| Most mixed feeds have salt included in their ingredients. | | | | round, not just in summer months. |
| But I like having a salt block in the stalls at all times | | | | I don't add electrolytes unless I have a horse that |
| anyway. Horses need free access to salt day and | | | | sweats a lot. It's at simple as that. Racehorses sweat |
| night. If a horse likes licking the salt from a salt block | | | | during and after a race, they need electrolytes. Polo |
| holder hanging in his stall, you'll know because it'll have | | | | ponies do, too, and event horses. It's rare for a day-in |
| the obvious lick marks. | | | | and day-out pleasure horse to need them. If they do, |
| That might sound a little too elementary, but it never | | | | follow the instructions. |
| ceases to astound me, even in big "high power" | | | | Don't add more than needed. Watch for excessive |
| stables, how little regard is paid to that salt block after | | | | sweating with horses out in the heat of day. A school |
| it has been installed: a great deal of them are just | | | | horse that clods along during lesson after lesson, is less |
| sitting there gathering dust and cobwebs. Pay attention. | | | | likely to need electrolytes than the horse that is "a |
| If you fed your horse and he didn't eat, you'd be | | | | handful" going over jumps for fifteen minutes or cross |
| concerned. Be concerned about the salt block. If the | | | | country at an accelerated pace. Be wise, know the |
| horse isn't using it, put it in their feed tub. They'll have to | | | | horse. A horse that has been ridden hard, particularly |
| move it around to get to their feed, and will end up | | | | on a hot summer day that doesn't sweat is cause for |
| getting the additional salt that way. I am a firm believer | | | | concern. Call your veterinarian and act quickly. |
| that horses should have salt in their daily diets year | | | | |