See if he thinks that a layer of clean straw at the bottom would help.

On the third day they even gave him a pile of clean straw.

There should be a supply of clean, dry straw, water, and some feeding facility.

And I could use some clean straw as well.

I've sent Mary out to get some clean straw.

He places a layer of clean straw covered with some rags on the cart bed.

I'll try to locate more clean straw too, while I'm about it.

He'd glanced into the shed there as he passed earlier, and seen a good pile of clean straw.

In the place marked with a clean straw she found what she was looking for.

As before, a clean straw marked a place and she opened the book to the page indicated.