10 More Top Tips For Your Eco Friendly Horse And Pony!
There are still more tips coming to me for your horse, pony or stable yard!
It is so easy to see a new top tip when you walk through the yard – either by doing something yourself or seeing someone else doing it. Sometimes, your friends might be doing something that saves then time or money or just because it’s easier – but it could be a great eco friendly tip!
1) Learn to sew! Putting patches on elbows, new hems on your rugs and darning your woolly socks together can all make your existing clothes last longer! You don’t need to look perfect at the yard – especially if it’s cold or raining! Making your clothes last longer means you get to spend your money on more exciting things!
2) Go solar-powered for those little things like the stable radio – or you can get wind-up versions too. Maybe buy a solar powered ‘travel charger’, so while you are mucking out – your mobile phone could be charging itself up naturally! And make sure your lighting is powered by a green energy supplier!
3) Make sure you always muck out your horsebox or pony trailer as soon as you arrive at your destination to prevent the damp bedding soaking into the wooden floorboards. Obviously, the longer you let the moisture soak in, the more damage it can do – and the shorter the lifespan of your trailer!
4) Learn to make your own equipment if possible, like feeding a piece of reused foam through the headband of a head collar to act as a poll guard. This way you get to use all your old bits and bobs from around the house – and the stores don’t need to keep making more of everything!
5) If your horse eats it’s fresh bedding (or you want to make your bedding last longer) - you should mix in some of the old bedding when mucking out. Not only will this mean that you need less bedding each time – but your horse should stop eating the wrong materials – and prevent wasted vets fees and your time!
6) Also to save vets visits, wasted treatments and last minute panics – keep a record of your horses medical information. For example knowing the temperature of your horse before and after exercise, in summer or in winter can mean that you know for definite when there is something wrong. Saying that your pony is ‘really hot’ isn’t the best way of judging for treatments and medication! So if you have a definite record beforehand – you will be sure when something is wrong or when something is just the ‘top end of normal’.
7) And again – store your feed and medicines in metal dustbins or other suitably waterproof and pest-resistant containers. That way you will keep things vermin-free as well as avoiding leaks and breakages. This all adds up to less wasted products, no contaminated feeds and no poorly ponies - there really is no need to waste time, energy or money ever again!
8.) Use a left-over piece of plastic drainpipe to put over the top of a stable door to prevent your horse crib-biting. By cutting it into 2 pieces, you could rest it over the top of the door to stop it being destroyed! Not only will this stop you having to repair or buy a new door eventually – but can’t hurt the horse either!
9) Depending on the size of your own land – why not fence off a small area and grow your own hay. Either feed as hay or make it into haylage instead.
10) Or why not go organic – and grow your own horse veg! A few lines of carrots, some turnips, garlic and even an apple tree don’t need a lot of room – and could mean fresh organic and local veg for your pony (and you!).
Well, what do you think of those then? Any help to you – I hope so.
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