This is Legacy's second winter stabled at the yard and she's in a different stable this year to last due to a leaky roof. She doesn't like to be in the stable alone and can be one of the worlds biggest attention seekers when she is. She can be nodding her head and neighing for the others. Although you leave her then spy on her later and she completely fine just eating her hay.
Although in her stable stable I did find bits around to where she had started to crib bite, only presumably when she's bored.
So this lead to me trying to find some stable toys to keep her entertained throughout the night when she's eaten her hay or has a fully belly.
The first thing I tried her with was a likit, I had no luck with this. I went through all 4 of the main flavours that my work has and none of these seemed to work. I though the mint one would've been sure to make her curious about it but no luck. I then tried the Nettex version, the Tastylyx in carrot which has natural ingredients in, hoping this would work as she loves carrots, and again no luck. So I gave up with that and after a customer recommendation I decided to get her a treat ball. After trying the likit and failing I took to ebay to try and find a money savvy one just in-case it failed again. I found one on there for £15ish including free postage and that was great. At first she didn't know what to do with it, I tried all sorts of treats inside it, one's she'd go mad for and ones that you can add into the food. She didn't bother with any of them. One day I got an idea to try horse & pony nuts in it, and this worked. It's so funny to watch her with the ball now, she goes straight for it when she goes into her stable, kicking it and nudging it with her nose. It at least keeps her quiet for a while in some sense. I couldn't find the exact one I bought but I found this one on ebay which is cheaper and looks great, they are really great for the stable and the one I bought is really durable. This one on ebay for £9.95 with free P&P in a range of colours, red, purple, pink and blue. (This one is the one in the image above.)
Below is Legacy playing with her treat ball.
The other thing which she loves while shes in her stable is her Nettex Supalyx. There are 4 flavours available for specific things such as Nimble which has Biotin & Glucosamine in to help with feet and joints, Garlic, Easy Breather which has qualities to help sooth the trachea and a general health one, they are all filled with general vitamins & minerals along with the specific qualities for each flavour. For the stable I get her the 3KG size, but there's also a 12.5KG size available for the fields. She loves these licks and I'm lucky to have one last longer than a week.
All of the Nettex treats mentioned can be seen here. From the Supalyx to the Tastylyx.
Do you have any stable toys for your horse?
How do you keep them entertained throughout the night?
Leave your suggestions below I'm always open to try new things with Legacy to keep her quiet and calm.
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