Re: Carbo Rat Bombs OD

["Randall Aldridge" <limberlost@worldnet.att.net>]

Hi Angela,

That Texas lady is me.  Yes I do pre-load electrolytes before a ride. 
Usually I give 1/2 doses a.m. & p.m. starting the day before I leave.  I
don't feel that I over did it during the ride either: when I dosed the 2
times on trail it was about 1 oz. & 2-3oz at the vet check. (I didn't think
she needed more). Keep in mind this was an EXTREMELY hot & humid ride. 
This was also the first time Khali had ever had any problems of any kind
during a ride (2yrs worth w/ ~ 1 ride a month).  I do feel that the
Enduralytes did not work for her.  Previously I had been using Lytenows & a
home mix at all her other rides w/no problems.  This time I thought I
should use a commercial formula instead of home brew.  Before & since this
ride she has done great.  
I don't blame all our problems at the ride on the electrolytes I used but I
do think they played a big part.
Also, I don't know about other parts of the country, but here in Texas & on
the Gulf Coast electrolytes play an big role in getting your horse thru a
ride.  Ask any of our ride vets & riders.  We are also having one of the
hottest summers on record this year w/heat indexes well into the teens &
twenties. (Maybe even higher, at least it sure feels that way!)
Please keep in mind too that this is only my opinion.  No flames intended
at all.  I am still learning & each time I think I've got it, I find I
still know next to nothing.  I know there are a lot of people out there w/a
lot more knowledge than I'll ever have but I feel that what I do works for
my horse so far.  If I learn of something that works better, makes sense,
or works better for my horse I'm certainly willing to make any changes
necessary to keep my horse in the best health & condition.  

Christina & Khali (how hot can it get?!)
Houston, TX
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> From: Angela C. McGhee <rides2far@juno.com>
> To: vmaxept@cococo.net
> Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: Re: Carbo Rat Bombs OD
> Date: Sunday, August 02, 1998 10:31 AM
> 
> Roger, 
> I cut out all the times you mentioned electrolytes or pro-biotics below. 
> Do you always feed so much electrolytes and pro-biotics?  The only time
> my horse ever sees them is in competition.  I noticed on a post a week or
> two ago where a lady was describing her horse (in Texas maybe?) colicing
> after the ride that it seemed like every other line she was dosing her
> horse....several days before the ride, and all the way through it.  She
> mentioned that when it finally got over the hump it drained the water
> tank.  Sounds like it had way too many electrolytes in the system to me,
> but I think she thought it might need even more.  
> 
> I know very little about pro-biotics, except that when I gave them during
> a competition his gut sounds improved.  It just seems like maybe the
> electrolyes and the pro-biotics are performing tasks that good old hay
> ought to be doing in a normal environment, so it might throw off the
> body's natural urge to do the natural thing???
> 
> Angie & Kaboot
> 
> >She was having COLIC like symptoms and sore muscles - like sort of 
> >tying
> >up.
> 
> >  Dose electolytes/pro-bi
> 
> >more pro-bi
> 
> >
> .Electrolytes in the 
> >beetpulp
> 
> 
> >Walk about -eager ate grass, guts sound ok. Gave a 30cc dose of 
> >pro-bi.
> 
> >Dose electrolytes.  Then more colic symptoms, more
> >walking more pro-bi. 
> >
> 
> > but her trot was stiff and stilted behind, did not like to be
> >palpitated. The gaskin and hams were touchy.
> 
> >She drank and ate ok. Sloppy beetpulp/oats/electolytes/pro-bi.
> 
> 
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