Trickle Nets........are amazing! Will save you so much hay + keep your horse amused!

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I bought 2 Trickle Nets 6 weeks ago..............I am so happy I did. Yes, they are expensive BUT they are no ordinary haynets. For starters the holes don't stretch as the material is very thick. They are so so easy to fill as they have a huge opening. They are large, you can put masses of hay in. And finally they keep your horse happy for 5 times longer than an ordinary haynet will. My horse is getting through far less hay now but still has ad lib as the nets limit how much he can eat.

http://www.tricklenet.co.uk/

Also highly reccommend to get a few of these Wee Pony Haynets, which I suspend on a bar going across the stable, so they swing around like a toy. I also bought some for a few of our Part liveries who have very limited hay and these mean they have hay all night now :)

http://www.onestopponyshop.co.uk/superbasket/product.php?product=150
 
Far far better. Before I purchased them I was double and triple netting my black/red Shires small holed haynets and my horse was getting through 2 lots of these per night. 2 of the Trickle Nets lasts him a whole 36 hours! :) Like I said the holes don't stretch whereas they do on other nets. Believe me I have a bin full of various nets and bags and these are just amazing :D
 
Oooh expensive but if it slows down my pony a bit got to be worth it, I've tried just about everything else and currently using 4 small holed nets one inside the other. Just ordered 2, thanks
 
£30! :eek: can any of you who have one get a video of it in use? It may be perfect for Olly but need to seriously think about it at that price!
 
Think I'm going to buy one! I'm currently using an elimanet which are really good and do slow my boy down but the one he's got now, he's had a week and already the holes are stretched and it's all frayed! I also have to refil it at 10pm despite it being horse sized. He's a 17hh Irish draught and literally yanks nets about. Thinking this net may be my saviour!! Normal nets get trashed overnight, so financially if it does hold up, will be cheaper in the long run!!
 
Great idea, but I'm not sure for what it is that the cost is justified. I like to make enough nets up for the week to save time, there's no way I would be buying 5 nets at £30, they are playing on people's emotions wanting to do the best for their horse/pony, on that basis I have to say I'm out ! lol (in dragons den stylee)

I think £15 would be alot for it let alone £30
 
I like the idea, but I don't trust my horse with a net (he gets fed from the ground). He also get very frustrated with normal large holed haynets, so I think this would just make him angry! :eek:
 
It would drive him nuts! Hehe! Though it would be perfectly safe to use, a horse cannot get a foot through it. Not even a minature. (A shod horse can get a nail caught on all sorts tho.) It does drive some horses crazy, and they will get hold of it and throw it about in frustration. This shakes a bit of hay out, and they soon learn to get those lips working and waste less time getting mad about it. It's always interesting to see how horses adapt to it. The clever ones will be gentle and accurate as they can get more hay out when they don't grab a mouthful of net!
 
I think they look like a great idea, I would like to buy one for my good doer cob as I like the idea of her having something to do all night not just standing there with nothing to eat. If they last a long time I think the price is worth it, might ask for one for Christmas.
 
Should be fine yes. They are made from thick polypropelene which is rot proof and water proof. We did test them thoroughly with soaking hay, and found no problems. In fact, if you soak hay in them and hang the hay to drain it 'trains' the net into the perfect shape for easy use. The hay will be just as easy / difficult to extract whether wet or dry. My poorly horse was on soaked hay all his life and I would regularly submerge his hay overnight in a Trickle net.
Do bear in mind the weight though. These nets are quite heavy, and take a lot of hay. If you fill it to capacity and then soak it, you'll need a JCB to get it out for draining!
 
I think this could be the answer to my prayers lol, I had bought the eliminets but have found holes in my mares already and she's only had hers about a week.

I have a mini Shetland that seems to get lami very easily, he's bang on weight wise and I worry he's in all day with nothing to eat.
 
My suspicious little mind thinks that this may be an "advertising" thread???? But whatever - IMO these nets are ridiculously over-priced and that's the reason I for one will NOT be buying one!!!

Yes I dare say they are brilliant, yes they'd probably/no doubt save me hay in the long run; but with two horses I'd have to spend in the region of £60 which would take a helluva time to get back!!

Were the price to be reduced to a sensible amount, I'd be interested, but not before!
 
I bought one for my fatty greedy cob. They are excellent and tougher and better than I thought. If you have a haynet chewer then they work out cost effective and are extreamly good quality,I tried haylage nets in the past but found although not chewed the holes stretched and got bigger. The tricklenets dont do this. a lot of research and thought has gone into them. They really are one of the best things equestrian that I have ever bought.
 
Mine have had trickle nets for the last month and they are brilliant! I have much happier horses as their haylage is lasting longer. They put on loads of weight last winter as I was over feeding haylage as didn't want them standing hungry! They were 500kg and 530kg last Feb! I weigh taped them today and they are 411kg and 448kg so a perfect weight!
 
It does amaze me that some people moan about spending £30 on a net which actually gives your horse a better, more natural way of feeding! I couldn't care less about the price as long as my horses are happier which they are! You can see that the quality and toughness is way better than a traditional net!
 
I wouldn't mind spending the £30 on the net but I was quoted £20 postage to Ireland :confused:
I online shop in Uk sites all the time and the most postage I had to pay was £12 and that was for a huge order including a rug!
 
I have had once for a few months now...and have saved almost 5 bales of hay at £4 a bale..it is no longer bolted down and pulled out of the net and walked in the bedding and left to end up on the muck heap..pony also lovely and trim as not over feeding as feed ab lib as much as possible...no longer using two nets and always some left in bottom of net so pony also seems happier as not bored and hunger in the morning.....
So this net has already almost paid for its self...tried other nets which have ended up with holes in or just fallen apart....saving for net number two
 
Could you use it as a "hay pillow" on the floor??? I am looking for something to slow down their eating but feeding from a more natural grazing position. Is it a normal draw string that ties the top?
 
We didn't trial them on the ground, but i see no reason you couldn't do that. It is a normal draw cord, but thick rope. Also the top opening gets more snug and closes better when the net is used for a while and 'softened' up. So you could tie it well closed and leave it on the ground for an un shod horse. We regularly hang them low, they are safe for unshod horses but a shod horse could alwalys get a clench caught.
I did have a lady who ordered a Tricke Net to tie the top and leave it on the ground in her horses field. I wonder how she might be getting on with that method. She said she would let me know. They are tough, and the close knit of the netting gives extra strength for situations such as leaving it on the ground.
I have some customers who hang them very low and secure them top and bottom so they don't swing about if the horse gets hold of them.
 
Thanks, thats a great help. All mine are barefoot so no risk of getting shoes/nails caught up and good to know people have used them hung low as that was my other option.
I wish you luck in your business, I too run my own small business and people have to realise that you are running the business to earning a living so the cost is what it is so that you can do that!!! You are not providing a service/product for the good of your heart! With something that is handmade and in this country there will be a premuim to be paid.
 
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