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HOWEVER, Lud's horse was always a poor drinker and had not drunk any water 
until that 35 mile vet check.  It is not terribly unusual for a multi-day 
ride to have only one vet check.  All the multi-day rides I've ever done had 
only one vet check.  And...I've done a few where the only vet check WAS at 
35 miles because there was no way to access the trail anywhere else.
As for Lud's horse, he did not drink that day at the one water stop before 
the vet check, and when he arrived at the vet check, he drank too little 
before I gave him his electrolytes.  It was my error, but only because I 
knew too little about e-lytes.  That one experience left me with the feeling 
that I may never use e-lytes again.  I feel that maybe less is 
better....just lots of good hay, and some extra grain-beetpulp-rice bran 
slurry on a ride day.  I'm not convinced that horses need all the extra 
supplements that are available now.  A wise vet once told me, "The more 
products there are on the market designed to cure (fill in the blank), only 
indicates that no one has discovered a real cure."

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Truman Prevatt" <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rides2far@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Low Tech and electrolytes


> rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > The vet check was at 35
> > > miles into the 50.  We came in, Lud's horse drank a little and I gave him 
> > > a full dose of electrolytes (dumb!)  The horse soon started thumping, 
> > > then went into a full colic and had to have fluids IV.
> >
> > First, you'd never see a ride with a first (and only) check at 35 miles
> > around here.
> And if it were just about every vet around here would tell you to be off 
> and electrolyting on the trail. For a 35 mile stretch I would probably 
> electrolyte twice on the trail. Small doses often to avoid large swings in 
> the electrolyte balance.
>
> Truman
>
>
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