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Because Shavings & Sawdust are disappearing from the World Markets many Horse Owners like you are searching for alternatives. New Bedding Suppliers are springing up like weeds offering Shredded Paper, Card Board, even manufacturers of Wood Pellets for Heating are mixing them with zeolite, others are just bagging Wood Heating Pellets in Horse Bedding Bags. Change the Package and Charge the Horse Owner More seems to be the trend.

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Horse owners looking for an inexpensive source of stall bedding or arena footing are well-advised to avoid free wood chips that may be offered to farms and townships near wooded areas being cleared for home construction and power lines. The reason for concern is that many wooded areas being cut, especially along the Illinois/Wisconsin border, contain significant numbers of black walnut trees known to be very toxic to horses. Wood chips or shavings containing as little as 5 percent black walnut have been found to cause laminitis (founder), which can result in debilitation or death of the horse.

Recent reports have suggested that greater than normal cutting and chipping of trees for power line installation is occurring in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin this summer, so horse owners in this region should not be tempted to use these potentially dangerous wood products anywhere near their animals. The potential for harm is not limited to this region, so due caution should always be exercised whenever wood products are used for horse bedding or arena flooring. Horse owners should obtain wood shavings or chips that are guaranteed to be free of toxic black walnut.

Wood Pellets are made for heating not bedding horses. Some Wood Pellets are made from hard woods which may be very toxic, dangerous and even deadly for horses. Even some Softwood Pellets may have binders and other chemicals to enhance combustion and binding. Some Wood Pellets are made from wood recycling projects where there is no way of knowing what chemicals were in the wood or what wood species are in the Wood Pellets.