Paper Bedding - advice please !!!!!

[louisevictoria]

Does anyone have any feedback on using shredded paper for bedding and if so how good/bad is it????

 

[Daisy11]

its ok but not brilliant only had to use it cause i had a horse that wasnt aloud no dust near her

 

[kildalton]

We used to use newspaper which was shredded into squares rather than long pieces, if you see what I mean, and it was excellent .

 

[louisevictoria]

thanks, its helps to have some feedabck as no-one on the yard I am on at the moment uses paper (they are all on straw or shavings).

 

[kildalton]

I prefer paper to shavings.My daghter has bed OCD and used to spend ages doing a shavings bed, paper used to take 10 minutes and her mare is a dirty madam!

 

[Vicki_Krystal]

i use paperdown bedding and its so easy to muck out its untrue!

i have it on matting and i find it so much easier than my old straw beds

 

[dingle12]

I used to groom for someone and there company specialized in paper bedding so all there horse were on it. I loved it and i wish the horses i work with now were on it.

 

[AJBliss]

I love paper bedding, but it often winds up blowing all over the yard and looking a bit untidy. Found it soft & easy to muck out. Only other problem is the ink--have heard from others that it can mark light-coloured horses. Also, paper with red adverts, etc, have given me a few heart-stopping moments where I think a horse has bled on the bedding.

 

[lucemoose]

I used to use square cut paper, and mixed it about 4:1 with shavings to add weight to stop it flying around the whole of surrey. Loved it!

 

[Perissa]

I use paper bedding for all of my horses and love it. Its easy to muck out, soaks the wet really well and keeps it in a patch, and its cheaper than shavings.

Down side is that it does blow about the yard so I keep my beds well away from the door.

 

[RachelB]

I love paper, yes it does blow about a bit and it can be heavy when wet, but those are only two small cons. My mare is filthy (grey

) and she was fine on paper.

 

[zelli]

I used to work on a yard that used paper and I loved it, although i used to get extremely annoyed with the long shreds as thats like mucking out hay! But the smaller squares are amazing. Looking into trying to find an office block that fancies giving me theres at the moment... Like the idea of mixing it with shavings... How have other people got theres supplied? (assuming thats how youve done it)

 

[Julieq]

i use paper for my mare and she is also on rubber matting i really like it she is very clean on it and it isnt dusty.

Its the only bedding i have known her to lay down on at night time

 

[Cuffey]

Have used paper but prefer cardboard--cut in small squares
Pony was a little scared initially as the new bed was crunchy
Quick to muck out, doesnt blow like paper, rots down quickly in muck heap, warm and comfortable--my cats are frequently found 'nesting' in it, they never slept in a shavings bed.

 

[mpicton]

We used paper on the old yard, as the all the eventers. Loved it, can use it for small beds with matting or make nice big bouncy beds. Can get heavy when left wet for a long time (eg deep littering) but I would def reccommend it, realll easy to muck out!