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RE: [RC] Re. calcitonin - Mcgann, BarbaraI don't believe it would be a problem with short term ingestion. Just like you can feed extra alfalfa on ride day, the horse should be OK with high calcium water if hes using it. The way I understand it, and I am truly a laymen here...is that the long term ingestion of high calcium levels puts their body to sleep. They have way too much ca so they go to storing it. Then when the body is stressed and calling for more calcium, they can't produce it quickly. I am paraphrasing what the vets have tried to explain to me. This is the same reasoning that goes with the suggestion that you feed grass hay up until a day or so ahead of the ride, and then feed alfalfa at the ride. We had hundreds of blood tests done. Our horses showed a terrible imbalance in their ca/phos and ca/potassium ratios. For instance, if ca/phos is supposed to be 3 to 1 or even 2 to 1, our ratios were 8 to 1. We would change feeds for several weeks and retest. Same #'s. Add supplements and retest. Same #'s. When we finally changed the water, voila, our horses ratios are down to 3 to 1. Barb McGann -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of rides2far@xxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 12:24 PM To: Mcgann, Barbara Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [RC] Re. calcitonin Finally had our water tested, it was super high in CA. (don't have the test results here, so can't quote #'s). We had a water softener installed on our horse lines. That was the magical bullet. Have not had a tie-up since and we have had at least 5 horses competing from our ranch since. None of them have had one slight problem.-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Sooo, the water being high in CA affected the horses' ability to utilize CA right? So, if you happened to go to a ride that had well water that was high in CA that wouldn't cause a problem short term, right? Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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