Tnavas
Well-Known Member
Has your horse recently turned into a monster?
Perhaps behaving out of character, spooky, shying, bucking, not liking to be touched or just being plain silly. (Sounds like one of those annoying TV ads
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He's not possesed!
He's deficient in Magnesium - culprit is the spring grass.
Add a tablespoon of Epsom Salts to his feed twice daily and in a few days you'll notice a complete difference.
Spring grass growing fast fails to absorb enough Magnesium to keep the minerals balanced. Lack of Magnesium affects the nervous system causing the horse to start acting silly. Some even get so sensitive that you can't touch them.
My old saddler told me about this as every spring he would have people come in clutching their saddles asking for them to be restuffed. After listening to tales of being dumped and run away with he'd send them home again telling them to buy some Epsom salts and feed some twice daily while the grass was growing fast - Spring and Autumn. In a few days they would call in and say all is well again - thanks!
When I talked to my vet she said the same thing - Magnesium deficiency. She also told me that it is also known as 'Grass Teteny' as it mimics the symptoms for Tetenus - mainly hypersensitivity.
So for all you folks out there tearing your hair out in despair over your crazy equine - head for the supermarket and buy a bag of Epsom Salts, in a few days your old friend will be back with all four feet firmly planted on the ground.
He's not possesed!
Add a tablespoon of Epsom Salts to his feed twice daily and in a few days you'll notice a complete difference.
Spring grass growing fast fails to absorb enough Magnesium to keep the minerals balanced. Lack of Magnesium affects the nervous system causing the horse to start acting silly. Some even get so sensitive that you can't touch them.
My old saddler told me about this as every spring he would have people come in clutching their saddles asking for them to be restuffed. After listening to tales of being dumped and run away with he'd send them home again telling them to buy some Epsom salts and feed some twice daily while the grass was growing fast - Spring and Autumn. In a few days they would call in and say all is well again - thanks!
When I talked to my vet she said the same thing - Magnesium deficiency. She also told me that it is also known as 'Grass Teteny' as it mimics the symptoms for Tetenus - mainly hypersensitivity.
So for all you folks out there tearing your hair out in despair over your crazy equine - head for the supermarket and buy a bag of Epsom Salts, in a few days your old friend will be back with all four feet firmly planted on the ground.
