Green Mile Cardboard Bedding 18kg
Green Mile is the most absorbent bedding with on the market and virtually dust free.
Shredded into small strips it’s light and easy to handle like shavings.
Warm, insulating and 100% Biodegradable for safe disposal on the land.
Recommended by Vets as the number one choice for horses suffering from respiratory disease or allergies.
Green Mile Cardboard Bedding has many features you won’t find in other types of horse bedding. Not only is it scientifically proven to be the most absorbent on the market but also it contains almost no dust so highly recommended for all animals, especially those suffering from COPD.
- Highly Absorbent
- Clean & Healthy
- Longer Lasting
- Eliminates Odour
- Warm & Insulating
- Fine Strips
- Cost Effective
- 100% Biodegradable
What are the benefits of cardboard bedding?
Several factors contribute to the benefits of cardboard bedding. While your animal’s welfare is always the top priority, cost and practicality also play an important role when choosing the right product. How the bedding performs during use affects how long it lasts and how much you need.
Any moisture or liquid easily finds its way to the bottom layers of the bedding where it’s absorbed at a remarkable rate. This leaves the top layers nice and dry and stops the saturated areas from spreading throughout the rest of the bed.
All moisture is contained in a very small amount of bedding, which then requires removing and replacing with the same small amount of fresh material.
High Absorbency
One of the biggest benefits of cardboard bedding is its ability to hold a large amount of liquid compared to its own weight.
More absorbent bedding will reduce the levels of moisture (which promotes mould growth) and ammonia in the stable, this will improve the respiratory health of the horses.
Absorbent beddings also tend to be less dusty and easier to muck out. Soiled bedding clumps together, aiding removal and perhaps allowing less bedding to be used overall.
Researcher Susan Raymond from the Equine Research Centre in Guelph, Ontario, compared several materials: straw, shavings, peat moss, hemp fibres, and shredded paper. When she added water to 10 grams of each, shredded paper came out on top—absorbing 100 millilitres, compared to hemp (45 ml), shavings (30 ml), and peat moss (30 ml). Straw absorbed the least, only 25 ml.
Warm and Insulating
Resting in a lovely warm comfortable bed, the nurturing benefits of cardboard bedding your animal will truly appreciate.
The heat created by your horses or quickly dissipates when they are sleeping. Especially during the winter months, even when they are kept indoors.
Cardboard uses its insulating properties by trapping the warm air created from your horse or animal between its corrugations of paper. This keeps the bed nice and cosy. Perfect for those that bring their animals in at night.
Clean and Free of Potential Health Risks
The source of cardboard we use is very important. All our raw material comes from a box manufacturer’s production line. New cardboard purchased only a few weeks before it was used for converting into boxes or packaging.
By using new cardboard we can guarantee it being free from contamination such as food or chemicals. Also there is no risk of wet and potentially mouldy cardboard entering our production line thus eliminating the risk of spores or other irritations to an animal’s airway.
Eliminates Odour
The natural oils found in wood pulp will dramatically reduce the amount of ammonia which builds up in stables. This is not only good for the horses and animals but also for human health too.
100% Biodegradable
Muck Heap management is a concern for any owner. A new issue facing many is disposal, the days when the farmer would happily take away the heap for free have finished. Some farmers charge for removal but many have now decided to refuse muck heaps that consist of wood shavings.
The reason for this is the impact rotting shavings make on the land, with the complete breakdown taking so long it affects the PH balance in the soil.
We hear how the shavings affect the land preventing the pasture from growing back properly, this is due to the lack of nitrates in the soil. Green Mile Cardboard Bedding will rot down completely within 8 – 12 weeks, the soiled bedding can even be spread immediately onto the land. This benefits the land by introducing fibre back into the soil preventing “Runoff” and “Soil Loss”, both major contributing processes to soil degradation.
| Brand | Mendip Shavings |
|---|---|
| Bedding Type | Wood |
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