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Discussion on Hay net danger???
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scooter
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 5, 2010 - 12:04 pm:
Maybe this can only happen to me.
I have Sam locked up just because he is not acting right and appears hoof sore, I keep Flash in there with him most of the day. I have been soaking his hay...JIC this is founder. I put their soaked hay in haynets, was very careful that they don't hang low,... have had them get caught up in them when they were low. Satisfied it was safe went out and was watering down some hay for next feeding and kept hearing a bang, figured they were bouncing the net around against the wall. It kept up so went in and looked and here Flash had somehow gotten a haynet string wrapped around a tooth and was STUCK in the haynet trying to pull loose!!! thankfully she had her fly mask on, so pulled her forward and got her loose...haynet is down What is the odds of that, has anyone else had that happen??
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mrose
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 5, 2010 - 12:26 pm:
Haven't had a haynet get stuck in a horse's tooth, but DID have a horse get the electric fence wire stuck on a tooth, pull back and run off, wire still stuck. Helplessly watched as she ran off across the field unstringing the wire as she ran. Even if you'd never imagine it in a million years, a horse can manage to do it in a flash! 
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scooter
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 5, 2010 - 12:52 pm:
Sara that tops the hay net! WHY do horses do these things. My slow feeders I WAS going to build included hay nets...that's out!!! When I had Flash locked up with her bowed tendon I had a hay BAG that I had gotten free with an order...I really liked it and so did Flash, it got demolished, but took a good year, think I'll just order some of them! They say they are Teeth proof...wondered what that meant, but now I know!!!
https://www.chicksaddlery.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=SFB 701&Affiliate=gg
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scooter
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 5, 2010 - 1:00 pm:
OHHH no wonder I had no problems with the hay bag it was this one I got! NO strings to get teeth caught on
https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=a5403569-59cc-4e2a-8adb-f2c894261 77e
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vickiann
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 5, 2010 - 1:07 pm:
A friend of mine arrived at home one day after a trail ride and her horse was standing on three legs in the trailer with one caught in the hay bag. Luckily her horse was one of those who would not fight such an entrapment and instead balanced himself until rescued.
With my crew I would never DARE to use hay nets!
These are a couple of examples that show how a horse can find trouble in some far-out ways!
Thanks for sharing, Diane and Sara.
I tried to by some more of those slow down hay bags that I discovered when trying to take the weight off of Perry but they have been out of stock. I need to find an alternative if they are no longer going to be made as I intend to hang hay bags in my stalls and/or on some trees outdoors this winter rather than placing it on the ground or in hay racks for all of my horses.
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scooter
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 5, 2010 - 1:25 pm:
Vicki, I really liked that Wrangler hay bag (I got it free with a SMX pad), it does slow them down a bit, she would pull some out on the ground, but it kept her occupied. The think I liked and am looking at for in other hay bags is it had mesh on the bottom so if you soaked the hay the water dripped out and didn't go bad. It also let the dirt and debris fall out of the hay. I was thinking about getting some of the slow down ones, but after todays fiasco, think I'll stick with a regular one!!!
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ajudson1
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 5, 2010 - 1:34 pm:
We feed them off the ground, they get manure or moldy hay. We feed them out of haynets and they get hoofs and TEETH(?) caught in them. Wooden feed boxes they get slivers, or maybe chew on chemically treated wood. Wire can break and cut them, big feeders they get heads or legs caught in them.
Good Golly but it's a wonder horses have survived mankinds interference at all!
Which reminds me, after lunch I need to take care of the tin bent on the barn...sigh.
Hope Flash isn't toothless Diane!
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scooter
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 5, 2010 - 2:35 pm:
Always somthin' isn't it
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vickiann
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 5, 2010 - 5:25 pm:
It's amazing how long some horses can go without having an accident.
Then some of us have one or more that turn out to be really talented about hurting themselves on practically nothing.
This is the place that I got the hay bags that I liked, which I simply hung with double end snaps in the stall and also on a tree in the paddock. Trouble is they have been out of the grande sizes:
https://www.busyhorse.com/
These are very safe and tough.
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lilo
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 5, 2010 - 6:18 pm:
Vicki - I have 3 of the busy horse hay nets - two snackers and one larger one. I was also disappointed that they were out of the large size with the smaller holes. So far I have been really happy with them (however never thought about a horse getting a tooth caught ....).
Lilo
P.S. The gelding manages to get the hay out fairly quickly - it slows him down a bit, but not as much as I would like. That is why I wanted the one with the smaller holes.
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vickiann
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 5, 2010 - 7:13 pm:
For those horses who can and do eat really, really fast (such as inhaling rather than chewing), the slow downs are great.
The smaller openings kept my laminitic horse at his proper weight and actually seemed to tamper his appetite.
I guess that horses are individuals just as we humans are.
Some of us just can't get enough -- even those who have had their stomach's stapled as some humans that I know.
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