Ridecamp: [RC] more on thumps

Great discussion!
OK, so a "slight" case of thumps means a "slight" imbalance.  In 
this mare's case, it was only observable on the left side, not the 
right, so very easy to miss.  
The cause is an imbalance, therefore the electrolyte mix I was 
administering was not "right" for her.  Back to the original question, 
do I add more Calcium?  I have done Gayle Eckert's sweat 
analysis (which is very cool) on other horses, and I would think that 
this might be a possible way to see if she excretes certain 
electrolytes more than "normal".  She is high strung and does get 
wired around other horses.
My goal here is to prevent this from happening again. I know how to 
cure it, just add Ca+, but I am still not sure in what form.  
Thanks to everyone responding to this and I hope that this is of 
interest to the list.  Certainly is ON TOPIC!
John and Sue Greenall
mailto:greenall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.vermontel.com/~greenall

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