This message is from: Gwenn Berard Beaupre [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We have a mineral block made for horses beside the plain salt block. Both
were blessed heavy to haul out there too! I put them across the paddock
from the water they were all over each of them for the first week have
now settled to
This message is from: Karen McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have been so busy that I totally missed the salt block thread. We have
3 big pastures, and have between 7-9 horses per pasture, each pasture is
about 20acres. We don't use salt blocks anymore, as we found that after
about a month
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My old Bjarne seems to eat a lot of salt. I got rid of the trace mineral
block for livestock which did have selenium in it and goat a plain white
block as I was worried he'd be getting too much selenium. While we are
selenium deficient
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Research has shown that healthy horses are capable of safely regulating
their salt intake, although they are not able to do that with other
minerals.
If Gunnar is healthy, he is probably just fine. It may be that he really
likes the taste of plain
This message is from: bolinsj [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is what we've found with our horses. We give them a salt block
in their stalls. They have free access to the stalls almost 24/7
(except when wh'ere cleaning out). They eat a lot of salt for a while
then taper off. Warm weather - more
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Salt blocks were originally meant for cattle. Cows tongues are much rougher
than a horses. We put hang over buckets with ground salt up for ours. They seem
to use it much more. During the summer I will even sprinkle some in with
their hay. It works
This message is from: CHERYL GARNICA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Jo's comment, Fjords seem to think anything in a
bucket must be for them to snack on..mine would
think the bucket was part of the snack!
Cheryl in S. Cal
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This message is from: jgayle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks Martie, I have been wondering if putting the big block by the trough
is not causing salty water also! You may be right that it will taper off
but not so far, two weeks. He does not like the mineral blocks as well.
Hope things are going
This message is from: jgayle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks Deanna, that has been the way until using this first white block
without minerals at the Vets suggestion. He is a wonderful Vet so I
consider myself lucky, but Fjords are different in so many ways. Will check
with him.Jean Gayle
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I think it is best free choice the salt. I like the lose salt the best .One
container of white and one of trace mineral. The biggest problem I find with
lose is putting it into something they won't tip. I also keep a couple of
blocks in with them.
This message is from: bolinsj [EMAIL PROTECTED]
All is well with our 'herd' right now. I made the mistake of agreeing
to take Kilar to our local driving club pleasure driving show next
month. He sheds out slowly so I decided to clip him this year. What a
nightmare! He looks like someone
This message is from: Skeels, Mark A \(GE Healthcare\) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think I deleted the origional Salt post, but if I recall you said in
one that you were using a 20 pound salt block, is that a brick or the
block. I think mine weigh closer to 50 pounds, they are about a foot
tall, and
This message is from: jgayle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mark pointed out that I was saying twenty pound salt block instead of fifty.
Certainly a quarter of fifty pounds is what alarms me. Jean Gayle
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This message is from: jgayle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does anyone worry about the amount of salt their Fjord eats? Just about
everytime I look out at Gunnar he is at the salt lick and water tank. He has,
in over a week licked about a quarter of the twenty pound block which is white
plain salt.! The Vet
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My old Bjarne seems to eat a lot of salt. I got rid of the trace mineral
block for livestock which did have selenium in it and goat a plain white
block as I was worried he'd be getting too much selenium. While we are
selenium deficient
This message is from: jgayle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gunnar eats a great deal of salt no matter plain, iodized, selenium etc.
Drinks lots of water also. He gets mostly grass hay but recently (has not
changed his salt habits) has been getting alfalfa once a day as he is in
with my warm blood 1/2
This message is from: Jim and Tammy Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The talk about anemia and salt blocks brought up a question I have. My two
fjords have an iodized salt block and a mineral block in their inner most
pasture. Recently they seem to have been eating their two mineral blocks. I
asked
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Lynda in Texas asked:
As for vitamins/supplements, I noticed in a feed store the other day
salt blocks that
were labeled mineral/vitamin/salt blocks. There were also regular salt
blocks. If I used one of the former, would it suffice for my filly (who
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