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“The problem with wood shavings is availability,” explains Ross McArthur, manufacturer of Perma Stall Plus. “Quality wood is expensive, so more and more wood based bedding products are just dust. You’re also finding that a lot of the wood used to create wood bedding is second-hand fencing, which means it is most likely pressure treated wood that has been treated with arsenic.” Perma Stall Plus is made from commercial grade rice hulls that have been twice-cleaned, then coated in an antibacterial and a coagulant. The coagulant helps draw urine to the bottom of the bedding, reducing the ammonia smell and it helps pull the urine away from the horse. Perma Stall Plus also has an added drying agent and With over 100 million tons of rice produced a year, rice hulls are a natural, renewable resource. More impressive is that despite the vast amounts of rice produce, using rice hulls can reduce a facilities’ muck by 70 percent, says Ross. Less to haul off helps reduce maintenance cost and cuts labor expenses. “Essentially what we have created is a kitty litter for horses. Unlike wood or other shavings, the hulls slip right through the rake, so they remain in the stall and don’t end up wasted in the haul-off pile. If you remove the solid waste twice a day from the stall, you can leave the wet spot there for days or even weeks. It all depends on the horse, the size of the stall and the time of year.” Ross goes on to say that Perma Stall Plus also creates a far healthier stall environment for horses as it is non-allergenic and reduces dust. He has spoken with several physiotherapists that have found that the horses in their care on Perma Stall Plus require fewer adjustments than those on more traditional beddings. Perma Stall Plus is available in bulk or bag across California, New Mexico, Phoenix, AZ, and coming soon to Colorado, Oregon and Washington. “We have a lot of long term customers,” says Ross. “We set the prices for each barn for the entire year, so you’ll never see a sudden increase half way through the year. In some cases, the prices will even be lower in the second year.”
For more information on Perma Stall Plus visit www.permastallplus.com, call 760-274-4325 or e-mail ross@permastallplus.com.
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