Tying up hay nets in the stable - daft question..?

[ChestnutConvert]

tied to a tie ring which is securing a massive tub trug to the wall at ground level - means they're eating from a more natural position but are slowed by the nets (double)

Thanks you have given me an idea there as i have a few that need slowing down but i'm leaning towards the more natural position for feeding.

 

[mcnaughty]

chuck the haynet and get a hay rack!

This! I hate hay nets - I use an xl tub trug on the floor with a quick release bungie to stop it from roaming round the stable. Hay nets are horrid to fill, dangerous and bad for a horse's posture (if that is the right terminology!!)

The only time I use hay nets is when travelling.

 

[kellybee]

What Kat and misterjay said - the whole point of twine or a few strands is that it should break and a caught foot is a lesser danger than caught head. I'd continue with this or look at a total alternative as others have suggested. I use nets but only because I have a 'starving' native whose intake needs to be slowed - if I didn't have to for this reason, I'd have forage on the floor where the position is naturally preferable.

I agree. Years ago I had a pony get his hoof stuck in a haynet overnight. I had to cut it down in the morning and call the vet out because he'd cut his circulation off at the knee. Boy did the vet give me an ear bashing for using haynets at all! (If anyone knew Sandy Bell from Warks, and had a telling off from him you'll know how I felt!)

Ever since I've always used a hay rack or more recently a haylage net tied to twine. That way my lammy pony eats slowly and cant get her feet caught in the holes if it drops. The tie ring is low so she's not reaching up to eat, and I tie the rope to the top of the haynet instead of the bottom to be double sure. I've also cut the end of the rope so there's no loop for her to get anything stuck in. Call me overcautious, but I've seen first hand the damage regular haynets can do and would never use one again.

 

[PandorasJar]

I use baler, always cut half way through or strips removed as they're much stronger than they used to be fot when in stalls.
I only hang soaked hay in stables, the rest ground feeding I prefer.

Perhaps if worried about mess something like this would be an alternative?
http://www.mkdequestrian.co.uk/index.php/horse-safety/horse-ring-pull/p_2.html


Pan

 

[Cop-Pop]

My stable is in a barn and all the stables have grills along the front so I tie to the metal railing at the top of that, at the old yard I just used a metal tie up ring I used to tie to bailing twine but it broke one night and B ended up with her hooves resembling a cats cradle luckily I'd given her tons of hay that night so she was happy to remain immobile munching away until I got there in the morning

 

[Kat]

My stable is in a barn and all the stables have grills along the front so I tie to the metal railing at the top of that, at the old yard I just used a metal tie up ring I used to tie to bailing twine but it broke one night and B ended up with her hooves resembling a cats cradle luckily I'd given her tons of hay that night so she was happy to remain immobile munching away until I got there in the morning

But if the twine hadn't broken she might have been standing with one foot stuck in the net at the height of the net...... far more dangerous and likely to cause serious panic.

My horse's net has been found on the floor a couple of times and I always thank my lucky stars that it has come off the wall and that my horse isn't hanging from it.

 

[Twinkley Lights]

OP you may want to read this thread for other experiences of haynet accidents.

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=564330&highlight=shivvy

 

[Twinkley Lights]

double post

 

[Devonshire dumpling]

Try a trickle net, the holes are tiny, no chance of anything getting caught in there, and don't leave headcollars on in the stable.
I wouldn't panic about using a haynet, horses will always find a new way of strangling themselves or getting caught, my old horse managed to hang himself from the sliding stable doors at a racing stable, horses!

 

[Passtheshampoo]

Years ago (about 28yrs!) my ISH gelding didn't come to say hello to me one morning which was unusual. When I looked into his stabled he had a front leg stuck up in his haynet. Thankfully he obviously hadn't panicked and was not injured but goodness knows how long he'd been stood there. Since then I have always used a haylage net and tied this to baler twine off the main tie ring.

 

[Littlelegs]

I put it straight on the floor. Even forgetting the possibility of getting caught up, the floor is so much better.