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Location: Peach State | I need something to help keep my geldings stall dry I use large flake shavings now but I swear this horse pees a lake every night and it actually pools under the shavings some or I end up having to go through too many shavings just in his stall due to all the wetness. I saw the pellets in tractor supply wanted to know if others use them with shaving or alone and if it seemed more cost efficient. |
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 Night Watchman
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Location: Central Montana | Ours aren't stalled at home but when we are on the road we use them. We put a bag down and then put shavings over it. If you can get the cob bedding from Tractor Supply it is way more absorbent than the pine pellets.
I also put a very thin layer of the pine pellets at the very bottom of my cat's litter box and then fill it up with littler. It helps tons with any lingering littler box smell. |
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Location: Missouri | I love my pellets and use them for my lake forming gelding as well. They last twice as long as regular shavings and keep his stall nice and dry.  |
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Elite Veteran
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| do it. you will never look back.
I usually use just the pellets. Dump a bag right where he pees and he will "fluff" it himself. If you want you can use a bag of regular shavings around the pile of pellets, but in the morning they will have expanded so much you don't really need both.
enjoy!! |
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 Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | They are great for soaking up pee and are easy to sift through. The turds get "breaded" like they're rolled in flour. LOL If I'm keeping a horse stalled, I put pellets underneath the shavings. Shavings make a better bed IMO. Otherwise, I just use pellets for easier cleaning. |
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 I Chore in Chucks
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Location: MD | my boys pee like crazy. I use the pelleted bedding as well, it's the only thing that will absorb it all AND keep the ammonia smell down. Otherwise I'm using so much of the shavings I would have to put a new bag in every other day just to keep up. |
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Veteran
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| Wood pellets for grilling work well too, if you are in a bind and can't find any pine pellets that are actually made for bedding. I like them as a base in the stall or trailer because they don't get thrown to the edges like the fluffy shavings. Also are nice damp in the trailer so it is not as dusty.
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Elite Veteran
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| I use them and love them. I dont wet them down at all. just dump a couple bags down and throw the horses in. I have mats in my stalls so I dont use a lot of "fluff" The horses walk over the pellets a couple of times and break them down. They are the best! |
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| GoinJettin - 2015-06-04 10:31 AM Ours aren't stalled at home but when we are on the road we use them. We put a bag down and then put shavings over it. If you can get the cob bedding from Tractor Supply it is way more absorbent than the pine pellets.
I also put a very thin layer of the pine pellets at the very bottom of my cat's litter box and then fill it up with littler. It helps tons with any lingering littler box smell.
Good tip about the litter box, I will have to start doing this. |
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Shelter Dog Lover
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| I love the pellets when stalling at shows. It seems no matter how many bags of shavings I use, my horse seem to make holes and are still standing on the hard ground. The pelleted shavings do not separate, provide a great cushion. |
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Expert
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Location: Ky | Been using them exclusively for 15 years. Used Woody Pet brand for most of that and then it got to where you couldn't that brand around here. I don't know if they are out of the business or just not available here.
They were the best. For the last few years I've been using thebrand they carry at Rural King, Equine Fresh. I don't think it's as good as Woody Pet but it's close enough to keep me from hunting for Woody Pet. |
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  Damn Yankee
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | If you don't wet down the pellets like you are supposed to, they can get "slippery", kind of like walking on marbles a little bit. I always put a bag of shavings over my pellets. But I LOVE the pellets. I always use them under my shavings.
I even used them under my straw when my mare foaled. Not only did it soak up all her urine (she will walk 30 miles just to pee in her stall), it helped keep the baby even cleaner since it soaked everything up and kept it off the straw. |
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Location: Phoenix | I was curious if you all wet them down or not? My stall has a hard dirt base so I'm not sure what's best. |
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Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I do wet them in the trailer so they're not left skating. In stalls, we're so humid, they break down and fluff themselves fairly quickly. Since I put shavings on top anyway, it doesn't matter one way or the other. |
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 I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | I can't remember when I started to use them but it was soon after they came out with them. Love them..
I don't wet them in my stalls but I do in the trailer.
With all the flooding we have...I did put a bag of shavings on top so my horse had a nice place to lay since everything else is mud. |
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Expert
Posts: 1586
Location: west of East Texas | How much do you put down to start with? I put 4 bags in a 12x12 stall and it hardly looked like I had put anything down. It didn't last very long either. |
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| chasendacash - 2015-06-06 11:56 PM
How much do you put down to start with? I put 4 bags in a 12x12 stall and it hardly looked like I had put anything down. It didn't last very long either.
Wet em and llet them fluff up as you go. You will be surprised.
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Location: Ky | hammer_time - 2015-06-06 12:38 AM I was curious if you all wet them down or not? My stall has a hard dirt base so I'm not sure what's best.
I do not. I did when first using them because they told me to do so. My horses wet them down just fine.
Now I have concrete floors with rubber mats. Before we moved here I had dirt floors.
Works the same on both.
I have 11' X 15' stalls. When I first started I put about 5 or 6 bags down. They were 30# bags then. Now they are 40#.
I pick my stalls out everyday. Turn over the wet bedding but pick out any that's wet enough to be orange in color or clumped together.
I add one 40# bag per week to each stall. |
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