Small Animals Cages & Bedding

Proteq Equine Bedding is a premium wood based product manufactured in Australia from untreated softwood shavings and sawdust, which are by-products of the sustainably managed Australian softwood timber industry.

Proteq is heat processed to ensure the highest quality clean bedding is delivered to your stables. Specifically developed for the Equine industry, Proteq has superior benefits in comparison to traditional bedding. Its ease of use, super absorbency and health benefits to horses means that you and your stabled mates will be very happy using Proteq.

The wood pellets are made from softwood sourced from well-managed FSC accredited sustainably managed plantations, which makes Proteq environmentally friendly.

Proteq is an all-natural product that is hygienically clean and super absorbent ensuring a healthy long-lasting alternative to shavings, rice, paper or straw bedding.

How to use Proteq Equine Bedding:

Initial Stable Setup: Using Proteq Equine Bedding is easy and takes only about 30 minutes and it's ready for use. Just follow these simple steps.

Step 1:

Place approximately 16 bags of pellet bedding in a clean 4m x 4m stable with a cement or dirt floor. For rubber flooring you can set up a patch with approximately 6 bags.

Step 2:

Line up the bags along the wall, rip one corner open and follow along the seam. Add 9 litres of water per bag or fill bag with the hose until water drips out of the upper air holes. This will cause the pellets to activate (swell and fluff up).

Step 3:

After 20 minutes, the pellets will have absorbed all the water and expanded to around 3 times there original size. (Note: some pellets will not have broken down and this is normal)

Step 4:

Empty the pellets out of the bags onto the floor. The bed will transform to a soft, fluffy but dense surface.

Step 5:

Using a fork spread the bedding out evenly into the desired area on the floor and make up any banks if required.

Step 6:

Lightly water the bed for 30 seconds to help break down remaining pellets. After 10 minutes, run your fork through the bedding again to fluff it up. Total expansion of bedding can take up to 48 hours.

Stable Maintenance:

Step 1:

Remove solids and completely saturated patches daily. Proteq Equine Bedding separates from manure and remains in the stable, so less bedding is wasted and you will notice that your manure heap will be greatly reduced. Urine patches should be visualized as darker than normal bedding. When removing urine patches, only lightly shake the pitchfork to remove clean bedding. If the bedding does not easily fall through the fork it should be removed.

Step 2:

For full time stabled Horses, add 1 to 2 bags of Proteq Equine Bedding weekly to replenish the bedding removed and ensure it is evenly distributed throughout the bed. The very dirtiest permanently stabled horse may require additional bedding to be added from time to time.

Step 3:

Completely turn the bed daily and spray with water for 30 seconds. This keeps the bedding settled and at maximum efficiency.

Step 4:

Proteq Equine Bedding has fluidity similar to sand. It easily falls through a normal stable fork. To remove smaller manure particles that would usually blend into other bedding types, a pitchfork with narrower tines will be needed.

Helpful Hints:

• Warm or hot water activates the pellets much faster.
• The most effective way to set up a stable is by adding water into Proteq bags standing up for activation.
• Bedding can take up to 48 hours to fully break down and fluff up. Keep this in mind when you are tempted to add extra bedding at initial setup.
• To top up stalls pellets can both be added directly on top of bedding and watered, or two bags will fit into a standard wheelbarrow for activation.

SIZE: 15kg

Corncob bedding is an eco-friendly and innovative option for pet bedding, made from processed corncobs. It's particularly popular among small pets and provides a sustainable and comfortable bedding solution for pet owners.

Features: 
 • All natural
 • Easy cleanup
 • Ultra absorbent
 • Versatile

Hygienic, soft and sustainably sourced, Rocky Point's AniStraw is specificially produced to create healthy, comfortable and environmentally friendly habitiats for a wide range of pets and animal species.

AniStraw has been screened and dust extracted making it a soft, comfortable material for your pets to bed on.

AniStraw is a fantastic moisture absorber, capable of absorbing four times its weight in water.

It is a sustainable product that smells and looks great.

Try some today and give your four, two and no legged friends the creature comfort they deserve!

AniStraw is also ideal to be used on the garden as it will break down naturally in your home compost.

Benefits of Rocky Point AniStraw:

• All natural, clean & soft
• High moisture absorption. Can absorb up to 4 times original volume
• Screened to be free of fines and dust
• Long lasting fibre from sugar cane leaf
• Perfect for both big and small pets

SIZE:  70L

Superior Shavings Pine Wood Shavings are a natural product for use as a bedding litter for all types of animals such as birds, chickens, ducks, rabbits and guinea pigs.

The shavings are kiln dried pine that are untreated, non-toxic and have a very high absorbency rate.
The shavings have been specially screened to remove harmful fine dusts and reduce the incidence of respiratory disease in animals.

SIZE: 14kg bale

What is the SnuggleSafe heat pad?

The unique microwave heat pad, designed especially for use in animals' beds. A 210mm round disc (the size of a dinner plate), that fits into any microwave oven and snuggly into any pet’s bed. The SnuggleSafe heatpad is for use in domestic microwave ovens only. (Max 1,500 watts)

How to use the SnuggleSafe Heating pad?

Just pop it into your microwave for a few minutes, it will provide up to 10 hours of warmth. Slip it under your pet’s bedding at home, in the car or wherever it’s needed. That’s it!

SnuggleSafe Heat Pad Features:

• Safe and soothing warmth
• Non-electrical; simply heat up in your microwave
• Plate-size pad easily fits under your pet's bed
• Provides up to 10 hours of warmth
• Non-toxic thermapol compound
• Bonus Fleecy cover
• Great for a newborn kitten, pup or rabbit, not to mention hedgehogs!
• Ideal for arthritic and aging pets

PET SAFETY

There is no electric wiring to worry about so there are no nasty shocks in that department. There is no scalding water to spill out. The tough outer casing is bite resistant and hygienically wipe clean. There is no safer way to keep any animal warm and comfortable.

PERFECT FOR NEWBORN ANIMALS, CONVALESCING OR ELDERLY PETS

Ideal for every animal that needs a heat source. It’s ideal during the day – either at home or when traveling and it’s ideal at night in bed. Cats particularly love it as their favourite warm spot.

Not only domestic pet owners use it, Vets, breeders, rescue centres and rehabilitation homes across the world find SnuggleSafe a necessity. Newborn animals, elderly pets and sick animals depend on it.

It is even used by farmers to help with newborn animals such as lambs. Specialist animal care centres such as the Battersea Dogs Home in London and the Cat Protection League use SnuggleSafe every day.

You will see that after it’s third hour it retains a constant temperature of around 52 degrees C. (123 degrees F) for the next 5 hours

How Does It Work?

The key to SnuggleSafe's outstanding performance. The Thermapol™ interior undergoes a physical change of state during the heat cycle. While other conventional bedwarmers would be getting cooler, SnuggleSafe actually self generates extra heat giving an extended warmth unmatched by any other non-electric heater.

How long do SnuggleSafe Heat Pads stay warm?

The SnuggleSafe Heat Pads stays warm for up to 10 hours.

How to clean the SnuggleSafe Microwave Heat Pad?

The Snugglesafe Microwave Heat Pad is made from a plastic so it can be easily wiped clean. It comes with a removable cover that can be machine washed. The cover is made from a fleecy material that is quick drying.

All SnuggleSafe Heat Pads come with a free soft cover!