Re: Humans eating mud

["Mike Sofen" <miksof7@gte.net>]

Those riders who attempt to practice their sponging technique at a gallop
often end up eating mud, and it ain't for the minerals or fiber content.

Mike Sofen
Seattle, WA

-----Original Message-----
From: Glenda R. Snodgrass <grs@TheNetEffect.com>
To: Ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Monday, November 09, 1998 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: Horses eating mud


Well, I'll throw my limited experience into the pot for curiosity's sake,
as this topic interests me too:  I discovered this summer that Lakota was
eating mud from puddles on one particular dirt road a few miles from my
barn.  He wouldn't eat mud from any other puddles on any other dirt road,
or puddles anywhere else for that matter, just this one particular dirt
road.  Every single time we went down that road.

End of summer I had complete blood work done on him, including Se test,
and he came out healthy & normal on everything, which leads me to believe
that his current supplementation schedule (which I've been on since the
spring) has him pretty well regulated, and he's not clearly deficient in
anything that can be pinpointed through bloodwork.  I figured there must
be something in the mud on that road that just tasted really good to him.
Maybe it was salty from the oyster shells?  I dunno.

Glenda & Lakota
Mobile, AL
AERC # M18819 & H27310
SE Region