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Re: [RC] elytes,salt,and supplements - heidiMy old guy won't touch free choice salt in any form. I give him 1 tbsp in his grain and he seems fine with that. Sometimes I wonder if this means there is enough salt content in our local hay and maybe I'm overdosing him?... Can you even get hay tested for salt content? Forages are the natural source of essential e-lytes. I can also give my personal experience from when I was running marathons and ultras. I never used any type of electrolyte other than in the gatorade/water drink I carried (1/3 gatorade 2/3 water) but I did have a problem with my hands swelling on long runs. So I tried an electrolyte tablet on a 22 mile training run. It made my mouth dry and I was nauseous pretty much the whole run. That is pretty much my feeling when I even eat salty things at rides--and if it makes me feel that yucky, it is no wonder some horses go off-feed when forced to take e-lytes as well. If I do use e-lytes, it is usually at about 1/3 of the recommended dosage. I do think they encourage him to drink sooner on a ride... I just LOVE it when I pull up at a water tank or creek with another rider, and their horse drops its head and drinks, and mine drops its head and drinks, and the other rider says, "Man! Look at those electrolytes kick in!" It is all I can do not to laugh, because my horse is invariably drinking swallow for swallow with theirs, and never had a speck of e-lytes--just good food. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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