This message is from: jern...@mosquitonet.com
I have no trouble getting horses to drink even when it is -40 here: I have an insulated water tank with a sinking heater which is thermostat controlled. so water is never really cold. They drink fine, even more when they are getting extra hay in the very cold weather Jean in Fairbanks, Alaska where it was a warm +20 today! > We usually don't have this problem where I live but I take something we do in > very hot weather and also use it when the weather is cold. I know some people > are going to laugh and think we are crazy (which is probably not far from the > truth) but in my part of Florida, we give our horses Gatorade in the hot > weather after work when they have sweated a lot. I add electrolytes to it > because the amount of Gatorade we give is not really for electrolyte > replacement. After work, we give them an 8 quart bucket with 2 or 3 scoops of > the powder. I use the lemon-lime, orange or blue so when they splash it on > you, your clothes don't get stained. In the winter, if it gets below 50 at > night which is cold for us, they really slow down their drinking so I throw a > couple scoops in one of their water buckets at night and the bucket is empty > in the morning. Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw FH_L Shirts: http://tinyurl.com/8yky94l
