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Post by elliebee on Jun 22, 2009 13:51:23 GMT
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Post by nativeponies on Jun 22, 2009 14:02:26 GMT
£9 here!! it was £6.75 last year same as you!! its something to do with the recession, not alot of work for joiners means no shavings as is a bi product, so whoosh, up go prices!! we had trouble getting them last winter x
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Post by apple123 on Jun 22, 2009 14:18:21 GMT
Yep all because of the recession, no building trade so no shavings - so that's another thing to blame the government for!!!!
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Post by nativeponies on Jun 22, 2009 14:31:34 GMT
can i blame them for my hay fever and the horse flies too??!!
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Post by apple123 on Jun 22, 2009 14:36:03 GMT
Yes of course  |
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Post by nativeponies on Jun 22, 2009 14:37:28 GMT
good i will email them now!!
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Post by princessv on Jun 22, 2009 15:18:22 GMT
£5.90 for us or £11 for two bedmax though is about £6.70 i was complaining but now i'm not, sorry guys that they are so expensive, fingers crossed that prices will fall soon People please buy kitchens!!!! |
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Post by nativeponies on Jun 22, 2009 15:53:57 GMT
£5.90?? wowsers i wish!! our shop is expensive anyway everything sooo pricey but they know people will pay!!
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Post by teemak on Jun 22, 2009 19:53:41 GMT
This is why i finally made up my mind to put all mine on mats and pellets. Spent all day on saturday laying mats and putting in new wood pellet beds( the watering thing was slightly wierd) but now in i am thrilled.
I have spent a fortune doing it but mats will pay for themselves in 6 months.
I for one will not pay these inflated prices for shavings this winter.
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Post by elliebee on Jun 22, 2009 20:35:12 GMT
£5.90 for us or £11 for two bedmax though is about £6.70 i was complaining but now i'm not, sorry guys that they are so expensive, fingers crossed that prices will fall soon People please buy kitchens!!!! B***dy h**l Where do you live? Can you send me some to Herts LOLx |
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Post by caron on Jun 22, 2009 21:41:29 GMT
5.75 a bale near us (Warrington) for the cheapest ones, still bl**dy dear IMO seeing as all they do is pee and poo all over it then smush it around  The mare is on straw but the gelding just eats straw until he looks fit to pop |
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Post by morwenstowstud on Jun 23, 2009 0:16:01 GMT
I think ours are about £6.50 a bale, but it's a while since we bought bales. We now get ours free from a wood workshop.
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Post by sarah00000 on Jun 23, 2009 7:22:19 GMT
I agree, get your rubber mats down. Source them on the net and get delivered, as tons cheaper than at shops. Then just use woodpellets or a mix of pellets and shavings. Should cut your bedding down by half.
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Post by Caron nli on Jun 23, 2009 8:46:00 GMT
I already have rubber mats down so I don't need to use much bedding- in theory!
Leave it too skimpy and i find the ponies and rugs stink and are covered in poo stains.
Is there anywhere in the NW that does the wood pellets in small quantities? I don't have storage space for a bulk supply.
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Post by dizzydora on Jun 23, 2009 16:06:28 GMT
Ours are £5.50. We're on straw though as i love a big deep bed but bought a bag for the trailer off the woman who owns our yard and that's how much they were. Still expensive but alot cheaper than most by the looks of it.
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Post by cocoa on Jun 23, 2009 17:30:34 GMT
£5 at the moment and we are stocking up for winter!!
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Post by nativeponies on Jun 23, 2009 18:22:23 GMT
we're in yorkshire/derby and its 9 quid! recently found a wood pellet company who do deals on their bedding, will see if i can find it, but for me to have 71 bags delivered it would be £197!!
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Post by armada on Jun 23, 2009 19:27:48 GMT
We pay £8.25 for Hunters, but they seem to be very absorbent, and all ours have mats down and as are out longer during the summer, get a clean 1/2 bale every week when I dig the wet out. Went onto the Nedz pro, then got talked into the nedz original, total waste of money, and the one I still have left on that is being weaned off it and the remaining bales will go in as lorry bedding. There also used to be loads of lorries carrying shavings coming through Dover, but over the last two years there are now not many at all, hence the shortage and price increase.
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Post by halfpass on Jun 23, 2009 19:39:44 GMT
I keep banging on about CUSHION BED only £3.00 + VAT per bale. Fab bedding.
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Post by victoria (highhill) on Jun 23, 2009 19:46:41 GMT
I keep banging on about CUSHION BED only £3.00 + VAT per bale. Fab bedding. halfpass - is that a make of shavings ?? Where do you get it from?? |
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Post by caron on Jun 23, 2009 19:48:44 GMT
I keep banging on about CUSHION BED only £3.00 + VAT per bale. Fab bedding. Be fab if I lived nearer to one if their depots, 3 quid is a bargain if you can collect direct. |
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Post by armada on Jun 23, 2009 20:29:23 GMT
Yes, for me to get it delivered and on a pallet (30 bales) its £5.50 + vat.
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Post by halfpass on Jun 23, 2009 21:19:21 GMT
Here's a link for you www.bedding-for-horses.co.uk/ if a few of you get together and have a bulk delivery you could get it at a better price, or for the more entrepreneurial members why not have a lorry load bung a couple of quid a bale and sell a few as long as you don't get greedy people are more than willing to pay a bit extra. |
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Post by ellieraga on Jun 24, 2009 12:20:32 GMT
Wouldnt buy them from there but just been in the local pet shop to get some parrott food and they were £10.49 , yes £10.49 . omg
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Post by nativeponies on Jun 24, 2009 12:24:18 GMT
our pet shop sells the big bales at about that, guess to someone buying them for a rabbit it will seem like a bargain!!! they sell little bags of it at £2.75!!
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Post by Custard on Jun 29, 2009 15:20:50 GMT
Althou i keep my boy on straw@£1 per/bale..I am good friends with a Co. owner who imports shavings from Holland and have been told the import price has gone down condsierably..  We all know that the reduction will not be passed to the consumer.. |
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Post by gtr121 on Jun 29, 2009 22:31:43 GMT
Can get Minimal Dust for £3.75 now.
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Post by Toffee on Jul 3, 2009 8:48:54 GMT
try darkhorseshavings.co.uk - new company based near A1 in Yorkshire
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Post by missmuffett on Jul 8, 2009 13:33:27 GMT
im very lucky to get easibed from work for £4.80!and only use 1 bag every 3 weeks very clean pony huge bed!
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Post by elliebee on Jul 8, 2009 20:10:28 GMT
im very lucky to get easibed from work for £4.80!and only use 1 bag every 3 weeks very clean pony huge bed! That's just rubbed more salt into my wound LOLxx |
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