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I keep out loose salt where they can get it 24/7. Seven horses go 
through beween 60 and 80 pounds a year. In the summer in the tropics 
they will go through a pound or two a week.

Truman

Jeannie Gillen wrote:

> I live in "cattle country" and the cowboys here tell me the horse's 
> tongue isn't as rough as the cows .... so they (the horses) don't 
> always get enough salt from a salt lick...I've been pouring loose salt 
> in their feed bins during this heatwave...some eat it, some don't.
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Cynthia Eyler <mailto:eylerca@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>     *To:* 'Ridecamp (E-mail)' <mailto:ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     *Sent:* Friday, August 05, 2005 2:30 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [RC] loose salt
>
>     Sometimes salt bricks/blocks just aren't enough.  The owner of the
>     farm where my gelding lives alternates white and mineral blocks
>     outdoors for the horses, but my guy also needs loose white salt in
>     his grain/beetpulp meals.
>      
>     Generally my horse is a good drinker.  For instance, on the few
>     winter nights when they're in their stalls because of really
>     horrible weather, he drinks almost all of the water in his bucket
>     before it can freeze.
>      
>     But in the fall of 2003, he had a mild impaction colic.  My
>     normally voracious eater came in at dinner time and wasn't
>     interested in food.  Giant red flag.  After the vet had treated my
>     horse, he suggested that I add loose white salt to his supplement
>     baggies, and so far we've had no further problems.
>      
>     Cindy
>      


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