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On the other hand, the reason that it works as a laxative is because it isn't absorbed and therefore pulls fluids back into the bowel--so it isn't doing you any good as a magnesium supplement, either. 

 

And even though you might have to give more than you're apt to put into an e-lyte mix to have an appreciable laxative effect on a constipated horse, it is still not a very smart thing to put into a horse's gut when you're trying so hard to get fluids from the gut into the circulation and cells.

 

Heidi

...however, I have used
magnesium sulfate (i.e. epsom salts) as they are a dirt cheap magnesium
supplement.

Truman said:

> Magnesium Sulfate is a pretty powerful laxative. I'm not
> sure that's a good idea unless needed as a laxative.

You would have to give an awful lot of it for it to have any appreciable
laxative effects on a horse.  

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