No Salt? UPDATE************

huntergrl4212 · 08-22-2007, 09:12 AM

UPDATE.i got one of those mineralized salt licks and i mounted it next to her feed bin....and well nothing.i also got a lick-it that is in the middle of this apple shaped plastic..and it is hung on the rafters of her stall.it has teeth marks on it...so she must be intrested but she doesnt seem all that involved with it.she is a horse that will try something once..and if she doesnt like it..she wont even go by it...let me know what you think

cminor · 08-22-2007, 09:30 AM

If you get some loose salt/mineral you could when she is in just putting in her feeder right after she finnishes eating and see if she likes it. What I do with mine is the have mineral/salt blocks in the pasture. I always like to make sure they are getting enough so right after I feed I dump some in each of their feeders and they eat it. Just a thought.

KLavigne · 08-22-2007, 05:37 PM

My gelding wouldn't touch a salt block that was mounted on the wall either, so I put it in his corner feeder and he's been licking it (which I'm assuming happens when he eats his grain).

Xiphias · 08-22-2007, 05:44 PM

My mare never seems to lick her block, but she is on a complete feed for seinor horses, so she may be getting what she needs from that....on the other hand, the draft that have and the mini, love the salt/mineral block...Cathy

gallop4life · 08-22-2007, 06:17 PM

i know a horse that will not lick salt attatched to a wall.in your hands ...sure .in a bucket.......sure .not the wall though.Try putting salt in your horse water.

huntergrl4212 · 08-28-2007, 09:38 AM

well i had it mounted on the wall.
and then i got one of those LIK-ITS and it hangs about 2 feet away from her feed bin.
i dont want to put salt in her feed bin because it seems to me like it is force feeding it.
idk.
but idk if she is getting enough threw her grain or if she needs more.
she eats a 12% grain mix...and strategy. oh and she gets milk plus.

SHE IS NOT A LICKER.
she has never licked me.
or much of anything for that matter.

JBandRio · 08-28-2007, 09:48 AM

As stated before, get a loose salt product that is not flavored in any way. If she needs it, she'll eat that.

huntergrl4212 · 08-28-2007, 09:54 AM

like iodinaized[sp?] table salt.
that sorta stuff.
or a special loose horse salt product.
if they do have that..ive never seen it.

cminor · 08-28-2007, 10:00 AM

A loose horse salt at the feed store. i use this, to give you an idea.
Progressive Nutrition - High Quality Horse and Animal Feed
Edit: it comes loose or in a block.

huntergrl4212 · 08-28-2007, 10:12 AM

is that like a grass forage..
is it the same as the Buckeye grow and win.
that is what they sell at my feed store.
and do i feed it in the stall.
or paddock because she shares it with 12 other horses.

08-22-2007, 09:12 AM	#11
huntergrl4212 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 357 Images: 53	UPDATE.i got one of those mineralized salt licks and i mounted it next to her feed bin....and well nothing.i also got a lick-it that is in the middle of this apple shaped plastic..and it is hung on the rafters of her stall.it has teeth marks on it...so she must be intrested but she doesnt seem all that involved with it.she is a horse that will try something once..and if she doesnt like it..she wont even go by it...let me know what you think __________________ Caught Red Handed-most loved Appendix mare

08-22-2007, 05:37 PM	#13
KLavigne Full Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NH Posts: 45 Images: 3	My gelding wouldn't touch a salt block that was mounted on the wall either, so I put it in his corner feeder and he's been licking it (which I'm assuming happens when he eats his grain). __________________ * Sil - 10 year old light/med sorrel QH gelding *

08-22-2007, 05:44 PM	#14
Xiphias Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Maryland, horse country USA Posts: 16,763 Images: 627 Blog Entries: 29	My mare never seems to lick her block, but she is on a complete feed for seinor horses, so she may be getting what she needs from that....on the other hand, the draft that have and the mini, love the salt/mineral block...Cathy __________________ Member COL Club- hand over the Oil of Olay and nobody gets hurt! http://www.freewebs.com/xiphias21034/ I was on HGS the day we made 2 million posts and 3 million posts I've been snowballed 6 times

08-28-2007, 09:38 AM	#16
huntergrl4212 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 357 Images: 53	well i had it mounted on the wall. and then i got one of those LIK-ITS and it hangs about 2 feet away from her feed bin. i dont want to put salt in her feed bin because it seems to me like it is force feeding it. idk. but idk if she is getting enough threw her grain or if she needs more. she eats a 12% grain mix...and strategy. oh and she gets milk plus. SHE IS NOT A LICKER. she has never licked me. or much of anything for that matter. __________________ Caught Red Handed-most loved Appendix mare

08-28-2007, 09:48 AM	#17
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 23,676 Images: 144 Blog Entries: 12	As stated before, get a loose salt product that is not flavored in any way. If she needs it, she'll eat that. __________________ - JB Acres, owned and operated by Dynamite animals. - It's a wonder horses as a whole don't just kill us all and be done with their misery. - Keep your voice soothing and low - even when things get western (buck1173) - Rio feels good - he bounced an in-and-out

08-22-2007, 09:30 AM	#12
cminor Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hot Texas Posts: 2,690 Images: 336	If you get some loose salt/mineral you could when she is in just putting in her feeder right after she finnishes eating and see if she likes it. What I do with mine is the have mineral/salt blocks in the pasture. I always like to make sure they are getting enough so right after I feed I dump some in each of their feeders and they eat it. Just a thought.

08-22-2007, 06:17 PM	#15
gallop4life Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ft.Myers Florida Posts: 363 Images: 29	i know a horse that will not lick salt attatched to a wall.in your hands ...sure .in a bucket.......sure .not the wall though.Try putting salt in your horse water.

08-28-2007, 09:54 AM	#18
huntergrl4212 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 357 Images: 53	like iodinaized[sp?] table salt. that sorta stuff. or a special loose horse salt product. if they do have that..ive never seen it. __________________ Caught Red Handed-most loved Appendix mare

08-28-2007, 10:00 AM	#19
cminor Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hot Texas Posts: 2,690 Images: 336	A loose horse salt at the feed store. i use this, to give you an idea. Progressive Nutrition - High Quality Horse and Animal Feed Edit: it comes loose or in a block. Last edited by cminor; 08-28-2007 at 10:01 AM. Reason: additional info

08-28-2007, 10:12 AM	#20
huntergrl4212 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 357 Images: 53	is that like a grass forage.. is it the same as the Buckeye grow and win. that is what they sell at my feed store. and do i feed it in the stall. or paddock because she shares it with 12 other horses. __________________ Caught Red Handed-most loved Appendix mare

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