Slow Feed Hay Bag, Black Net Style 1" Mesh Horse Heavy-Woven Polypropylene-New!!

Description

Full Bale Hay Net is generously sized (6ft) and will fit a bale up to 4 feet long.  All nets can be easily filled and closed using a simple cord and toggle system.
The opening is 1X1" for feeding.
Heavy-duty woven polypropylene.
This bag is mad by Purely Ponies of Canada.
The Initial 'Learning' phase is often the hardest. To ensure the easiest transition and least amount of stress onthe animal it is important to introduce your new hay net, while still providing about ¾ of the horses usual amountof feed. This will allow the horse time to adjust to the netting and the rate of hay delivered, but not create stressfrom a hungry horse. Try not to pack the nets too tightly or even pull a little hay through the holes at first to helpyour horse get the right idea. Every horse is a little different and this learning phase can be different for eachanimal. It can take anywhere from a week to a month, for an animal to get used to eating this way. When youhave noticed that the horse is happily eating from their new net, you can start to reduce the amount of loose hayand provide more in the net. It is interesting to see that quite often, once the horse is used to slow feeding, theywill choose the hay in the nets instead of what is loose on the ground!Determine how many hay nets are needed for your situation. It is always best to have at least one net perhorse. Often horses will share from the same net, but this ensures that no one will be missing out. If you havethe ability, hanging nets around the pen in different areas, encourages more movement. Hang from trees, hookinto feeders, hang from fence lines, or leave unattached on the ground and watch your horse use it like a toy!  Once “experienced” with using the nets, horses get very good at using their teeth and lips to pull the haythrough the holes.Remember that, just like normal, cold winter weather and times of illness may require extra food. Putting out anextra net, or hanging a few more around the pen will encourage movement and help the animal stay a littlewarmer. Another option might be to increase the mesh size of your nets and allow the horse an extra net or twoto handle the increased consumption needs! Providing your horse with a few nets, can help keep them stimulated,less bored and reduce a lot of common stable vices.It is best to ensure that your horse always has access to hay in their net. Most horses will learn that there ishay available and they will adjust their eating and start to self-regulate as they would in nature. However, havingbeen the owner of Shetlands, and Haflingers I can tell you, that is not ALWAYS the case. Some very“Greedy” eaters have a hard time self-regulating! Slow feeding is still an amazing option for these type of ponies.Putting a single feed in a mini net, can take your pony up to 5 times as long to finish their hay. Thismeans less standing around and reduces the chance of feeding them 'just a little more' which usually results inobese little ponies. Slow feed hay nets are the only answer!!!