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I once knew a horse that got quite sick from being given e'lytes daily. 
 He wasn't ridden much at all and was being given a fairly hefty dose. 
 Can't remember what his symptoms were but when the vet figured out 
that he was being given tack store e'lytes daily & said to stop, the 
horse recovered.
laney

Rae Callaway wrote:
> Reason I'm asking is that I have a boarder - a first time horse owner - who
> is insisting that I feed her horse electrolytes in his feed.  Along with
> several other supplements.  I told her in the beginning that I wouldn't be
> adding the electrolytes because I didn't feel it was good for the horse, but
> now she's started prepackaging the supplements and I don't know what all is
> in there anymore, except for the neon pink tack store electrolytes.  If I'm
> going to take a stand on this, I'd like some facts to back it up.
>
> Rae
> Tall C Arabians - Central
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 7:16 PM
> To: Rae Callaway
> Cc: ridecamp
> Subject: RE: [SPAM] [RC] Electrolytes - as a supplement
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> > Can someone explain to me why giving electrolytes as a daily supplement is
>
> a
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> > good idea?
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> As someone who doesn't think it is a good idea to supplement healthy
> horses daily with electrolytes, no, I can't explain why it is a good
> idea...  :-)   It's good to have some sort of a salt supplement
> available to them free choice, but IMO it is healthier to leave it up
> to them to use it, instead of putting it in their feed.
>
> Heidi
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