Very small holed nets, can't be good for neck muscles

[paddy555]

for those who want to feed low down but if put on the floor it will just get trodden in I use a barrel.
It is deep and the horse has to actually put it's head in to eat ie it cannot just pull or tip it out. It is fastened back to the wall.
For those who want to feed ad lib or at least leave the horse chance to have forage all night you could feed a small mesh hay net as I do and then fill a deep barrel with a mix of hay and straw all mixed in with just a wad of all hay on top of the barrel. That way it will start on the hay on the barrel, realise it is not going to be restricted or starved. Then it will eat the hay net calmly. After that it will be left with the hay/straw mix and it can eat it if it wishes. That way it will learn there is no restriction but the straw in the barrel should restrict the calories somewhat.

 

[Leo Walker]

Yes nets build up the muscle under the neck too much. Feeding from the ground would solve this but no one has come up with the perfect solution yet

I have A wheelie bin filled with straw and hay, mixed together. It means he sifts through to find the hay which dramatically slows him down, then when the hay is gone he picks at the straw

I have

I have a giant tub trug attached to the wall using tie rings and baling twine and then tie a big tiny holed hay net through one handle then the other and tie to the net.

I probably wouldn't do it with a shod horse incase they get their shoe caught in it.

I tried that, but it ended up with the trug being shredded and the whole thing being violently thrown about in a rage. He really didnt like that idea :lol:

Has anyone tried a hay pillow?
http://thehaypillow.com/

I would think they are for unshod horses only.

I used to put my tiny holed net loose on the floor. I just threaded the string through the actual net. It definitely slowed him down, but he absolutely trashed his stable throwing it about. He is a violent thug by nature though! :lol: