Horslyx - worth the money?

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About to invest in a Horslyx Mobility - not a massive purchase @ £25 for 15kg.

Just wondered if anyone else had one? Do you rate them? Are they just big horsey lollipops? :D
 
Agree with the other posters they are not a healthy option for any horse.

Rocks salt better or for more minerals and vitamins a yellow Rockies block (get the bigger farm ones if you can 10kg each much better value than small horse ones and you can get a holder for it if you want that)
 
They are stacked with mollasses. I did buy 2 of these for my live out 24/7 horses when we had the snow on the ground. They had generous amounts of haylage and feed, but I wanted them to have a lick on tap rather than being left hungry or bored.
I figured that they were using a lot of energy to keep warm so this mollasses boost would not be harmful in the long run as it was a one-off.

They were very pleased with these and they lasted longer than I thought they might too.
 
I'm going against the grain and I like them. My tb lives out but comes for feed, groom ride etc daily. He has constant access to one in his stable. He can go a week or two without touching it. Especially in summer. He might have a lick for a few mins then go back to his haynet. He obviously feels he gets some benefit from it when he chooses to have it. I agree you do have horses that will be none stop as they like the taste but mine isn't one of them. It seems to have done my no harm anyway. Can't comment on the mobility and if it helped as I only but original
 
I have a greedy coblet who has a bit of a raspy cough with the dusty hay.
I popped in a respiratory lick and it really seems to have improved it - as i said , he is a greedy thing usually but its lasted over a month now and no sign of running out, loads left !
 
I have one and he loves it. He isn't a greedy horse so it takes him months to get through it. If he just bit chunks out of it then I wouldn't give him one, but he only has it for in his stable. He is grey, so in the morning his nose is black... he wipes his nose down his legs and makes a lovely mess haha :p
 
I use them - 2 (TB and PBA, both 16 year olds) of my horses have the mobility, 1 (pure bred Arab of 25) the respiratory (which noticeably helps his breathing) and the youngster (pure bred Arab aged 4) has the original. I buy the 15kg ones and they have them in their stables (turned out day, in at night), and they last between 1 and 2 months. Apart from the Horslyx, they get hay (grass when they're out, of course), that's it. They are all fit and well covered, all have loads of energy for the work I want to do (hacking, schooling, unaffiliated dressage comps). The only disadvantage I have found with them is they are STICKY and the horses not only get sticky faces themselves, but like to share..... Washes off easily, thankfully.
 
I have a small respiratory one for my horse, she has COPD and i find that she likes to lick it for 2-3min after riding and her breathing has definitely improved. She's not a greedy horse and only licks it when she feels like it, so i've had it since august and its only just showing a dip in the middle :rolleyes: yes she does get a sticky nose but i just wipe it off with a sponge and its all gone :) IMO they're better than lickits, last longer as well :)
 
mine has one :) she isnt greedy though and does spend ages eating them - on average a month!? she goes out every other day too so it lives in her stable 24/7 for whenever shes in :)
 
Oops I didnt realise how bad they are! Mine LOVE them! We have the respiritory one, its smells amazing and gotta admit I dont think it tastes too bad either! :D
 
Love them as a naughty treat for her when grooming, being shod after exercise I haven't had one in a while but she did have one of each flavour so she could decide for her self lol
 
I have one in the field and I just pop the lid on it at night and the four of them have a slurp during the day. As it is our lasts over two months this way :)

Yes its molasses but giving them access only during the day I've sever seen our gorge on it or try to bite it they have a slurp then go away. I also leave the lid on when its pouring rain so as it doesn't soften :)
 
From the Horslyx site:

Sugar is a natural part of the horse’s diet and horses are highly efficient at digesting it, in fact glucose – blood sugar – is vital as it is the only source of energy the brain can use.

Grass is the largest source of sugar in the horse’s diet and typically contains 20% sugar in the dry matter (DM). A typical 500kg horse will consume 50kg of fresh grass (approximately 10kg DM) in a single day, equating to around 2000g of sugar – that is 2 bags of sugar.

