Feeding magnesium/ Equine America magnitude

I feed a generic no make magnesium for my fillys "nerves" and hooves.
Can really tell the difference when I run out.
However she has a magnesium deficiency. Will only work if they're deficient.
 
Magnesium will only have a calming effect if your horse is magnesium deficient - otherwise i would look into why she is stress; ulcers/other pain/hormone imbalance
 
your vet can run a quick blood test - i just looked up magnesium deficiency in horses and the 'symptoms' were very descriptive of my horse so i tried her on a mag calmer and there was a noticeable improvement. once i moved yards the magnesium levels were more normal so i stopped with the calmer
 
LeannePip said:
your vet can run a quick blood test - i just looked up magnesium deficiency in horses and the 'symptoms' were very descriptive of my horse so i tried her on a mag calmer and there was a noticeable improvement. once i moved yards the magnesium levels were more normal so i stopped with the calmer
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Snap. My horses symptoms were like reading a text book.
Quick blood test later and it was confirmed.
 
What were the symptoms your horses exhibited? Going off the past couple of years my boy appears much worse in winter despite being on a high fibre diet, turnout and decent enough work (1 hour 5 days a week) he can also be almost 'marish' in winter time eg a bit grumpy/face pulling. Gets very upset when taken from his friends (no problem in summer) Works very very well but has the attention span of a gnat if something distracts him. Also far far spookier out hacking - a loud noise is the end of the world!

He is fed ad lib haylage in winter when stabled (none in the field) with one daily feed consisting of one scoop of alfa oil and half a scoop of fibre nuts.

I understand a lot of this could come from more time being stabled in winter and a bit less work but wondered if mg supplementation might be of benefit?
 
Fed this as prescribed by my equine podiatrist . . . ran out just after we moved to new yard and didn't replace . . . he is MORE chilled than he was before (and he's a total stress head) . . . I conclude from this that he wasn't deficient in magnesium.

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twobearsarthur said:
I feed a generic no make magnesium for my fillys "nerves" and hooves.
Can really tell the difference when I run out.
However she has a magnesium deficiency. Will only work if they're deficient.
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I will give the same answer, use it for all our horses. There is supposed to be a deficiency of magnesium in the grass over here.
 
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