Re: Carbo Rat Bombs OD

["Joe Long" <jlong@mti.net>]

On Sun, 2 Aug 1998 12:58:31 EDT, CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com wrote:

>I had the same feeling that Angie did when I read Roger's post--almost every
>case of colic I have seen at endurance rides (other than the Strongid C cases)
>have a history of preloading with electrolytes.  I am all in favor of having a
>free-choice electrolyte source for horses to use if they feel the need, but
>adding it to feed or water just does not make sense to me.  I know that I get
>sick just drinking diluted sports drinks that contain electrolytes.  I can
>imagine that at least SOME horses react this way, too.

I'll add my two cents and say that I had the same reaction ... why
preload electrolytes more than 24 hours before the start of an event?
It seemed to me to be way to much dosing of electrolytes.

Even for the hottest anticipated event, I never preload earlier than
the day before -- generally starting about 12 hours before start time.
Anything preloaded much earlier than that will just be passed out of
the body in the urine by the time the event starts anyway.  And I feel
that the risk of excess outweighs any potential gain.

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