Verdo Wood Pellets - How bad are they?

[Queenbee]

Hi,

Have had it with straw, I am going back to wood pellets, I want to make the change this weekend and the plan is to buy enough locally to make a decent bed and see us for a month then order 1/2 a pallet. The only pellets my local merchants do are verdo, Ive heard some people really dont rate them... why?

 

[twiggy2]

I tried them and found them dark and dusty

 

[LovesCobs]

I would only use them if they were given to me for free and then I'd moan I went through twice as much, they are dark and soggy! You can order half pallets of other makes from white horse

 

[Queenbee]

hmm thats not good I need some today and they are the only ones I can source locally. Im just going to have to bite the bullet and get them I think, I will still be putting in a pallet order (obviously not for verdo)

 

[Maesfen]

White Horse Woodlets all the way for me. Why not just get enough Verdo to start your bed and an order from WH usually only takes two days at most so you'll have them well in time to top up?

 

[Queenbee]

just an update... i managed to get white horse in the end, the other feed merchants had them (I was sure they had stopped supplying) I rang them to check and managed to negotiate a price drop too, I rang ten mins before closing and hoofed it over there ('scuse the pun) and picked up 12 bags to see me through. Then went to the verdo selling store and picked up some iodine, a big syringe, and a cool hoofpick/torch thing. Went to the yard, took out four barrows of straw, dumped it by the muck spreader to fork in later, cleaned the stable, sorted the new bed, dragged the beast in, scrubbed his hooves with water, sluiced all his feet with iodine and got it all over my thumb, then popped him to bed... am a tad concerned that although i couldnt wash off the iodine at all from my thumb it has now miraculously dissappeared and my thumb is no longer dark brown but flesh coloured again... tres odd!

 

[Pinkvboots]

just an update... i managed to get white horse in the end, the other feed merchants had them (I was sure they had stopped supplying) I rang them to check and managed to negotiate a price drop too, I rang ten mins before closing and hoofed it over there ('scuse the pun) and picked up 12 bags to see me through. Then went to the verdo selling store and picked up some iodine, a big syringe, and a cool hoofpick/torch thing. Went to the yard, took out four barrows of straw, dumped it by the muck spreader to fork in later, cleaned the stable, sorted the new bed, dragged the beast in, scrubbed his hooves with water, sluiced all his feet with iodine and got it all over my thumb, then popped him to bed... am a tad concerned that although i couldnt wash off the iodine at all from my thumb it has now miraculously dissappeared and my thumb is no longer dark brown but flesh coloured again... tres odd!

I also found this with the iodine it kind of just wear off strange I know but it is true, I also was not keen on the verdo and I only use them for the guinea pig so I switched to thirsty bed and they are much better.

 

[Queenbee]

I also found this with the iodine it kind of just wear off strange I know but it is true, I also was not keen on the verdo and I only use them for the guinea pig so I switched to thirsty bed and they are much better.

Apparently not quite so... look up iodine deficiency patch tests... perhaps i am deficient x

 

[pokeynokes]

We've just changed to Woodlets from White Horse Energy - lot better than Verdo. They come from Scotland, but even after paying a delivery surcharge for living in Cornwall, I found them to be the cheapest. I've got a 5% discount code off your 1st order - it's FloJul9563.

 

[Queenbee]

thats great thank you! I will be ordering a pallet at the end of this month so that will be very helpful indeed!

 

[Fimonty]

There's another lot on the go too which seem to be really good - I spotted it on Facebook and you can buy direct. Sorbeo?

 

[smurfywurf]

I changed from shaving to wood pellets from shavings.....godsend!! I got some sacks from Liverpool Wood Pellets to get my 12hh ponys bed started, simply because i wanted to try them before comitting to a whole pallet load, Ive since found a local supplier (WBC Eco Products on Facebook) who will deliver 20 x 15kg bags to me for just over £3 each, but im cheeky and declare it as fuel..... he just grins at me as he unloads it at the yard ;p
Far far cheaper for me.... 12hh pony doesnt have a massive bed but he has one bag every 2 weeks (ish) on a deep litter bed whereas he was having 3-4 bales of shavings at £7 each ... (wet wet wet pony!)

Cant believe i havent discovered these sooner!!

 

[MillionDollar]

I hated them! Soooooo dusty, and hardwork. Also tried straw pellets and other wood pellets. They are ok under shavings but I absolutely hate them on their own. Shavings all the way for me!