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littlen

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Hi,

I am looking for something to help my horse and wondered if anyone else had tried this.

He is very excitable and anxious, particulally in new situations. He also suffers from seperation anxiety and stresses when he is alone. This is esculated when at shows etc.

I wondered if there was a calmer on the market that would make him more chilled without making him lazy.
Or an instant calmer to use before stressful situations?
Any ideas?
 
My sisters pony used to get very excitable and anxious when we go to new places but we now put a spoonfull of epsom salt in his water everyday and it has improved him loads, plus its much cheaper than any other calmer!
 
littlen said:
I am looking for something to help my horse and wondered if anyone else had tried this.

He is very excitable and anxious, particulally in new situations. He also suffers from seperation anxiety and stresses when he is alone. This is esculated when at shows etc.
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Sounds like a horse on the yard where I am, she has been feeding him naf magic (the everyday one) and it's been working a treat so far.
Magnesium seems to be the key ingredient in most calmers I believe.
 
Hi,
Magnesium is the key, epsom salts, NAF Magic and all the other 'calmers' on the market they all contain magnesium, whichever form you choose it will take a wee while to get into the horses system. You can buy 'shots' of magnesium- in syringe form which may be helful when going to shows.
 
Straight magnesium would be pretty unpalatable- epsom salts are inexpensive. There are lots of proprietary brands of calmers out there, personally I like the NAF magic for everyday use.
 
When I went away to Uni my welshie couldn't handle it and became a bit unmanageable so my mum put him on the Global Herbs Supercalm stuff! She swears by it but personally I think it was more of a psychological thing for her than actually having any effect, may be worth a try!
 
Magnesium based calmer will only work if there is deficiency of magnesium in the horse in the first place, otherwise, you need to consider either calming herbs or tryptophan...
By far the most successful calmer I have ever come across is Equistro Equiliser - it does contain magnesium as well as vit B and tryptophan.
 
I have had great success with Horse First Relax Me with my mare. It isn't the cheapest but it really does work! She is much more co-operative, more relaxed and holding her weight better, plus much more focused when she is working and therefore less spooking! NAF Magic has success with lots of horses but I didn't notice any difference with mine.
 
martlin said:
Magnesium based calmer will only work if there is deficiency of magnesium in the horse in the first place, otherwise, you need to consider either calming herbs or tryptophan...
By far the most successful calmer I have ever come across is Equistro Equiliser - it does contain magnesium as well as vit B and tryptophan.
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i have to disagree with you here

tryptophan has no been proven at all

in many cases it has no effect on horses at all

and in some cases it can make the horse more excitable.

i have seen no papers on its affect.

also i have seen numerous studies on its toxicity.

magnesium does only work if an imbalance though, i agree there.

generally spring grass creates this imbalance so magnesium counters this, hence it given a lot of credit.

and you can buy magnesium pure, either cal mag or mag ox, mag ox being the purer form and more palatable.

ebay is your friend there.
 
tinkerbell88 said:
I have had great success with Horse First Relax Me with my mare. It isn't the cheapest but it really does work! She is much more co-operative, more relaxed and holding her weight better, plus much more focused when she is working and therefore less spooking! NAF Magic has success with lots of horses but I didn't notice any difference with mine.
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they both are magnesium based .....
 
I've had most success with Horse First - Relax Me, also tried Nupafeed and Equine America's calmers, but most noticable difference with Relax Me.
 
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