Epsom Salts and Laminitis

[HelenMcD]

Anyone use Epsom salts to manage laminitis

 

[Pinkvboots]

No never heard of that when you say manage laminitis are you saying to use it to prevent laminitis ?

 

[JillA]

It was always added to bran mash as a laxative to clear the system - it could be said to counteract any acid from excess sugars in the system. These days we reduce sugars intake instead

 

[chaps89]

I can't quote from my phone but re: the above post, you learn something new every day!

 

[Leo Walker]

Epsom salt is very high in magnesium which is proven to help in metabolism of sugars, so I suspect would help, but you are much better off feeding a good quality mineral balancer with extra magnesium if required

 

[texel]

Laminits has many causes and is acomplex topic. Here is a link to an article which is interesting.

http://saracen.equinews.com//article/importance-magnesium-horse-diets

 

[Nudibranch]

I think it's a quite an old fashioned thing, but the form of magnesium - magnesium sulfate - is not ideal. Magnesium oxide (90% or pure) would be better.

 

[Fluffyponies]

I've heard of the use of magnesium, was always told was older fashioned now. Better off looking at what's actually causing it and focus on that first?