Re: Carbo Rat Bombs OD

["Bill and Jane Cloud" <bjcloud@cal-micro.com>]

When we hauled horses from CA to New Mexico for the Timberon Ride this year
we electrolyed them in the morning before loading and at night after we
camped before we went to bed.  Because of the hot temps (103-105 thru
Arizona and NM) we would hose the horses off in the trailer every 150 miles
or so when we got gas.  Every gas station we stopped at had water spickets.
 We carried our own hose and spray nossle.  We stood on the wheel ledge and
hosed them off through the window. We offered them water at every stop but
we did not feed AT ALL in the trailer.  We would stop at mid day, unload,
and hay feed (oat/grass) and give them a wet mash. 
These stops were an hour to an hour and a half.  Them back on the road. 
Round trip we drove almost 3000 miles (it was very hot) and we had no
problems. 

Jane Cloud, Turlock, CA.   


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> From: K S Swigart <katswig@deltanet.com>
> To: VMAXEPT Roger Rittenhouse <vmaxept@cococo.net>
> Cc: Endurance List <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Subject: Re: Carbo Rat Bombs OD
> Date: Monday, August 03, 1998 8:17 AM
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, VMAXEPT Roger Rittenhouse wrote:
> 
> > What do you riders do for those long hauls out west?
> 
> _I_ put hay in the trailer, put the horse in the trailer, and drive.  I
> stop every 2-3 hours to offer water (pretty much whenever I stop for gas
> :)).  I will stop at rest areas for a while to let them rest, and if the
> situation warrants it will get them out.
> 
> It has never occurred to me to give my horse electrolytes for the trailer
> ride, and I have never done so.
> 
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.
>