Using a duvet as an under rug?

Bubley898 said:
Does anyone know what size duvet I would need for a 16.1 TB? A double or kingsize?
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try a sleeping bag opened up they seem to be nice and quilted inside. if your tb is slim enough you could zip him up for the night at least he wouldnt go wondering anywhere is the door is left open. :D
 
I use a cotton sheet first of all....this gives the duvet something to grip onto and also is easily washed in the washing machine at home to keep clean.

For my 16.3hh middleweight I use a king size....this goes up to the top of his ears and folds back during the day. On top of that, I either put a X surcingle heavy quilt (depths of winter) or a lighter one for now.
 
A double but make sure it's a lightweight one(summer) as a heavyweight one can make them sweat badly, but there again does depend on how cold,if it gets down to -9 and more a heavyweight as TBs are very thinskinned.
 
Wow lots of replies! I have two rugs on him at the min, both med weights. I was looking for an under rug with a neck cover, but they are all shiny material. I have one like that already and whatever I put on top slips off. Looking for something warmer when it gets colder. He is warm enough in what he's in at the min but needs clipping again.
 
Reg is in a single, I think. He may have upgraded to a double, but a single did the job! Think it's probably a mediumweight, and it goes on over the fleece first with a surcingle round it to keep it on, then the big rug over the top of that...

(our boys definitely don't have nice covers on the duvet... Cheeky's cover was flowers and hearts and watering cans, and Reg's is racing cars!)
 
I got my boy a 4.5 tog from Argos, was £8! Kept him toasty when it dropped down to -6. He is a 16.2 ISH and I got him a double size. As others have said, I put it over a summer sheet, surcingle over the duvet, then a rug on top.
 
Does any one have any tips to keep them in place, on my old mare they are forver slipping, living out they end up very mucky, so this year as yet i've not dug them out.
 
I might do this when it gets colder, havent felt the need just yet.

For the time being mine have got loveson underrugs that have necks and arent shiny. Only £35 too :)
 
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Mine in a single, heavy weight feather duvet with fleece over the top... he also has a heavy weight full neck stable rug on at night.
He has about 4 different ones that vary in thickness and size.
 
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sandy3924 said:
This must be a wind up! Duvets on horses - where will it end?
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We've been doing this since we first got my old boy who needed all the help he could get in keeping warm or his weight would plummet. It was suggested to us by a very old school hunting lady. I think it's been a common thing to do for a fair old while ;)

Ok, I now know our horses are in 4.5 tog, singles :D

(I'll admit the covers were me and my sister having a bit of fun though! But if you have a very dignified looking ex-racer, you do have to put him in a duvet with racing cars on...)
 
We always used to put duvets on the competition horses where I worked, sheet first, then duvet then top stable rug and fold the duvet back :)
 
sandy3924 said:
This must be a wind up! Duvets on horses - where will it end?
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Gosh, back in the 70's and early 80's that's all we had to layer under our good old Jute rugs. Blankets, too, of course, but a duvet type thing was needed when the horses were fully clipped and it was blinking cold. And if you could afford one! Duvet/blanket on, folded back into triangles at the neck and the jute rug put on; then the neck section of the under blanket/s pulled back to be secured by the jute rug's belly surcingle. Invariably everything would shift during the night if the horse layed down or shook - but that was the joys of horse care back in the day! :rolleyes:

The invention of the x-surcingle was a god send :)
 
On my 17.3hh I use a kingsize. Enya doesn't need one yet as she's only just been broken but for her size (16hh) I would use a double.

I have always used a lightweight fleece rug first with the duvet on top to give some grip. Pull the duvet up to the ears, put two surcingles on in a 'X' same as you would rug, then stable rug on the top. I have also in the past made my own fastenings on the duvet to help keep in place.
 
Frosty89 said:
...... put two surcingles on in a 'X' same as you would rug, then stable rug on the top.
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Do you mean normal elastic surcingles? And if so, do they stay in place okay crossed? I can't really picture how I would do that without them moving. Have you got a picture?
 
I keep buckles from old rugs and put them on the duvets to keep them in place. A 4.5 tog one will do, and much cheaper than those expensive under rugs. I use old duvet covers on mine too, saves having to use a fleece under. I just pop a normal lightweight stable rug over the top, but if you can use a couple of fleeces instead :)

I'm very impressed with the horse who has a feather duvet! We replace our bed duvets yearly so the horses get the old ones.

If you ask on freecycle lots of people just GIVE them away too :)
 
I think both mine are in double, it's plenty big enough and wraps around bottom half of neck and finishes just before end of stable rug which goes on top, tog wise I've got 11 and 13 as to be honest that's all there was left in tesco when got them.

I also need an under rug to stop slipping, love seeing them all cosy though.

I use them when it gets colder so needs to be -5 or colder really at night
 
hehe, i wanted a cheap underug for my companion when i first got her as she was coldunder her winter rug, got my old duvet out, drew round one of her rugs for size, stitched up the edges, but sewed it shut at the front so it wouldnt slip off and no buckles to dig in, means it slips oer her head but its never rubbed etc. Its one of her only underugs which doesnt actually move, no matter what things she gets up to! i was actually thinking of getting rid of the rest and just buying different tog duvets as they work much better for her! :D
 
Spyda said:
Do you mean normal elastic surcingles? And if so, do they stay in place okay crossed? I can't really picture how I would do that without them moving. Have you got a picture?
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Yeah the elastic ones, or I've used an anticast roller before as well. They do sometimes slip a little but I've always been fairly lucky.
 
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