A palatable magnesium and colour

[Sossigpoker]

As the title suggests. Is there such a thing as palatable magnesium?
The ones I've fed in the past have been white , tried this on a chance from amazon and it's more brown in colour . Horse can sniff it from a mile away it seems (I don't think it tastes of anything).

Horse Herbs Magnesium Oxide - 99%... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BW3Y1BH2?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

So wondering if there are more palatable ones and also ,why is my current brand not a white powder ?

Grateful for ideas !

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

It's probably a lower grade i think its 85% that is darker in colour and more grainy than the 99% stuff

Just seen its meant to be 99% perhaps it was wrongly bagged and its the lower grade stuff

 

[criso]

There is magnesium glycinate that progressive earth do that I found more palatable than oxide, it's quite expensive though.

As for the brown colour, a friend gave me some calmag which was lower purity and brownish. My horse wouldn't eat it.

 

[Sossigpoker]

It's probably a lower grade i think its 85% that is darker in colour and more grainy than the 99% stuff

Just seen its meant to be 99% perhaps it was wrongly bagged and its the lower grade stuff

Must be lower grade and falsely advertised. I don't recall him being this fussy with the white stuff. Guess this one is cheap for a reason but annoying that they can get away with falsely advertising.
This stuff is also coarse .

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Must be lower grade and falsely advertised. I don't recall him being this fussy with the white stuff. Guess this one is cheap for a reason but annoying that they can get away with falsely advertising.
This stuff is also coarse .

It definitely sounds like it doesn't it cheeky really.

 

[criso]

The best I've found for value for purity is intralabs. You can get ultra pure but it's very expensive.

Magnesium Oxide

We sell Borax, Boric acid, Sodium Bicarbonate, Epsom Salt, Copper Sulphate, Calcium Carbonate, Trisodium Phosphate, Sodium Thiosulphate, Ammonium Sulphate

www.intralabs.co.uk

 

[Palindrome]

You can also get magnesium chloride (it's chips that dissolve very well in water).

 

[ycbm]

Must be lower grade and falsely advertised. I don't recall him being this fussy with the white stuff. Guess this one is cheap for a reason but annoying that they can get away with falsely advertising.
This stuff is also coarse .

It's probably calcined magnesite, calmag, commonly fed to cows and much, much cheaper than other forms of magnesium oxide. Bought from an agricultural merchant it costs will under £1 a kilo.It's magnesite "roasted" to turn it into mag ox. It's a good source of magnesium if your horse will eat it. Most will, ime.
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[paddy555]

I too wondered about calmag. I looked up magnesium and came up with this link

this is obviously not your product but on first reading it appears to be mag. oxide but is in fact cal mag I think.

90% purity Magnesium Oxide Mag Ox 900g | Natural Horse Supplies Ltd

I get my magnesium from Progressive earth, about £19 a kg, a white, very fine powder no one seems to have a problem with. For one horse who I suspect was low it made a difference and fairly quickly.

 

[SpotsandBays]

I buy it from horseherbs and can’t say I’ve ever had a bag that’s not white!

 

[Sossigpoker]

I buy it from horseherbs and can’t say I’ve ever had a bag that’s not white!

I actually bought two bags and they are the same ! Coarse and light brown !

 

[criso]

I buy it from horseherbs and can’t say I’ve ever had a bag that’s not white!

I had a look at the link and they describe it as beige and in the picture it looks quite dark and gritty rather than a fine powder.

 

[Sossigpoker]

I had a look at the link and they describe it as beige and in the picture it looks quite dark and gritty rather than a fine powder.

Yes it does look like in the picture, which I didn't pay any attention to when ordering.

 

[SpotsandBays]

The stuff I’ve received has always been white/grey. It is gritty though.
I’ve also ordered from Intralabs and that’s whiter and finer - no grit