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Is Using Recycled-Cardboard Horse Bedding A Good Idea
By Dog Lover | August 21, 2009
Why use recycled-cardboard horse bedding? To begin with, this form of bedding is very beneficial for horses, is eco-friendly and an economical choice. In our individual attempts to consistently take the high road remaining conscious of our actions and how we affect one another, recycled-cardboard horse bedding and animal bedding is a win-win-win.
There are multifarious advantages of horse bedding and your horse receives them all. Horse bedding supports overall health, cleanliness, and comfort. The same holds for animal bedding meant for pets and other farm animals as well.
We have found the greatest health benefit with horse bedding to be the impact on the respiratory system. Our recycled cardboard is dust-free and hence is a welcome respiratory relief for you and those in contact with the horse. A conservative fifty percent estimate indicates British horses experience respiratory issues in good part because of the dust and mould spores found in traditional bedding materials of wood shavings and straw.
Horses suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (C.O.P.D.) or showing symptoms of coughing, discharge of mucus from the nasal passages, labored breathing, or sluggishness need recycled-cardboard horse bedding.
Cleaning the stable is also made simpler and hassle-free with the use of recycled-cardboard horse bedding. Water seeks its own level, as does horse urine. Hence, the upper-most layers of the horse bedding is dry and devoid of any odour as the liquid seeps down from the top layers of the horse bedding to the lower level.
To clean the stalls, you would first need to reach the saturated layer. Remove all of this layer and bits of anything that have found their way there: food, hay, and the like. Adding some new horse bedding to the floor will freshen up the stable. Expect to use approximately one or two bales of new horse bedding per stable each week.
What shall you do with the collected muck? The used horse bedding decomposes at a greater rate than wood shavings or straw. Depending upon your property, you may want to till it into the soil where it will complete breaking down or use it as mulch. The Green aspect of our horse and animal bedding material is an added bonus to an almost perfect product further reducing the carbon hoof print.
Another point worth mentioning is that the recycled-cardboard in the horse and animal bedding passes through high levels of quality check for cleanliness and consistency of end product. The cardboard cutting process leaves the bedding in irregular shapes trapping air leaving the bed warm and comfortable.
The horse bedding flows from the bale to the floor effortlessly; will not cling to the horse, clothing, or blankets; nor will it walk out of the stable with you. Because it is so dry, when a horse finds a piece in its mouth they spit it out. Last but certainly not least, rats and rabbits love animal bedding; and it’s been shown to almost eliminate feather plucking in poultry.
This is our individual attempt to take the high road remaining conscious of our actions and how we affect one another. Please join us.
For more information on horse bedding materials and animal bedding options, visit our website at www.eco-animal-bedding.co.uk .
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