Weirdly useful non horsey items

A small amount of hair conditioner mixed with water in an old spray bottle to use as mane and tail detangler.

I’ve been known to use a pantyliner inside my riding hat to stop the lining of the hat getting disgusting!

A plastic pan scrub for brushing off stubborn mud.

https://www.quillerpublishing.com/product/201-handy-hints-for-horse-persons
This is a fantastic book for those of us who like re-using old items or saving money!
 
Spotherisk said:
I’ve seen pics of hold up stockings used to keep feathers clear of hooves for the farrier.
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We use Tubigrip for that but stocking sounds much more fun!

Everything is cable tied in my yard. OH is an auto electrician so where there’s a cable tie theres a way 😂

I’ve just tidied my tack/feed room and have repurposed some plastic drawers from home. Two drawers fit on my plastic shelves perfectly. It’s much tidier now and everything has a place.

Human paddle brushes for horses manes and tails. Much cheaper and kinder than the horse version.

Electric shower from Wickes. It’s in the barn with the hose through the wall and makes me look very posh that I have hot water for feeds and legs. It cost £50.
 
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Diapers or pads to use in a poultice or to soak up blood.

Sudacreme for just about everything (got some weird looks at Boots once when I asked for the large tub of this when I could only find the small ones and then subsequently asked for several....horse has mud fever 🤷‍♀️🤣😂)

Eyedrops- my horse gets weepy eyes at certain times of the year and human eyedrops helps significantly. I usually get the hycosan as I've found them brilliant for my eyes. Just don't tell anyone at the pharmacy it is for a horse if searching around.
 
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Magnesium sulphate paste for putting on the nappy to make a drawing poultice. You might need to tell the chemist you want it for a boil that a relative at home has got, they sometimes won't sell it to you for use on a horse.
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A large dog slicker brush for getting mud off way faster than any equine brush available. Caution when using on thinner skinned horses needed though.
 
 
spotty_pony2 said:
Do you use them actually for water or does the bucket fit inside?
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You can do either. I use them with a trug inside as I find it easier to scrub the trug clean than the wheelie tub as the wheelie tub has a ledge in the bottom. A standard rubber water trug fits fine in the ones I use (I bought my wheelie tubs from the local garden centre and they were a lifechanger).
 
scats said:
A standard sized trug fits inside perfectly to fill up as normal. Honestly, they are amazing. Most garden centres sell them, or occasionally places like Home Bargain or B and M.
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But how do you get it out when you get back to the stable? Do you have to lift it? 🤔
 
human bath to soak hay, tap to fill it, plug to drain it and one handed sack truck to move the hay around on. Absolutely no haynets, they are a time consuming PITA.
 
spotty_pony2 said:
Do you use them actually for water or does the bucket fit inside?
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Some of them now come with 4 holes pre-drilled in the bottom, so need a trug.

If you have a rough surface to drag it over regularly, it's worth filling the roller with cement/post-crete or something similar. I am on my 3rd, about to be 4th in 6 years, but it's always been the roller that fails.

They are otherwise brilliant.
 
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