Horslyx is the equivalent of a human multi-vitamin tablet. We use molasses as a palatable carrier for the comprehensive vitamin, mineral and trace element package.

When introduced correctly Horslyx offers a safe method of ensuring your laminitic, or overweight, equine receives the necessary nutrients he requires for maintaining optimum health and immunity.

If a 500kg horse is taking 250g of Horslyx in a 24 hr period = 82.5g sugar = 16.5 tsp sugar (remember, this intake is little and often unlike feeding a bucket of hard feed!).

In human terms this is equal to you taking the following in a 24hr period:



Your weight Your Horslyx daily equivalent in g sugar Your Horslyx daily equivalent in tsp sugar
100kg (15st 11lb) 16.5g 3 1/2 tsp
50kg (7st 12lb) 8.25g 1 1/2 tsp

Naturally occurring sugar in your diet:
1 x 200ml glass of orange juice = 20g sugar = 4 tsp
1 eating apple = 15g sugar = 3 tsp

Did you know?
The rate of consumption is key to effective digestion. When offered free access to Horslyx a horse is less likely to experience sugar peaks than when eating manger fed cubes/mixes.
 
No. Good entertainment for me once though - friends horse spent ages licking and biting it then obligingly wiped his very sticky nose all over the two greys in the field with him. The were absolutely covered in it. Good job it wasn't in the insect season or that could have been interesting.
 
I think the Horselyx sugar comparisons are a bit misleading and disingenuous.

Firstly because a lot of horses left with a Horselyx (mine included) will neck down the entire thing within hours which is a massive sugar spike.

Secondly because the comparison with fruit sugars is a bit off, just as with human diabetics, the body can process fruit sugars more manageable than straight sucrose type sugars. And with grass, any sensible horse owner would restrict the quantity and quality based on the horses condition, whereas once the tub is open, it's open.

Saying it is a horse equivalent of a multivitamin tablet is just plain wrong, too. If it were it would be a plain mineral lick like a Rockies. Not a massive toffee sweet with stuff added.

The downsides of Horselyx type products can be reduced by restricting access to very limited time, but they are basically unsuitable for the majority of horses in the UK (most of whom are overweight and many of whom are sugar intolerant) and would be better off with a mineral block which most horses seenu to find perfectly palatable.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
 
Triskar said:
From the Horslyx site:

Sugar is a natural part of the horse’s diet and horses are highly efficient at digesting it, in fact glucose – blood sugar – is vital as it is the only source of energy the brain can use.

Grass is the largest source of sugar in the horse’s diet and typically contains 20% sugar in the dry matter (DM). A typical 500kg horse will consume 50kg of fresh grass (approximately 10kg DM) in a single day, equating to around 2000g of sugar – that is 2 bags of sugar.

Horslyx is the equivalent of a human multi-vitamin tablet. We use molasses as a palatable carrier for the comprehensive vitamin, mineral and trace element package.

When introduced correctly Horslyx offers a safe method of ensuring your laminitic, or overweight, equine receives the necessary nutrients he requires for maintaining optimum health and immunity.

If a 500kg horse is taking 250g of Horslyx in a 24 hr period = 82.5g sugar = 16.5 tsp sugar (remember, this intake is little and often unlike feeding a bucket of hard feed!).

In human terms this is equal to you taking the following in a 24hr period:



Your weight Your Horslyx daily equivalent in g sugar Your Horslyx daily equivalent in tsp sugar
100kg (15st 11lb) 16.5g 3 1/2 tsp
50kg (7st 12lb) 8.25g 1 1/2 tsp

Naturally occurring sugar in your diet:
1 x 200ml glass of orange juice = 20g sugar = 4 tsp
1 eating apple = 15g sugar = 3 tsp

Did you know?
The rate of consumption is key to effective digestion. When offered free access to Horslyx a horse is less likely to experience sugar peaks than when eating manger fed cubes/mixes.
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Just load of marketting nonsense!
 
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