I have a horse that does not like salt and won't
eat it or lick it free choice or block. Add a dash to his grain, he refuses
to eat! So I put a small white salt block in his grain bucket. Slowly, he gets
some while eating his grain. He is not happy about it but it does get
some in him and it does slow down him eating grain.
I tried several different types of loose salt before I found
one that a) wouldn't turn to mush in the FL summer humidity and b) they
would eat. Table salt didn't work. Kosher rock salt worked pretty well but
it is expensive. What seems to work best is the stuff ABC sells, the
"Redmond salt." It's coarse enought that it doesn't turn to mush in
the summer (if I don't put too much out at one time) and not as expensive
as the rock salt.
Different horses eat different amounts. The one
that eats the least is also the one that needs the most feed so he gets
more in his feed. A 50 pound salt block would last me over a year and most
likely as much was lost from the rain as the horses licking it. Right now
with seven horses I go through about 160 to 200 pounds with 7 horses in a
year.
>My
horses hardly consume any free choice salt. I supply several kinds too: loose,
redmond, white brick and trace brick. They tend to eat the trace brick the
most though, but it takes two horses months to finish one 4lb
brick... >Becky > >
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