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RE: [RC] Electrolytes - heidiSalt blocks, IMO are for cows with a tongue that is rough. Free choice minerals that are loose are for horses with a smooth tongue. Not sure why a rough tongue is a factor here, since it is the saliva that "melts" a bit of the block on each lick. Horses seem to do just fine with block salt. The main thing is not to get varieties that have ingredients added specifically for cows. I tried loose salt here one year, and it just sat in the pastures and got soggy. They much prefered the block. As it is, my endurance horses don't consume much from a block, either--but then when you consider the quantities of grass hay they eat, even losing fair amounts in sweat, they just are not building a deficit. While the sweat losses of e-lytes are pretty amazing, the amounts in grass hay are likewise pretty amazing, particularly when you figure how much reserve the horse carries in the hindgut. When ridden to how they are conditioned, even if that means running up front on a horse properly conditioned and capable of doing so, unless the conditions are extreme, needing "not much" still translates to "zero" when you do the math. I do realize that some horses just aren't very efficient with their lytes--but really, many don't even need "not much." Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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