likits horse licks..........

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Bought one of the treat sized ones for my mare yesterday and she loves it! thing is though she started biting it and taking chunks out of it, i took it away and she was going mad for it! it says you can empty it into a bucket but if i do this am worried she will just eat the whole thing as opposed to using it like a lick!!!!!
What do you do with them?? i got bored of holding it after 10 mins!
 
i think you mean a horslyx if so i giv it to my pony as a treat after he has been good or for bribing him into trailer but i just give him it in the field and when hes not looking after a few minuites just nick it off him and he soon forgets :)
 
Likits are basically all sugar, which is why horses go mad for them. I nearly bought one for my horse...then found out how full of sugar they were......personally i wouldnt give one to my horse.
I bought him a hymalaya rock salt salt lick instead....he loved it...and its much better for him.
 
Do you mean the hard molassed licks in the tubs? I used to give the tub to mine as a treat after I've ridden, but he's actually gone off it! I wouldn't leave it in the stable because it would have been trashed and filled with straw. I think they have a high sugar content but do contain vitamins and minerals too. Or perhaps thats I convinced mself of when I bought it!
 
the horslyxk ones are basically molasses and teh likits ones are basically glucose. One of my liveries gave a likit to her horse who had just had major surgery and requires complete box rest. The following day he was totally hyper. but if you think about it, to give a person energy they eat glucose, - so he had overdosed on glucose and was as high as a kite. Took 2 days to come back down. I cannot see why anyone in their right mind would want to give a horse pure glucose or pure mollasses, it is asking for the horse to lose the plot, Especially as they are aimed at stabled horses. The natural salt liks are great - and all my horses seem to love them.
 
No more licks for my mare then! shes hyper sensitive to sugar.........oooops should of read it more, got it because it says its high in oil and vitamins and contains garlic......
 
Not that yours were Likits but from their website:

How much sugar is in a Likit?
Horses normally graze for about 16 hours per day. A 500kg horse would consume at least 50kg of fresh grass, which is equivalent to about 2kg of sugar per day or 125 grams per hour of grazing. We recommend that horses consume a maximum of 300 grams of Likit per day, which is equivalent to approximately 2 hours grazing.

They didn't really answer the question.. I have to avoid these as my pony is a good do-er and like others have said they are just pure sugar and horses that I've seen given them eat the whole thing in one go by breaking it off the Likit hanging holders.

And from the Horslyx website:

Horslyx contains Molasses, isn’t all that sugar bad for my horse?
No! Horses are designed to eat sugar (grass can be 20% sugar) and are therefore efficient at digesting it, as long as the intakes of the sugar are little and often (like when the horse is grazing or when they are licking Horslyx). You should also consider the types of sugar, treats such as polos and sugar lumps are 100% sugar, made from highly refined pure white sugar granules. Molasses is unrefined and is the same sugar as found in grass and hay. Horslyx is 33% sugar. The recommended intake of 250g per day provides the same amount of sugar as just 2lbs/1Kg of good hay or 2.5Kg of fresh grass.
The type of sugar and the rate of intake is the key to safety. Like most things, sugar is good in moderation. The central nervous system, including the brain, can only use glucose (the purest form of sugar) as an energy source. Horslyx should be viewed as the equine equivalent of a human multi vitamin tablet, which is also sucrose (sugar) based. The sugar is present as a palatable carrier, as in Horslyx, for the essential vitamins, minerals and trace elements which both the horse and the human needs to promote health and vitality.

I think that what worries me is we all tend to buy products without looking at what's in them, and I'm not sure if all horse products like licks and treats have to list what's in them? With my good do-er I try and buy unmolassed treats now and will go onto websites etc to check for more info. I've contacted Naf before about one of their liquid supplements to check it didn't contain molasses.
 
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