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Sylvia -
It's easy to make generalizations based on local experience... It sounded pretty much par for the course at the hot humid rides I attend along the eastern seaboard. Maybe that's not true where you normally ride! Of course, it is also very horse-specific.
We also use the Lyte Now in the same quantities and haven't had a horse show any signs of GI distress. Pre-ride, we give enduralytes (1 scoop) the night before and the morning of the ride. They get 26cc of Lyte Now every 2-3 hrs depending on the heat/humidity/speed, and more enduralytes (1 scoop) in their evening feeding. Most of our rides are in rugged mountain terrain, so we are usually out there for around 8 hrs on a 50 - middle of the pack speed.
No thumps, good recoveries, and much better hydration on this schedule for us. I had expected better gut motility, but I haven't really seen a difference. My theory was that 'lytes would encourage more water intake allowing easier passage of the gut's contents. We still have B's for gut sounds at the first check (usually around 12-15 miles), but they steadily improve as the day goes by. One vet mentioned that it was because the horse was excited and pumping so much blood to the muscles in the ride's beginning that the gut was on the poor end of the blood supply. As the ride progressed & the horse settled in, this improved. (I'm sure the piggy I ride helped with grazing, too.)
Linda
-----Original Message-----
From: Dbeverly4@aol.com [mailto:Dbeverly4@aol.com]
In a message dated 6/18/99 12:05:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
DabneyEsq@cs.com writes:
<< Every two hours, religiously, we gave our guys 20cc of Lyte Now
electrolytes
This sounds like a lot of electrolytes to me. I normally give 1 26cc syringe
in the a.m., then another at lunch. Then powdered electrolytes in his bran
mash post ride.
Sylvia
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