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Re: [RC] Wood/bark chewing - Elaine Delbeke

We cut poplar trees every fall and spring and put them in for the horses
to chew to save the standing trees. They have free choice hay, free
choice salt, free choice minerals but they all prefer tree bark and
small branches at a certain time in the spring and the fall.


Wayne Delbeke


"Snodgrass, Bonnie" wrote:

Good Luck! I have an Arab mare that eats dirt and wood like it is going out
of style. She has a couple of different grass hays in front of here 24/7,
gets a very well-rounded  vit/min supplement 2xday, has free choice access
to a very tasty mineral mix that they all consume, has salt added to her
grain, gets Se/E and she still goes for dirt like crazy and every form of
wood other than the oak barn. She has a taste for these things and the other
two have learned these irritating habits from her. I have tried three
different mineral mixes. The only one they will really eat is a block that
has mollasses and some grain meal in it. I also tried supplementing with
Magnesium oxide. Even when out on green grass she will dig up sod to get to
the dirt. Very destructive!!!!!
Good thing my spouse's shotguns are locked up. Probably saved the lives of a
few kids on ATVs also.

Bonnie Snodgrass

-----Original Message-----
From: Ramspott.Kathy [mailto:Kathy.Ramspott@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 12:20 PM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] Wood/bark chewing

I've finally narrowed down who is chewing up the board fence and the bark
off the trees.  It is the arabian mare.  She gets grain, has free access to
hay and pasture and a mineral salt block.

Should I look into additional mineral/vitamin additives to her daily grain
ration?  She has 3 companions so should not be bored, gets worked 3 - 4 x
per week.

I will be asking the vet when he comes out monday for their wnv boosters but
thought I'd ask you folks too.

Kathy R

-----Original Message-----
From: Snodgrass, Bonnie [mailto:snodgrab@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 6:34 AM
To: 'RhndLev@xxxxxx'; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [RC] eating electrolytes

There's quite a bit of sugar and lemon flavoring in Perform N Win. That is
what attracts him. My horses are the same way. But as a friend found out,
NEVER count on your horses willingness to voluntarily consume electrolytes.
That's when they will turn their nose up at them. Plan on giving them what
you have determined that they need based on conditions. If they will consume
some of this mixed in a bucket of water great! But still know how much has
gone into them and how much more you want in them. Have your dosing syringe
handy.

Bonnie Snodgrass

-----Original Message-----
From: RhndLev@xxxxxx [mailto:RhndLev@xxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 9:24 PM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] eating electrolytes

I just recently starting using Perform N Win electrolytes.  Today, after a
fairly short ride (although we were working in plowed fields some of the
time), I was messing around with my new guy and offered him some Perform N
Win electrolytes in my hand.  He licked them all up.  I scooped up another
palmful; he ate them all again.  Another palmful; same deal.  After three
scoops from my hand, he nosed my hand out of the way and started eating them

out of the bucket.  This horse has free access to mineral salt and plain
salt
and this new Moorman's mineral block, but he was still just munching down on

the Perform N Win.  So, my question is, does he actually need these
electrolytes if he's eating them?  Or is it possible that he just likes the
taste?  Can I leave out "free choice" Perform N Win for him at the rides, or

will he make himself sick?

Rhonda

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