Oberon
Well-Known Member
Hi, do you find a very deep bed is best? My gelding is revolting and has (as you refer to it!) a space hopper bladder. He would flood the stable on straw!
I currently use wood pellets but have tried a big bed and a smaller bed. I'm worried about wasting bedding but at the moment I have to take out at least three shovels of wet because he is SO wet
Whatever happens I'll be sticking with the pellets because they're much cleaner, smell nice and are quicker to muck out than anything else, but I just wondered whether to try a very deep bed or continue with just adding a bag or so a week so a minimal bed.
Definitely deeper. I have the same issue!
With wood pellets, I put 13 bags down to start off the bed (rather than the 8 recommended) and I rarely bother to wet them.
I remove the poop and scrape around the wet bit, remove that and then mix the whole bed up. If you don't mix it, the middle breaks down and gets sodden and the sides remain dry. If you mix it, then the bed stays nice and even. I add bags in as needed and never wet them. I use a tonne of bedding in 3 months (for two horses) and it could be made to stretch longer, but I can't bear to muck out horrid, soppy beds - so I use as much as I want.