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RE: [RC] Wood/bark chewing - Snodgrass, BonnieGood Luck! I have an Arab mare that eats dirt and wood like it is going out of style. She has a couple of different grass hays in front of here 24/7, gets a very well-rounded vit/min supplement 2xday, has free choice access to a very tasty mineral mix that they all consume, has salt added to her grain, gets Se/E and she still goes for dirt like crazy and every form of wood other than the oak barn. She has a taste for these things and the other two have learned these irritating habits from her. I have tried three different mineral mixes. The only one they will really eat is a block that has mollasses and some grain meal in it. I also tried supplementing with Magnesium oxide. Even when out on green grass she will dig up sod to get to the dirt. Very destructive!!!!! Good thing my spouse's shotguns are locked up. Probably saved the lives of a few kids on ATVs also. Bonnie Snodgrass -----Original Message----- From: Ramspott.Kathy [mailto:Kathy.Ramspott@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 12:20 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Wood/bark chewing I've finally narrowed down who is chewing up the board fence and the bark off the trees. It is the arabian mare. She gets grain, has free access to hay and pasture and a mineral salt block. Should I look into additional mineral/vitamin additives to her daily grain ration? She has 3 companions so should not be bored, gets worked 3 - 4 x per week. I will be asking the vet when he comes out monday for their wnv boosters but thought I'd ask you folks too. Kathy R -----Original Message----- From: Snodgrass, Bonnie [mailto:snodgrab@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 6:34 AM To: 'RhndLev@xxxxxx'; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [RC] eating electrolytes There's quite a bit of sugar and lemon flavoring in Perform N Win. That is what attracts him. My horses are the same way. But as a friend found out, NEVER count on your horses willingness to voluntarily consume electrolytes. That's when they will turn their nose up at them. Plan on giving them what you have determined that they need based on conditions. If they will consume some of this mixed in a bucket of water great! But still know how much has gone into them and how much more you want in them. Have your dosing syringe handy. Bonnie Snodgrass -----Original Message----- From: RhndLev@xxxxxx [mailto:RhndLev@xxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 9:24 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] eating electrolytes I just recently starting using Perform N Win electrolytes. Today, after a fairly short ride (although we were working in plowed fields some of the time), I was messing around with my new guy and offered him some Perform N Win electrolytes in my hand. He licked them all up. I scooped up another palmful; he ate them all again. Another palmful; same deal. 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