I've ever used.
 
I use LWP for Farra who being a clydesdale can pee amazing amounts. I have had her on megazorb which was good, but the LWP are cheaper and personally I think work better.

I have a 4" deep bed over half the stable on thick mats. I have to take out the wet three times a week and I do get through 3 and sometimes 4 15 k bags but she is a big horse and in winter is only out for 6 -7 hours three days a week plus 3 hours on a Wednesday.
 
why is it pissy, is it too hot so drinking a lot, is it playing with its water, does it have a salt lick and licking a lot, then the way to keep a nice bed with any horse and a pissy horse is to have a good thick bottom at least a foot deep, thin beds make dirty wet beds, then all you do is scrape back the top bedding where it has peed and remove the wet underneath, then cover over, it is better to have a bit of a dirty base in a bed as it helps horses from slipping when the get up. have fun
 
Id be back on Megazorb like a shot if it wasnt so expensive. I use wood pellets and find them much the best alternative.
 
I use miscanthus in conjunction with rubber matting - it works out at £6 a bale and I use one a week. Have found it really absorbent.
 
Absorbent - Megazorb all the way. However, I now use hemp which seems to absorb the piddle at the bottom, but keep a nice, comfy, dry top layer, thus limiting thrush and minging rugs (and, for that matter, minging horses) without too much financial outlay.
 
LWP over rubber mats for me. But even if I didn't have the mats, the wood pellets are definitely the most absorbent bedding I've used. Even better than Megazorb. But I do wet my pellets before using them. I know some people use them whole, in their pellet form, and that's not as effective. To work, they need to be broken down into their crumbly state to be really absorbent. And they're comparatively pretty cheap, as well. A big thumbs up from me all the way :)
 
I use wood pellets dry - put a whole bed down dry. It works fine, and they break down to the same powder, and are MORE absorbant, as they can obviously absorb more wee if you dont wet them first, before becoming saturated.

I mix new pellets into teh wetter patches. Seems to work brilliantly.
I think adding water to something horse wees on is a mistake.

I only take out the heavy, saturated dark red, that comes near the surface.
 
wingedhorse said:
I use wood pellets dry - put a whole bed down dry. It works fine, and they break down to the same powder, and are MORE absorbant, as they can obviously absorb more wee if you dont wet them first, before becoming saturated.
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Sure, I am aware people do use them dry but the manufacturer's instructions are to wet the first batch to 'lay' the bed and to add whole pellets from there after to the wet areas of the bed that have had bed removed and need replenishing. You don't add so much water that the bed is saturated, ever. During the summer, when it dries out, the instructions recommend dampening the bed to reduce dust and keep it working effectivey.

When I've used the pellets whole they shift about too much and it's easy for the horses to make holes in their bed (I should add, I have big active horses) and as the pellets haven't been 'primed' the majority of the wee runs through the pellets to either pool under them or run out underneath (I have a slightly sloping stable). The uring that pools is abosrbed by the pellets after a while, but a larger area of pellets are affected and I end up taking more uring soaked bedding out per week. If the pellets are already powdery the urine is absorbed as soon as it hits the top of the bed forming a compact 'cone shape' of absorbed wee.
 
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Definately wood pellets for me, i have a wet box walking mare and wouldnt put her on anyting else now :) even converted YO since i moved there on Sat, she loves doing my stables :D i buy them from LWP
 
night_mare said:
A friend of mine uses thirsty bed ( http://www.countrysmiths.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=Thirsty-Bed ) and swears by it for their messy mare.
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I've tried loads of different wood pellets and have decided the Chapelstone Thirstybed pellets are best value for money. Aquamax are probably the ultimate but very expensive and Thirsty bed is pretty well on a par for performance and a lot cheaper. Liverpool/White Horse are cheaper but I found back to back did not perform as well - the White Horse economy ones are rubbish.

If you use shavings I recommend put some wood pellets underneath where your horse wees and the shavings will last much longer.

The only issue with wood pellets it is a different technique to any other bedding and you have to get used to it - it also does need daily turnout to be efficient as it will dry out during the day once mucked out - If you have a horse on 24 hour box rest if you have access to two stables alternate them to give the bedding a rest
 
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