The best bedding for sensitive horses

[_jetset_]

My chestnut mare seems to have started coming up in lumps and the only thing I can think of being the cause are the shavings in her bed. The lumps are predominantly on her belly (to the sides) and on her neck. She has been having a fly sheet on as at first I was thinking it was flies, but now I am not so sure.

She has gone on new shavings recently... she is a very messy and wet horse. She was on Megazorb but I was using so much of it and it left her bed very wet

So, any suggestions???

 

[Nailed]

Aubiose is probably too hard for her if shavings is irritating her, so what about Flax? with mats to aid drainage if needs be?

Lou x

 

[_jetset_]

We have mats... I have Equi-Mats.

What beddings are flax which are also absorbant and good for messy horses???

 

[alicep]

maybe you could try a mix of paper and auboise? hopefully there would be nothing in the paper that she would react to but the auboise underneath would soak up the wet. i would have a good clean out with hose and cleaning agent on the floor in case its some sort of mite.

 

[Persephone]

Equisorb is lovely and soft. It's flax so very absorbent.

Jo x

 

[kellyeaton]

equi bed is brill that is a mixture of a few big flake shavings and rape straw covered in eucolytis oil sorry about the spelling maybe that would sooth any reaction!

 

[Britestar]

Try cardboard if you can find anyone who stocks it.

 

[JM07]

Try This......




http://www.dustfreehorsebedding.com/page10.html