Bedding material preferences of ponies (1991)

Hunter, L., Houpt, K. A.

Abstract

The ponies spent more time (66%) on the bedded area and were never observed lying on the unbedded area. .. Some ponies had a relatively strong preference for bedding, but the type of bedding preferred [wood shavings or straw] varied with the individual animal. Some individual ponies had no clear preference, but instead had a side or position preference.