Trickle Net vs "standard" smaller holed net?

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Does anyone on here have experience of the trickle nets?

Thoughts wanted please.

Thank you.

Oh and also....how to add a friend on here? I have received invites but never sent one (having come back onto the forum recently I am losing many hours to it already haha)
 
I have a trickle net and am impressed. He still manages to eat it quite quickly though does slow him down considerably compared to other nets.
What I like is how strong they are, have had mine quite a few months now and none of the holes have stretched at all
 
Really impressed with my trickle net. My boy still manages to chomp through his hay fairly quickly, but it has definitely slowed him down, and it is very strong.
 
No comparison. Not only are the holes of a tricklenet much smaller, but it is also very tough/strong! The 1st winter I had my mare I double netted standard small holed haynets and she destroyed 4!!! Bought my tricklenet at start of last winter and there is no damage to it at all :) :) And it definitely slowed her down considerably compared to my double netting.
 
I have one (will be investing in another before the winter) it is extremely good quality.

My boy DOES still get through his hay though :-/ though to be fair, it must slow him down and I keep meaning to go down and check him one night at like 10pm or something to see how much he has/ if any left. Perhaps I will do tonight.
 
Both ;)

Over the long winter nights, I feed around 3 good sized slices of small bale hay.
1 thin slice goes into 'nornal' small holed net & the rest packed into the trickle net, this means BF is happy to stuff the 1st lot & then picks more slowly at the trickle net (and she has finished losing her temper with it, due to the extra other net I put in!)

:)
 
Nothing compares to the trickle net to me. I have two for the big lad and am getting a third for him, I believe they are making a smaller one for smaller ponies which I will get for my little lad.

They are superb quality and nothing comes close to slowing them as much or lasts as well. I understand what people say about the cost, I had all that at the yard when I bought mine, but there are several others who have invested since they have seen mine in action.
 
bumblebee_ said:
How big are they? How many sections can you get in them without fluffing the sections out? They're very expensive but if they are as good as people say I may well invest in a couple for my greedy girls :D x
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I'd say around 4/5. I've had 3 in there very easily
 
Love mine!

I do use normal small holed nets too as only have 2 trickle nets, I'm on box rest with knee injury and have had to make up loads of nets so friends can feed, so using mixture of trickle nets and double netted small holed nets.

In normal use I feed 4-5kgs in a trickle net and 2kgs in double holed net overnight, hay is soaked for 12hrs and very heavy - this seems to work well for us and lasts pretty much overnight (she occasionally runs out an hour before I get there - I know this as stable neighbour lets me know as she gets there earlier than me and checks).
 
Hay on the floor is never wasted with my boy, we sometimes feed off the floor to stop him strengthening his neck muscles pulling hay out from a net but I have just given in and bought a tricklenet! Along with....bridle / girth / £50 shampooing stuff...mmmm I shall not continue this as I already feel bad!
 
I have two Elim-in-Nets which are like two small holed nets meshed together (aka double netting). They are brilliant - so easy to fill, something I've always struggled with :o, and they seem to slow him right down munching. They were £10 each.
 
shysmum said:
I have two Elim-in-Nets which are like two small holed nets meshed together (aka double netting). They are brilliant - so easy to fill, something I've always struggled with :o, and they seem to slow him right down munching. They were £10 each.
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Oooh I wish I had seen this before I ordered...but done now.
 
TChamp said:
Oooh I wish I had seen this before I ordered...but done now.
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Don't worry Tchamp you won't be disappointed with the Tricklenet. I tried the eliminet and it was just like double netting but without the hassle of two nets. The tricklnet is an entirely different ball game!
 
They are fantastic! Expensive, but worth it! I have 2 and a few of my liveries have them anf they all look brand new still. Other nets always look worn after a while, and you end up replcing them all the time, so they probably work out the same tbh.

In an ideal world I would feed off the floor, but when you have an extremely good doer you just can't do that. My lad would be standing in for hours on end with no forage without one. With the trickle net he's basically on 'ad lib' hay as he's always got hay.

Tip- If your horse is still getting through the net too quickly, put it inside a Shires XL red/black haynet (it's so big, it's really easy to do so) and this really slows them down!
 
Oh another tip- buy 1 or 2 'Wee Pony Haynets' and hang them from a bar or rope going across your stable. It acts like a toy and the horses love it. My horse has one and so do a few of the liveries......works a treat.
 
The thing that stopped me getting one was something my chiro said that she has had to deal with a number of poll and neck issues in horses using the trickle net and she thinks because they can't get as much out in one go they tug more frequently and with more force. I have to say it made sense and surely not a coincidence? No idea but it put me off an mine never actually destroys his nets so happy to just double net
 
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