My happiness, of my roommate/business partner being at work, was short-lived. she came home early and had yesterday off.
She had to go into work at 5 am this morning, so I have the last laugh.
Here in Tucson, straw is expensive and hard to find. Used to getting straw for less than $6. One feed store here has it for $10. I'm not paying that much for something they sleep on and can't really eat.
Went to our favorite feed store, that just re-opened. They are still trying to get everything in. Straw is the hardest, but the straw will be less than $8. Problem is, they won't be able to get it in until first-mid March. With Design due the beginning of Mar. and Shadow due shortly after, I had to find some type of bedding.
Alfalfa here runs between $15-18 and Burmuda around $20. The feed store we went to had burmuda for $15.50, cheapest we have seen. Told my roommate/business partner that I was going to go with that. She grumbled about using alfalfa or shavings. Had to remind her shavings is bad for foals because it can get into their nose and mouth, when still wet. The horses would just gorge on the alfalfa and get sick. They can eat the Burmuda, but it won't hurt them. She asked the owner and he said the same thing(sometimes I think she thinks I'm stupid and don't know what I'm doing). The feed store owner was willing to drop the Burmuda price a $1, if all we wanted it for was bedding. I bought three bales(one for each stall).
Turns out, I only had to use one bale for all three stalls. They didn't dive into it because they knew they were getting alfalfa for dinner. I fed them a little less alfalfa because they could nibble on their bedding. It gave them something to do during the night and gave them something soft to lay on. Their flooring consist of sand with stall matts layed down, to lessen the amount of sand they comsume.
