Epsom salts

[cloverleaf1985]

A friend at the yard has given me a tub of epsom salts and i have no idea what i would need them for! She mentioned something about it having magnesium in which might chill my mare out a bit. Why are they generally used and if useful how much would i give her a day?

Sorry for really dumb question!

 

[TiaPony]

I use epsom salts for sore feet as well as abcesses.. and theyre nice in a bath for me when I'm sore!

 

[Diggerdog]

There are much better ways to give magnesium supplementation to your horse; Epsom Salts are likely to give her the squitts!

Hot tubbing with epsom salts is good for drawing out an abcess though.

 

[carthorse]

If my horse starts to get a bit of lymphangitis ,I give him a small handfull in his feed to relax his gut. They were used in a bran mash after hunting when people gave such things and I still do!