hi

ive used the turnip on a rope befor and sparkie loved it he also seems to enjoy the likit thing that mounts to the wall ( Likit Tongue Twister : Central Saddlery - Shop For Horse Rugs, Clothing, Tack, Saddles )
it lasts a bit longer than some of the other toys iv had for him but every horse iv had has been different

i have a stable mate. the whole string likit, ball with 2 likits in and NONE of my horses have touched them.

Both my horses loved their footballs and it causes a lot of noise LOL

and Gypsy Lady LOVES swede on a rope. lasts her a couple of days and at
50p a swede i would rather pay for that than the likits!

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Hey,
ARGHHHH, I Know how you feel, my friends horse used to get so bored he'd eat the doors! But when she installed Mirrors the horse was facinated by himself in the mirror he hardly moved.

I hope that helped?
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mirrors are good i used to have them in my stable not glass ones a plastic type you can get for stables

When I had my horse years ago we used to hang all sorts from the room. Turnips and big carrots were her favourits. Also try getting the haylage nets the ones with the small holes then put one inside the other and put their hay in that. It takes a lot longer for them to eat their hay as the holes are only tiny. Another thing if you can is not hanging the haynets near to a wall so it is harder for them to grab the hay and I used several small ones rather than putting all her hay into one net. Roxy would box walk if she was left in all day for more than a couple of days so I would turn her out as much as I could during the day.

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All of the above are great ideas, although I would agree with the able bobbing etc, probably best to only do this when there is someone on the yard.

I share your problems with the Likits, the last chap I had used to polish of a likit in less than a day normally, just bit straight in to it and ate it in chunks, which wasn't ideal, and not too good for them! So again, in agreement with the swede, apples etc hanging from the stable bars etc, although make sure you use something thick enough (we used old lead ropes) that won't snap and risk them either eating any of the twine etc by accident or end up getting it wrapped around legs etc!

The Likit Tongue Twister is great too, and usually prevents horses biting it all straight away!!

And I'm sure you already are, but small hole haynets/haylege nets are generally better as it takes the horses longer to eat them. Roma Horse Play balls are quite good too

Ideally though, nothing beats getting them out of the box (obviously weather permitting, I know last year with all the snow and ice it just wasn't even safe to get them out of their box) even if its just to lunge 20 mins in the morning, school in the evening etc etc (assuming you have floodlights in your school), and then grooming and interation when you can

Ah the joys of winter!!

Hello Mel put a mirror in your horses stable any equine who has company is far happier than enclosed by 4 sides having a mirror will lead your horse to think she has company also a apple tree log available to chew will keep her happy to all horses have a need to chew,a salt lick and honey lick is nice to and a radio playing low helps to hope this helps .