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[RC] Low Tech and electrolytes - rides2farIn the west, there are many multi-day rides that have only one vet check, and if the terrain does not permit one at about 25 miles, then it is held wherever the terrain does permit. Here's what confuses me. At one of our 50's, that horse probably would have had a 30 min. hold at 15 miles, and an hour at 25. He'd have had alfalfa, coastal, a pan of beet pulp with a little grain, carrots & apples in it and maybe lush grass available. If you're out there with really minimal forage on the trail...what gets put in their gut on these long loops? My horse's gut it pretty full when he gets his electrolytes. He often stopps at a lush spot along the trail and grabs grass before automatically picking up his trot. I can see where electrolyting on an empty stomach would be worse...but how do ya'll keep them from being empty and how are they supposed to replace them naturally with no forage on the trail? P.S. One thing I watch for is urination. Seems that if you give too many electrolytes your horse urinates more often. If he just goes once in a 50, I'm happy. If he starts going more often later in a 100 I'll back off. I remember someone out there talking about their electrolyting protocol and mentioning her horse urinating an awful lot at a ride and I wondered if since the humidity was low he wasn't just peeing those electrolytes out. Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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