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Pete,

 

 I don't remember why, but I was told (by a vet I think) NOT to use the Dicalcium Phosphate.

No wait....might have been Angie that said that!!!   Was it you Angie????

Peter Harper <peteharper1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: rides2far@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RC] help...Angie's electrolytes
>
>
> > Can anyone (or Angie) give me her basic mix? I
> remember salt; lite 
> > salt and tums....
> > 
>
> My old recipe was "2 parts salt, 2 parts "lite salt" 1
> part calcium. 
> One
> dose = 1 film cannister.
>
> Then as a project for Josie's chemistry class we
> analyzed it and it 
> seems
> to better match up with the good commercial recipes I
> should have been
> using "No Salt" (salt substitute) rather than lite
> salt which is 1/2
> salt! So, either
>  make it 2 parts salt & 2 parts "No
> Salt" or 1 part
> salt & 3 parts Morton Lite Salt then one part calcium.
> In the past I
> would grind up Tums in the coffee grinder for the
> calcium. It smells 
> good
> and gives it a nice commercial looking color...but
> according to Lynn
> Crespo this is a bad idea and I can never remember
> what they said is a
> better source of calcium. I've just about decided that
> if they're 
> eating
> alfalfa (which they always are at a ride) they're
> getting plenty of
> calcium anyway. :-P
>
> Angie
>
> ------------------------------
> Angie,
>
> I use a similar mix. For a calcium source I buy
> dicalcium phosphate from the vet supply. It comes in
> a powdered form and easily mixes with the granular
> salt and lite salt. You also might consider adding a
> 1/4 part magnesium sulphate (Epsom salt) as a Mg
> source. This will give you a mix that is very similar
> to the popular commercial elytes at a
>  fraction of the
> cost.
>
> Pete in TX
>
>
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