Stable mirrors - where to get and best size.

[mandy4727]

Due to lack of turnout and the fact that she is only a baby (rising 3) Calli has started to weave. So YO has lent me a weaving grill. So now she has started to kick the door. So YO has said to get an antikick box which squirts water at them when they kick the door. But I think a stable mirror might help as Calli has no other contact with horses around her as she can't touch them or play etc. We are very restricted on turnout. And there are no other yards in the area which offer it so I really am stuck. Where is a good place to get a cheap stable mirror. on sick pay at the mo so money is limited. And what is the best size to get for Calli>

 

[carthorse]

Ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HORSE-STABLE-MIRRO...1QQcmdZViewItem
Place on flat wall away from where horse eats and high up, mine loves his

 

[piebaldsparkle]

3ft x 4ft is the recommended size I believe. Try serching in homes & gardens bit of ebay as there are often acrylic mirrors in that bit which are cheaper than the ones sold as stable mirrors.

 

[Apalacia01]

I bought a stable mirror that is made of plexi-glass rather than acrylic, which can shatter. Got it from stable-mirrors.co.uk I think, and was quite expensive...about 50 squid? It is 3x4 I believe....its rather good, but now pony lives out so don't really use it.

They love them tho - ponio had a tendancy to lick it a lot!

 

[Abbeygale]

i got mine off ebay - and all the horses love it! Currently my foal "has" the mirror. My mirror is up next to where the haynet hangs - and they all seem to enjoy eating their watching themselves - and I think it did help with my old mare so that she would share her pile of hay when I put some out in the field.
I guess she got used to having her "friend" with her all the time when she was eating her hay, and this transferred to eating hay out in the field.