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Re: [RC] my horse is eating dirt... - Susan Garlinghouse, DVMTry putting out a box of loose salt and see if that changes the dirt eating habit---horses are sometimes just looking for more salt somewhere and so munch up something that tastes vaguely salty to them. Susan G ----- Original Message ----- From: <LTYearwood@xxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 8:36 AM Subject: [RC] my horse is eating dirt... hi everyone! yesterday, i had a great ride in the South Florida sunset. it was EXTREMELY humid outside, so i stopped a few times during the two-hour ride and let my horse eat grass. and seeing as how much he was sweating during the ride -- even his ears were dripping -- i also hosed his legs and chest off once (after about the first hour). so i thought i was doing everything right. but when we got back to the ranch and i put vashka out to pasture with a nice big pad of hay, vashka opted for a patch of black dirt instead. he has being doing this on a regular basis lately. i know this means he is missing some minerals somewhere. it's just that this suprises me because he gets the best of food, plenty of water, lots of turnout, and supplements that include: a probiotic, mineral powder, msn, garlic and electorlytes (once every morning.) i have been reading on this board that too many electrolytes can cause ulcers. so i stopped giving them to him more than once a day. but maybe, since it is so awfully humid here, i should give him more? how do you figure this electrolyte thing out, anyway? thanks for any help, lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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