Re: RC: RC: Loose Salt (was No Sweat)

[Suzanne Mounts <mountss@usfca.edu>]

At 02:44 PM 5/27/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Barb Peck bpeck@together.net
>Barb Peck
>bpeck@together.net
>
>In the feed stores here, you can buy red block salt, or
>red loose salt.

I switched to the plain white salt blocks a couple of years ago when I
accidentally discovered that my mare *much* preferred them to the red block
salt.  As a semi-urban horse owner (Oakland, CA), I don't have real feed
stores readily available. :(  That's why I was wondering if the salt in the
white salt blocks is the same as table salt.  It is a lot easier to find a
grocery store around here than a feed store.



>
>After being a long-time block user (and still am) I now
>offer it loose also.
>
>You can approximate the daily consumption by how long the
>block lasts (if it's covered). 
>
>If your not sure if the horse needs more than he gets
>from a block, get a small shallow feed pan & hang it off the
>stall wall and put 3 or 4 oz. at a time in it.
>This way you can tell if he eats it or not.
>
>Barb
>
>
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