Feival
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Anyone use these? Are they better than the Elim a net?
Shires Greedy Feeder
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3Beasties
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I use them. I can't compare them to an Elim a net as have never used one but I can't fault the shires ones.
Cortez
Tough but Fair
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Pie's mum
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Pie had one because I was fed up with him guzzling most if his haylage ration in the first couple of hours he was in. It worked but he very quickly got fed up with pulling the haylage out strand by strand, and within a month he had managed to chew through the net making several snoot sized holes allowing him to stuff his face again. I thought it was pretty expensive for something that was destroyed so quickly!
AdorableAlice
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I have one in use now. Seems tough enough to stand the abuse the cob gives it.
STRIKER
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Creates too much stress on the horse and makes them attack it more so eat it quicker, and damages neck and spine muscles with twisting when pulling. Try feeding free and see how they slow down when they know they dont have to fight for their feed.
Put it this way if the net is going to only last 3 hrs, he is going to stand for another 9 without hay, and if he ate freely and it also only lasted him for 2 hrs he would still stand for 10hrs without but would be stress free, so would slow down, you could feed more hay which would make them slow down more when they know the food isnt going to be finished, its hard to imagine but it truly does work and you will only see the result after at least a week, so dont expect a change in two days and then decide it doesnt work.
I dont feed my cob with a net anymore and he has a home made hay bar and he no longer gorges his hay because he doesnt have to fight for it.
Put it this way if the net is going to only last 3 hrs, he is going to stand for another 9 without hay, and if he ate freely and it also only lasted him for 2 hrs he would still stand for 10hrs without but would be stress free, so would slow down, you could feed more hay which would make them slow down more when they know the food isnt going to be finished, its hard to imagine but it truly does work and you will only see the result after at least a week, so dont expect a change in two days and then decide it doesnt work.
I dont feed my cob with a net anymore and he has a home made hay bar and he no longer gorges his hay because he doesnt have to fight for it.
Feival
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CC destroys haynets at lightening speed, she's now out at night in during the day. So might be better. She's killed 2 elim a nets, so hoping this will last better 
Feival
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Don't agree with this at all, where is your proof it damages them? She cannot have it loose as she eats far to fast then batters her stable. she likes to play with things so this should keep her occupied.
AdorableAlice
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Depends how you use the net. Tie anything up high enough and you alter the natural feeding position, many horses have big lumps of muscle under the necks when fed at a high level.
Nugget La Poneh
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Doesn't work with all horses though - tried free ad-lib with Nugz for nearly 3 weeks and was getting through about a bale a night, on top of what he was eating in the field. I had no choice but to go back to nets
The shires net seems to last, slows down nugz - slows him down even more when it is hanging from the beam
Oh and better at slowing down than the elimanet
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Feival
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I hang it high enough to stop her getting her feet caught in it, but low enough for her not to have to over stretch.
Paint Me Proud
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i too stopped using hay nets due to the unnatural position they have to eat in. Kasper gets his nightly ration in a haybar and it last him as long as it last him, simple as.
Sukistokes2
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I use them and think they are good but also put another smaller net in , with larger holes so that the edge is off their hunger, reduces stress.
Feival
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PMP, She hd a hay bar but still ate everything far to fast, she cannot have more hay to last longer as she is a very good do - er, currently in from 8.45 am till 5.30pm
Tiddlypom
Carries on creakily
My mare, who is a fairly polite eater, managed to make several holes in her new greedy feeder the first time she used it.
Not one of my better buys.
Not one of my better buys.
OldNag
Wasting my time successfully....
Same here. On the first night my little butter-wouldn't-melt 11.2 made a big hole right in the middle. I think she was making a point. ...
Paint Me Proud
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I've red that if you attach a tie ring at the bottom of a haybar you can put the hanet in the hay bar, so they still have to pull at it to slow them down but no risk of getting tangled in the haynet as it is kept safely inside the haybar. This way they slow down but also have a more natural eating position.
Honey08
Waffled a lot!
I don't like the idea of haybars and the head having to go in a small area that any dust and spores will be in, I'd rather have the hay loose on the floor if you don't want to use a net.
Paint Me Proud
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Kasper pulls most of his out anyway, lol, just nice to start with it all in one place while i muck out etc.
ebonyallen
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I used to use double hay nets until I got these, my ID x Hippo, now has slowed down a bit, she still has no real problem getting the hay out. Re the add lib on floor again tried this and she would eat a bale a night and some. Want and need are two different things.
STRIKER
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I found this link very interesting do read
http://gettyequinenutrition.biz/Library/FreeChoiceForageFeedingBeyondtheBasics.htm
http://gettyequinenutrition.biz/Library/FreeChoiceForageFeedingBeyondtheBasics.htm
Cortez
Tough but Fair
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Yes, interesting but some horses are just greedy and will eat until they are dangerously obese. In an ideal world this wouldn't be the case, but some horses/ponies need to be kept on restricted rations and cannot eat all the time.
Yes, interesting but some horses are just greedy and will eat until they are dangerously obese. In an ideal world this wouldn't be the case, but some horses/ponies need to be kept on restricted rations and cannot eat all the time.