Ever
look up at the ceiling of your barn?
What do you see? Mostly likely
you are going to see one of the most dangerous threats to your barn. Every night while your horses are resting,
spiders are busy at work spinning webs.
These webs over time start to collect dust and start to hang
downward. There are some people who
believe that these cobwebs are a good thing because they trap insects such as
flies. This could not be further from
the truth. The truth is that cobwebs are
very dangerous. If a cobweb is touching
a burning lightbulb without a safety shield, the heat from the lightbulb can
cause the cobweb to ignite. Once the
cobweb is ignited a chain reaction starts.
Cobwebs act as a burning passageway from one end of your barn to the
other. It only takes seconds for the
fire to travel through the webbing. As
the cobweb burns it will fall to the floor of your barn starting new
fires. If a burning piece of cobwebbing
fell into a stall with dry bedding, you would have approximately 90 seconds
before the stall would burn completely.
This only gives you about 30 seconds to get your horse out without
injury. This is a horrific
reality. Take the time to knock down
cobwebs in your barn. It is not a
glamourous task but one that could possibly save your horse’s life.
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