24 x Pallet of Bed-Down Excel Horse Bedding – 20kg

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24 x Pallet of Bed-Down Excel Horse Bedding – 20kg Bales

A full pallet of 24 Bed-Down Excel Classic Bales, delivered in one drop. Excel is a straw and shavings blend, and that is the whole idea of it: the straw gives volume and cushioning, and the shavings give the absorbency that straw on its own does not have.

The lemon scent is not simply perfume. Bed-Down describe it as an unappetiser — it keeps the stable smelling fresh and discourages bed eating, which is the usual objection to putting a horse on anything straw-based in the first place.

Performance & Benefits

• A blend of straw and shavings, combining the cushioning of straw with the absorbency of shavings.
• Lemon scented; Bed-Down describe the scent as an unappetiser that discourages bed eating.
• Bed-Down describe superior free-draining and absorbency properties, with wet collecting in a small, manageable pile.
• Quick to muck out, because the wet lifts out rather than spreading through the bed.
• 24 bales in one delivery instead of repeat orders through the season.
• Bed-Down make no dust extraction claim for Excel, so none is stated here.

Suitable For

• Busy yards and liveries getting through bedding regularly.
• Use over rubber matting or on traditional stable floors.
• Horses that eat a plain straw bed.
• Anyone wanting a season's bedding in a single delivery.
• Not the bed for a horse with a diagnosed respiratory problem — Bed-Down publish no dust figures for Excel, and a dust-extracted shavings such as Bedmax or Wood & Slumber is the better-evidenced choice there.

How to Use

• Bed-Down's figure for a new bed in a 12ft x 12ft stable is 5–6 bales.
• Their maintenance figure is 1–1.5 fresh Classic Bales per week.
• Remove droppings and the wet pile daily and top up rather than stripping the bed out.
• Bank the sides to reduce the risk of a horse becoming cast.
• Store the pallet off the ground and under cover.

Specification

• 24 bales per pallet, each 20kg — 480kg in total.
• Bed-Down Excel Classic Bale: a straw and shavings blend, lemon scented.
• Bed-Down also make Excel as a 10kg Handy Bale.
• Delivered by curtain-sided lorry. Check vehicle access at your site before ordering.
• You will need dry, covered storage for 24 bales on arrival.

Care & Caution

• The lemon scent discourages bed eating but will not stop a determined bed eater. A shavings-only bed is the safer option for a horse that gorges on bedding.
• A straw-based bed is not the right choice for a laminitic or a horse on a restricted-calorie regime that eats what it stands on.