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[RC] elytes,salt,and supplements - Sharon Soule

My old guy won't touch free choice salt in any form.  I give him 1 tbsp in
his grain
and he seems fine with that.  Sometimes I wonder if this means there is
enough salt
content in our local hay and maybe I'm overdosing him?...  Can you even get
hay tested for
salt content?

I can also give my personal experience from when I was running marathons and
ultras.  I
never used any type of electrolyte other than in the gatorade/water drink I
carried (1/3 gatorade
2/3 water) but I did have a problem with my hands swelling on long runs.  So
I tried an
electrolyte tablet on a 22 mile training run.  It made my mouth dry and I
was nauseous
pretty much the whole run.  The run itself went fine, just felt yucky
sucky...  I often think
about that experience when I am riding my horse now.  If I do use e-lytes,
it is usually at
about 1/3 of the recommended dosage.  I do think they encourage him to drink
sooner on a ride...

Sharon


From:     Ridecamp Guest <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [RC]   elytes,salt,and supplements


Please Reply to: Frances gumbootballet@xxxxxxx or=
ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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I ride a great big Appendix mare who hates salt and hasn't eaten=
5 lbs. of free choice salt in the last 9 years. Before I knew=
anything about elytes she did just fine with no supplements.=
Last year, having become a barn-yard chemist with a very modest=
amount of "they all do it" information, I managed to make her=
tie up after a very short ride by giving her 2 ounces of elytes=
every day for 2 weeks. After that nasty experience I've decided=
to get out of the lab and pay attention to what SHE does well=
with. Better late than never, I guess. Does anyone else have=
horses that won't touch salt if they have a choice? -Frances.




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