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Bought my lady a boredom breaker likit toy today and two small likit salt licks with it.
Googled the ingredients before I've put it up and it has "Dextrose Monohydrate" in them, or commonly known as Glucose.
So shes not having that put up then! Now paranoid since I let her have some earlier to see if she could work it.
:(
 
Persephone said:
Get a lump of Himalayan Rock Salt!
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Shes already got one of them! Just thought I'd try and buy a tongue twister then put the salt lickit in them! Even asked the tack shop staff if it was definatly just pure salt. :\ But I have an idea :D Gonna get another himalayan rock salt and cut it in half and make it the shape of a lickit then put it in! Should be fun to try!
 
You know I think one can get too paranoid about mollasses and sugar. My geldings live out and they have sparse grass - they get hay and 2 hard feeds, but I worry between times sespecially when we had snow and frozen ground. I ended up buying 2 field size Horslyx mobility tubs. Yes they are mollasses rich, but as the stockist said -horses burn up that sugar in bo time keeping warm in freezing weather - they actually need the extra energy. It did them no harm - they are both bf. We can get too concerned. Feeding a mollassed feed daily or likits daily over months is likely detrimental, but the odd one?
 
YasandCrystal said:
You know I think one can get too paranoid about mollasses and sugar. My geldings live out and they have sparse grass - they get hay and 2 hard feeds, but I worry between times sespecially when we had snow and frozen ground. I ended up buying 2 field size Horslyx mobility tubs. Yes they are mollasses rich, but as the stockist said -horses burn up that sugar in bo time keeping warm in freezing weather - they actually need the extra energy. It did them no harm - they are both bf. We can get too concerned. Feeding a mollassed feed daily or likits daily over months is likely detrimental, but the odd one?
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I know, I am very paranoid over it but considering shes just going through the end of her last attack of lammy treatment I just dont want anything to set her back.
If it was any other time I wouldnt have been as paranoid but don't wanna take any chances or risks now.
 
I wouldn't risk it giving my pony it - mine has a looooong history of lami and was diagnosed with cushings this year. They can still cope with some sugar though. My bloody annoying pony broke out of her stable on Monday and into the barn where they keep the cattle feed (basically pure sugar, ingredients include molassed sugar beet, molasses and waste confectionary products, yes those are all in the top third of the list). She was in there for an unknown length of time and hasn't gone footy yet (*touches lots of wood*). I have obviously kept her in and taken her off as much feed as possible but I would say for a little taste of likit I wouldn't be worried. Certainly wouldn't give her the whole thing though.
 
meandmyself said:
I'm not saying to give her it back, just saying that the bit she's had isn't likely to hurt her. :)
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I understood you :)
Just wanted a quick moan haha, I'm sure she wont miss them! Last toy she had managed to give her slight bruising and lameness on her front feet. :rolleyes: after she spooked at it for no reason and then jumped across the concrete pen.
Maybe we are just destined not to have any? haha
 
Someone on here mentioned using the little lickit pots and putting mashed up veg in them then freezing so the toy can still be used
 
unbalanced said:
I wouldn't risk it giving my pony it - mine has a looooong history of lami and was diagnosed with cushings this year. They can still cope with some sugar though. My bloody annoying pony broke out of her stable on Monday and into the barn where they keep the cattle feed (basically pure sugar, ingredients include molassed sugar beet, molasses and waste confectionary products, yes those are all in the top third of the list). She was in there for an unknown length of time and hasn't gone footy yet (*touches lots of wood*). I have obviously kept her in and taken her off as much feed as possible but I would say for a little taste of likit I wouldn't be worried. Certainly wouldn't give her the whole thing though.
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Yeah I'm so glad I hadnt screwed it to the wall otherwise I'd be there now at the yard pulling it off the wall!!
She only had a small amount, I was wondering though why she was trying to bite chunks out of it :rolleyes:. Never trust a laminitic biting chunks out of "salt" likits. Glad I googled all the big name ingredients hidden underneath the packaging.
 
WelshD said:
Someone on here mentioned using the little lickit pots and putting mashed up veg in them then freezing so the toy can still be used
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Thats an interesting thought! Though the only "treat" she gets is a celery stick occasionally for "celery stretches"
I'm gonna smash a big himalayan salt lick up and try and squish it into the toy :D:D
Anyone got a hammer? :D
 
Likits are advertised/sold as "horse treats" - anything that uses the word treats in it will have sugar in it somewhere along the line I guess - dextrose like you've discovered is just another form of sugar. Definitely not suitable for a laminitic. I've seen horses at our yard devour a Likit in 15 mins of it being put up. From the Likit website it says this..

"The average sugar content of Likits is 80% so at the maximum recommended allowance of 300g per day the total sugar intake from the Likits would be only 240g, very similar to that obtained from eating one kilo of molassed chaff or 2.4 kilos of concentrate."

But you wouldn't be feeding either of those to a overweight or laminitic pony! Hope the various clever ideas others have on here keep her more entertained - an ordinary salt lick also comes in flavours and mine seems happy with that and there's not the risk of sugar.
 
Thank for for all the advice and replies :)
Gonna get creative this weekend I think ! Was maybe thinking hanging some brocolli up? They have low sugar.
 
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