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[RC] Low Tech and electrolytes - rides2farThe vet check was at 35 miles into the 50. We came in, Lud's horse drank a little and I gave him a full dose of electrolytes (dumb!) The horse soon started thumping, then went into a full colic and had to have fluids IV. First, you'd never see a ride with a first (and only) check at 35 miles around here. Second...if the horse needed electrolytes, it was probably pretty late. On rides like this, does Heidi carry around 40 lbs of hay in a feed bag? How does a horse *start* thumping because of electrolytes? If thumping is caused by a horse becoming alkaline and low calcium, how does adding it *cause* thumps (unless you used the feed store brand that is for horses that are acidic)? If you wait till something's already going wrong, then give them, does that mean they caused the original problem? P.S. On the "Low Tech" rode with a heart monitor for awhile and got the feel of what different rates felt like, so I could better understand the training articles. Don't bother now since terrain regulates my speed more than heart rate. 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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