amy_b
Well-Known Member
My horse will not drink at competitions. Im careful with his electrolytes and he SEEMS to manage (but how do you know when you dont know what he's like hydrated?!)
I wet his hay/lage and give him a sloppy feed or two to get what little water I CAN get in at the comp.
This weekend a very nice lady gave me a scoop of horse quencher and Tom was very unimpressed, kept trying it with him all day, feeding him the grains, got him eating it at water level then as soon as you got more than damp grains (ie water in there) he spat it out, like he's allergic to the flippin stuff!!
I havent yet tried (and plan to at the next event) apple juice,I was thinking also maybe mollasses in the water?! (however I did try this DIY by putting melted horselyx in and that didnt work ) from this can you give them cordial?!! if I get apple cordial?!
*takes a breath*
has anybody 'cured' a non drinker?! and howwwww did you do it?!!!
we are stabling this weekend so be good to see if he drinks then, we cheekily popped him in a temporary stable at an event a couple of weeks ago that was next to our lorry and he drank in there....but cant do that every time!
failing this Il have to fork out for a couple more horse quencher sachets and try it at home but they're not cheap!! so would like a purse friendly solution!!!
apple cordial for whoever made it this far
I wet his hay/lage and give him a sloppy feed or two to get what little water I CAN get in at the comp.
This weekend a very nice lady gave me a scoop of horse quencher and Tom was very unimpressed, kept trying it with him all day, feeding him the grains, got him eating it at water level then as soon as you got more than damp grains (ie water in there) he spat it out, like he's allergic to the flippin stuff!!
I havent yet tried (and plan to at the next event) apple juice,I was thinking also maybe mollasses in the water?! (however I did try this DIY by putting melted horselyx in and that didnt work ) from this can you give them cordial?!! if I get apple cordial?!
*takes a breath*
has anybody 'cured' a non drinker?! and howwwww did you do it?!!!
we are stabling this weekend so be good to see if he drinks then, we cheekily popped him in a temporary stable at an event a couple of weeks ago that was next to our lorry and he drank in there....but cant do that every time!
failing this Il have to fork out for a couple more horse quencher sachets and try it at home but they're not cheap!! so would like a purse friendly solution!!!
apple cordial for whoever made it this far