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Re: [RC] Study on electrolyte/ulcers; Now Colic? - Barbara McCrary

As per Dawn's comment of having never seen a horse colic after being given a dose of electrolytes, I HAVE.  Absolutely, definitely!  And it wasn't a happy sight or sound.  Poor horse just groaned with pain.
 
Barbara
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Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Study on electrolyte/ulcers; Now Colic?

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.)
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Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Study on electrolyte/ulcers

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

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