Re: [RC] Study on electrolyte/ulcers; Now Colic? - Dabney Finch
Dawn wrote:
And I've
certainly never seen a horse colic after being given a dose of elytes!
Dabney responds:
I haven't either, but I did cause a tummy
ache once (just not to the colic stage) from too much elyting. I learned a
valuable lesson, and am much more careful and conservative now with my e-lyting
program (which, for the record, is just like Joe's. I have loose salt
available in the horses' paddocks and never e-lyte except in
races. If anyone wants to know why I'm so adamant about that, email
me.)
In a message dated 3/23/2006 6:03:51 PM Central
Standard Time, heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> I agree...it does start to sound a bit like that
sometimes. My horses have never stopped eating because of elytes...in
fact, they generally go right back to eating whatever they were
eating.
Count yourself lucky. I've seen too many to
count, who, following a big dose of e-lytes, have not only stopped eating
but have in some cases gone on to cramp and/or colic as a
result.
No, I don't count myself lucky...I know plenty
of other horses that aren't particularly bothered by being dosed with
elytes. I think maybe those whose horses go off their feed after a dose
of elytes, rather than having the "take care of themselves" attitude to
continue eating should count themselves as unlucky. Dawn
