RE: [RC] [RC] Shavings in the Trailer/Peeing - Mary Sutliff
The solution to shavings flying around in the trailer is to wet them down. A sprinkle with the hose works well.
Mary S.
> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:11:59 -0400 > From: tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: 6mules@xxxxxxxxx > CC: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] Shavings in the Trailer/Peeing > > Marirose Six wrote: > > Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but if you are smelling that much > > ammonia, I'd check into what you are feeding. Too much protien is the > > main cause of that ammonia smell. I avoid feeding too much of it > > (unless a specific horse needs it, fo a specific reason) & I don't > > have that problem---even in the trailer. > > > Yep if you feed too much protein, the digestive system rips off the > amine radical and eliminates it through the urine. That forms the > ammonia. I have not ammonia smell in my trailer or my barn. As far as > shaving in the trailer, I use the "large" shavings - the local tack > stores has two sizes. The small are like sawdust and would blow around > in the trailer. The large don't have that problem. > > Truman > > -- > > “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a > monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also > into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp > > Ride Long and Ride Safe!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >
