Rubber matting- how much bedding to have & knocked hocks!?

[charlie76]

Those of you that use rubber matting- how much bedding do you put down? If I put down just a little bit of bedding my horse scraps his hocks but then if you put down too much its a bit pointless having matting!

Thanks!

 

[Tia]

I bank the stables and then sprinkle a small amount on the floor where they will be lying.

I can't understand how your horse can scrape his hocks on rubber.......

 

[charlie76]

Me neither- but he does! Hes a pain!

 

[piebaldsparkle]

3-4" deep shavings bed. Kept bed 6-7" deep before I put rubber down as my mare tended to go through to concrete if wasn't that deep.

 

[samp]

I put only a scattering and have banks, sounds like your rubber matting may not be the issue but your horse banging his hocks on the walls - i used to have to bank mine up really high as my horse used to canter around and bang his hocks on the walls

 

[aran]

the competition yard i was at had matting with a small, thin patch of shavings. a couple of horses used to get rubs on their pasterns from the matting so we made their squares thicker and the problem stopped

 

[tracieprice]

I have a fairly normal bed - but compared to non-rubber floors, I guess it's fairly low & fairly shallow. The purpose of the mats for me is warmth & protection rather than saving on bedding, so happy to have a fair amount of shavings - I use 1 - 2 bales a week if that helps you...

 

[flyingfeet]

I'd put a nice thick bed down, at least the mats will protect your horse from doing a serious damage on concrete and are therefore very useful!