Ridecamp: Re: [RC] colic/electolytes??? long

If you can get your hands on some Perform 'N Win (distributed by Buckeye
Feeds), you can probably get both water and electrolytes into your horse.
Most, though not absolutely all, horses love a bucket of PNW and water -- my
gelding just slurps it down.  According to the link from www.runningbear.com
for detailed info on PNW, Gayle Ecker (see
http://www.horsestudies.com/instructor.htm#gayle if you don't know who she
is) says that if you use enough water you can't overdose on PNW.

Cindy

> He [the vet] said we
> should get him electolytes. I think I read here
> that electrolytes are for preventing dehydration,
> and it's bad to give them to a horse that's
> already dehydrated. Is this right? I tried
> finding it in the archives but couldn't. If it's
> bad to give him electrolytes how can I get him to
> drink?


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