Red Deer on Unimat Rubber Matting

John was looking for a way to keep animals calm and safe while they’re in the sheds.

After seeing the positive effects of UniMat at a friend’s deer farm John was sure he had found the answer. Now that his concrete floors are covered with the durable rubber matting John is enjoying quieter days. More importantly, so are the animals.

“Deer react very quickly,” says John. “They make scratchy noises when they’re on the concrete and they spook one another.” Spooked animals are more likely to slip in the shed, something every deer farmer wants to avoid.

“The thicker rubber is so much better for the horses’ legs. Concrete is too hard and dangerous if they fall. Sand is not good because the horses wear a channel in it.”

– Bruce Harvey

Often putting up to 100 animals through the shed in one day it was also important to John that the matting could withstand the heavy load. While John’s matting is only 4 months old he can already see how durable it is.

“I’m very pleased I put it down”, said John. “They don’t scratch, and they don’t slip, so they don’t spook one another.”

“It wears exceptionally well,” he says.