Re: [RC] Study on electrolyte/ulcers; Now Colic? - Barbara McCrary
As per Dawn's comment of having never seen a
horse colic after being given a dose of electrolytes, I HAVE. Absolutely,
definitely! And it wasn't a happy sight or sound. Poor horse just
groaned with pain.
Subject: Re: [RC] Study on
electrolyte/ulcers; Now Colic?
Dawn wrote:
And I've
certainly never seen a horse colic after being given a dose of elytes!
Dabney responds:
I haven't either, but I did cause
a tummy ache once (just not to the colic stage) from too much
elyting. I learned a valuable lesson, and am much more careful and
conservative now with my e-lyting program (which, for the record, is just like
Joe's. I have loose salt available in the horses' paddocks and
never e-lyte except in races. If anyone wants to know why I'm
so adamant about that, email me.)
In a message dated 3/23/2006 6:03:51 PM
Central Standard Time, heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
writes:
> I agree...it does start to sound a bit like that
sometimes. My horses have never stopped eating because of
elytes...in fact, they generally go right back to eating whatever they
were eating.
Count yourself lucky. I've seen too many
to count, who, following a big dose of e-lytes, have not only stopped
eating but have in some cases gone on to cramp and/or colic as a
result.
No, I don't count myself lucky...I know
plenty of other horses that aren't particularly bothered by being dosed with
elytes. I think maybe those whose horses go off their feed after a
dose of elytes, rather than having the "take care of themselves" attitude to
continue eating should count themselves as unlucky. Dawn
