Comments on: Figuring out how much salt my horse needs each day http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2010/01/figuring-salt-horse-day/ miscellaneous musings about horses, health and life in general Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Salt http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2010/01/figuring-salt-horse-day/comment-page-1/#comment-5108 Salt Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:49:03 +0000 http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=4951#comment-5108 [...] Figuring out how much salt my horse needs each day | Karen's Musings & Endurance Ride Stuff This was interesting... Seems to suggest horses in work need a lot more salt than I at least thought they did! __________________ "Curiousity is the very basis of education, and if you tell me that curiousity killed the cat, I say only that that the cat died nobly". Arnold Edinborough. [...] [...] Figuring out how much salt my horse needs each day | Karen's Musings & Endurance Ride Stuff This was interesting… Seems to suggest horses in work need a lot more salt than I at least thought they did! __________________ "Curiousity is the very basis of education, and if you tell me that curiousity killed the cat, I say only that that the cat died nobly". Arnold Edinborough. [...]

]]> By: gp http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2010/01/figuring-salt-horse-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4907 gp Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:38:25 +0000 http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=4951#comment-4907 as usual.. great information ... thanx for conversion link 2 happy salty trails gp as usual.. great information … thanx for conversion link 2

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]]> By: KD http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2010/01/figuring-salt-horse-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4861 KD Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:18:04 +0000 http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=4951#comment-4861 Interesting info - thanks. I've been adding a couple of tablespoons a day of regular table salt to my mares' feed because I was told it would help keep them drinking plenty when it is cold and help replace what they sweat out in the summer. They also get a white salt block which takes them a long time to finish. Interesting info – thanks. I’ve been adding a couple of tablespoons a day of regular table salt to my mares’ feed because I was told it would help keep them drinking plenty when it is cold and help replace what they sweat out in the summer. They also get a white salt block which takes them a long time to finish.

]]> By: Crysta http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2010/01/figuring-salt-horse-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4855 Crysta Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:09:36 +0000 http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=4951#comment-4855 One thing that I've noticed is that it seems some horses just need/want more salt than others in their diet too. Maybe just like some people prefer more salty food? My one horse, who I was doing endurance rides on, including 100-milers, NEVER touched his loose salt or his salt block. I would check the loose salt to see if he'd left a nose print or moved it around, nada. I ended up dumping it out when it got full of dust and was never eaten. My newer, young horse, who hasn't done more than about 10 miles yet - LOVES salt and will happily crunch his way through a salt block or lick up loose salt that I put out. I'm wondering if he's going to need more aggressive elyte supplementation during rides than my older horse did (which was hardly any/none). One thing that I’ve noticed is that it seems some horses just need/want more salt than others in their diet too. Maybe just like some people prefer more salty food? My one horse, who I was doing endurance rides on, including 100-milers, NEVER touched his loose salt or his salt block. I would check the loose salt to see if he’d left a nose print or moved it around, nada. I ended up dumping it out when it got full of dust and was never eaten. My newer, young horse, who hasn’t done more than about 10 miles yet – LOVES salt and will happily crunch his way through a salt block or lick up loose salt that I put out. I’m wondering if he’s going to need more aggressive elyte supplementation during rides than my older horse did (which was hardly any/none).

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