Types of haynets? (trickle net e.t.c.)

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I have a very hungry horsey right now and am looking at things like trickle nets and elim a nets. Was wondering experiences people have had with them as the trickle nets seem very expensive for what they are and was wondering if anyone knew of any alternatives or good hay saving buys?
 
I have the trickle nets, and a very hungry highland. Worth every penny IMO. At last we can travel to shows and not run out of hay en route. He can also last a night with two and they hold much more than normal nets so you don't have to fill as many nets.
 
The trickle net is smaller holed than double netting, even with small holed nets. They are more expensive but are much more sturdy than any other net we've used. It did take our boy a couple of days to get used to it though, i swear he was scowling!
 
I read loads on here about trickle nets before taking the plunge and buying one. They are worth every penny ! I have a little cob who looks fantastic now weight wise and always has a teeny bit of hay left in the morning now, so I know she's not standing for ages without. Double / triple netting hardly slowed her down!
They take them a while to get used to - for the first week I put a section of hay in a normal double net, and one in her trickle net. She soon got the hang of it, and there is hardly any waste onbthe floor as they only get a bit out at a time.
 
I was given a Trickle net and while its certainly robust, I haven't found it lives up to the hype. It does take a little longer to eat than double netting a small holed hay net but the difference is fairly minimal.
 
Tricklenets although expensive are good mine is a year old now one hole has torn when I caught it on a door catch .
It has been a great thing for fatty he had to work so hard to eat it cured him of compulsive eating that's the only way I can describe how he ate .
He is now much much slimmer will leave hay in a normal small holed net it taught him not to eat 24/7, before the Tricklenet you put food in he atewithout stopping literally without break until it was gone .
I used it while he was hunting and I think that meanlt he was often tired so it was so hard work to eat he learnt only to eat when he needed to.
Now I give some in the trickle net some in a normal smallholed net, and after hunting just normal nets.
He did however get a sore neck using it we solved this by puttting two rings at four foot high about three feet apart put the string though one then through the other thread though net use more than one loop to protect net then pull tight and tie to make a sort muzzle shape sausage he then ate down on the net and solved the issue.
I would recommend one despite the cost my elimnets died often within a couple of weeks the Tricklenet is still going .
 
I bought one trickle net and its certainly robust. I agree with above poster though in that I haven't found a dramatic slowdown in the rate of eating. My horses figured out a technique very quickly. Not sure if I would buy more tbh.
 
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