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RE: [RC] Electrolyte palatability - Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVM

Sure, you could add some sugar.  And yes, the basic salt is close enough to
being the same between most endurance-formulated brands, the difference in
palatability is the added flavoring, usually dextrose or maltose or some
other sugar, plus how dilute the formulation is.  If they object to the
electrolytes, they may not like the flavoring, but more likely, a too-strong
salt solution burns their mouth or tummy or whatever and they start getting
unhappy about it, can't blame them.  Think of the difference between you
getting your daily salt quota by either using a salt shaker over darn near
everything (which is pretty much what I do in life, I happily salt
EVERYTHING), versus someone handing you a spoonful of straight salt and
making you eat that.  Ick.

There's nothing particularly special about the PNW, except that it's more
dilute per dose.  You could just as well take another formula, and add more
sugar of some sort so it doesn't wreak havoc.  Usually, almost any brand,
even the really strong ones like EnduraMax, are okay in really small doses
if they're mixed with molasses or yogurt or whatever.  Just think "salt
shaker", not "shovelful".

Does that make sense?  

Susan Garlinghouse, DVM 

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rides2far@xxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 5:00 AM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] Electrolyte palatability

I switched from Enduralytes to Perform and Win this year after watching
my friends horses take their electrolytes without fuss 


OK, this kinda gets me. *electrolytes* are the salts (Sodium Chloride &
Potassium Chloride) & calcium that we are giving the horses. Period. So I'm
assuming *salt* sort of tastes like SALT. It's not like there's a lot of
different recipes for salt. Now, if a distributor puts something more
palatable than SALT in there...like maybe...sugar...yes, I can see a horse
liking it more but it's not the electrolytes that they're liking...it's what
you diluted them with. If I want to dilute I can buy my own sugar or
whatever a whole lot cheaper can I not? Straighten me out on this Ms.
Garlinghouse. :-)

Angie


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