Meta description: Practical horse stable care tips covering bedding, high fibre feed and daily routines. A guide from Easy Pets, with fast dispatch across Australia.
A clean stable and a steady feeding routine are the foundations of good horse care. The right bedding keeps the stable dry and comfortable, and the right feed helps your horse maintain condition. Here's a practical guide to building a routine that works on your property.
Choose the right bedding
Bedding does more than make the stable comfortable. It helps keep your horse's living space dry and easy to clean. The Elite Pelletized Pine Equine Bedding (15kg) is a compressed pine pellet bedding, supplied dry in a 15kg bag as a stable base.
Tips for bedding:
- Store bags somewhere dry and off the ground.
- Remove wet or soiled bedding every day.
- Check the stable floor and drainage regularly.
Feed for easy keepers
Some horses gain weight easily or need careful feeding because of metabolic concerns. The Harwood Grains Equine Fibre Assist (20kg) is a high fibre, low NSC complete feed for horses and ponies, formulated for easy keepers and horses managed for metabolic concerns including laminitis, PPID and insulin resistance.
Always check with your vet or nutritionist before changing a horse's diet, especially if they have a health condition.
Add a buffer when needed
For horses on high grain rations, your vet or nutritionist may suggest a buffer. The Sodium Bicarbonate Feed Grade (25kg) is a common buffer added to livestock and horse feeds, and it's a versatile alkali around the property.
Recovery days
For horses in regular work, the Rapigel from Virbac is a cold therapy gel that aids in reducing inflammation and swelling in joints and tendons.
Keep your daily routine steady
- Feed at the same times each day. Routine helps digestion and reduces stress.
- Provide clean water. Check troughs and buckets daily.
- Look for changes. Note any changes in appetite, manure, or energy.
- Keep a salt source available. The Olsson's Fine Salt Kiln Dried (25kg) is natural Australian sea salt for stock feeding and general farm use.
Shop horse care with a real team behind you
Every order at Easy Pets is handled personally by our small Australian team, and many of us have animals of our own. Browse our range of horse feed, bedding and stable supplies at easypets.au, and if you need help choosing the right feed, we're here to help.