sun-e-bed

[Leo Walker]

Has anyone used this? It looks like straw pellets I think but even the manufacturers website is a bit scant on information. My local feed shop has just started selling it and I wondered if there were any benefits over wood pellets. Its fairly cheap at £5.95 a bag as well.

https://sundownproducts.co.uk/equine/sun-e-bed/

 

[Meredith]

Info. It is made from straw.
https://sundownproducts.co.uk/equine/

 

[MrsMozart]

Never heard of it. Looks quiet interesting though like absorbent shavings without the disposal hassle.

Hm. Am wondering how it would work if you want a big comfy bed for the oldies, and would it work in a shelter.

 

[OldNag]

I have heard mixed things about straw pellets - following with interest

I use Platinum Plus wood pellets at the moment - love them but I realise straw is probably better for the muck heap.

 

[Red-1]

I have not used them, but would query if they could be a choke hazard if the straw is compressed.

 

[Jellymoon]

I use them and really like it. Much less dusty than wood pellets, very absorbant, makes a nice firm comfy bed, seems to be less smelly so must soak up the ammonia well. I have to pay to have my muck removed so anything which reduces size of muckheap is good. Very quick to muck out - takes about 10mins per box, even managed one very tidy horse in 5 mins! Was literally the poos which seemed to have had all the juice sucked out of them so were nice and dry and light, and one tiny shovel of wet, that’s all I could find.

The cons are it’s quite dark in colour so doesn’t have that appearance of a nice fluffy white bed. I think that’s generally quite short-lived though isn’t it! The Horses will probably have a nibble of it when it first goes down ie still in pellet form, but they do give up. Mine nibbled wood pellets too though, and I’d be much more concerned about that. I don’t think a bit of straw is going to hurt them. It’s quite heavy to lift if you are going to deep litter or semi deep litter it.

You also don’t have to water it, which is good.

 

[OldNag]

Interesting. It is more expensive than wood pellets- will see if I can find a local stockist so I can try a few without having to get 70 bags

 

[eggs]

I tried a different brand of straw pellets once. They are darker than wood pellets but the main problem I had was that whilst most of the horses ignored them some treated the bed as an all you can eat buffet so I had to quickly remove them from their stables, shoot down to the feed merchants to buy some shavings and put down new beds for them. Turns out that I had trialled them with the two horses that didn't eat them ….