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High Country Plastics Slow Feeder Saver

Around The Farm
#1

Does anyone know of a retailer with High Country Plastics Slow Feeder Savers in stock? I’ll take either the Jr or regular size. I’ve been trying to find one but the online retailers I’ve found and contacted have an estimated ship time of 2-6 months. Many of the others that used to have them don’t even carry them anymore (like Smartpak). They have a similar product in Europe that will be in stock in early February, but it’s double the price and I have no idea what the heck shipping would be.

And while I wish I could make one, I am NOT handy with building projects. And the gelding it’s for is accident prone, so that combo is probably bad!

#2

No idea of that kind, but we ordered two of these, don’t have those horses any more, never used them, one is still in the original box it came in.
If you can use something like that …

https://www.bigdweb.com/product/code/HF005.do?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzvS43vW-9QIVUBXUAR1hOAEyEAQYEyABEgKkYvD_BwE

#3

How much??? I’m interested. I would take both.

#4

Two for one? I PM you.

#5

interesting… I can see two of my geldings throwing that thing all over the paddock. I’d have to secure it to a fence. But it looks clever

#6

Would not know, never had a chance to use them, but others that have them seem to be happy with those.

#7

I have the helix feeder. It would definitely need to be attached to something if you used it outside - I only use it inside and my horse definitely tosses it all around her stall. But it seems pretty sturdy. I’ve had mine two years now and it’s still in good shape. It works well, but it can be a little fiddly to attach the grate when it’s really full.

#8

I also have the Helix Feeder. I stopped using it since my horse chucked it all over the place since she gets irritated with slow feeders but it did work.

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#9

Yeah, I definitely need a high country or maybe a savvy feeder. However the savvy feeders are 2x the price.
Maybe I should go into the plastic injection molding business….

#10

They’ve been hard to find for the past year or so, but my local farm store contacted the mfg directly and was able to get two in stock for me within a month. You could always ask the manager of your local feed store and see if something like that can be arranged.

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#11

It would be much more economic to buy some wood and build one. Maybe adapt a heavy duty shipping crate.

#12

Yeah, I know. The problem is that I’m not very handy with building things of that sort, and this horse is so accident prone I’m afraid the wood could be too sharp.

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#13

Stateline Tack has it in stock. Personally, I have 2 of them and I LOVE them.

https://www.statelinetack.com/item/high-country-plastics-slow-feeder-saver-jr/E017023/?srccode=GPSLT&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7_mSssvF9QIVigytBh1TbQA_EAQYASABEgJUH_D_BwE

#14

It is much more economic for you (general) to sew your own clothes but we do not go on every thread where someone asks what brand of breeches or show coat to buy for their body shape and tell them to sew them.
I think once a person admits they are not handy it is silly to tell them to make it.

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#15

A friend uses those without the grid, as regular feeders, but if a horse were to need restricted eating, he can add the grid to it’s feeder.

I would worry about horse’s teeth wear if thru a metal grate is how they have to eat all the time.
With those, they used to be metal, now they specify is a webbed insert?

#16

https://www.pleasantridge.ca/index.php/hay-saver.html

#17

Unfortunately, although SL doesn’t state this in the webpage, the shipping date for the Jr. I just ordered is estimated at 3-21-22. Hope it gets here earlier.

I have two of the large size and also love them. The horse that flings hay gets hers with the nylon grid. Doesn’t slow rate of consumption much (not an issue with this horse) but virtually eliminates wasted hay. If someone wanted to use a smaller mesh size, I’m sure a piece of haynet could be substituted for the nylon grid.

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#18

Thanks, Cashmans is still on back order, the bottom one is in store pickup only. I’ve personally used the porta grazer before and I wasn’t a big fan because of the fact that they have to stick their head inside of it. Some of the horses didn’t care, but some of them really didn’t like that, and just knowing my horse I don’t think he would be happy with that.
The savvy feeder is the closest I can find, but it has some sharp items sticking off of it. And my horse is so accident prone. He once cut himself with a D ring bit, and the vet had to come to give him stitches. So I’m really leery of that.

#19

I think they switched all of them to a webbed insert a few years ago. I also didn’t love the metal inserts, but weirdly enough they didn’t seem to cause any issues. The hay kind of sprouted up past the bars so the horses would just ‘graze’ without touching the metal. The issue only arose when you had that one horse who acted as though he had been starved to death.

#20

The junior size has always had a nylon webbing. Only the big one had a metal grate.

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