adgetom
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my horses love there toungue twisters and finish the liks in a couplew of hours
how many should they be allowed a week
how many should they be allowed a week
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JM07
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i have always called them "laminitis lozenges"..
no horse/pony owned by myself would come within 50 miles of one.
similar to giving a kid E numbers...
no horse/pony owned by myself would come within 50 miles of one.
similar to giving a kid E numbers...
rlhnlk
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I think they are very sugary so I would stick to one a week tops. My laminitic gets one a month if she is lucky and my tb is so fussy that she doesnt often touch hers.
Jennypenny
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I just buy one when I go in to pick up some feed. So once a month. I have one that hangs up above his door. If lent against his stable wall, its gone in a hour. I hang it up so he can only lick it, it lasts a week.
Puppy
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None of the horses I've had are remotely interested in them...
pnap
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Jack gets one a month - since he doesn't really get the concept of licking it and bites it in half before devouring it in two bits!
I've switched to the Horselyx molasses ones - which he does actually lick
I've switched to the Horselyx molasses ones - which he does actually lick
Pixxie
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lol i gave up giving my boy likits the first time he had one
its was suspended in the centre of his stable nowhere near any walls. and i honest to god have no idea how he dies it but he literally got his whole mouth around it and bit it in half, since then he doesnt get any, just a plain old mineral lick mounted on the wall lol
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its was suspended in the centre of his stable nowhere near any walls. and i honest to god have no idea how he dies it but he literally got his whole mouth around it and bit it in half, since then he doesnt get any, just a plain old mineral lick mounted on the wall lol
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Chestnuttymare
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far too much sugar, my tb got one today, the first in about a year i think, only because it will be unlikely that i will ride her tomorrow. my welshy doesn't get them at all as i am so careful that he doesn't get laminitis.
I think the himalayan rock salts are a better bet really.
I think the himalayan rock salts are a better bet really.
Erehwemos
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My girlie has a Likit, a Horselyx lick AND a Himalayan salt lick!
She's got the Boredom Breaker, with two Little Likits in the ball. They tend to last about a fortnight, although when I first started giving them to her she'd devour them within minutes
She's got the Boredom Breaker, with two Little Likits in the ball. They tend to last about a fortnight, although when I first started giving them to her she'd devour them within minutes
adgetom
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they have salt licks and horse lyx aswell!
nagrags
Member
i think that they are the worse things to give them and can effect the sugar levels and feed balance if you are not carefull. i do eventing so i would deffinatly not give my horses any.
251libby
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likits are really bad and full of sugar, I recently brought my horse one of the respiratory horse lyx on advice from my vet, but she only has it for about half an hour when she comes in from the field they have a lid so you can use them for weeks. I really wouldn't feed likits more than once a month.
jackessex
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mine had one on christmas day for a treat but he somehow managed to pin it to the side and eat all of it in about 1hr,so now i buy big swedes drill a hole through the middle and hang that up instead,it lasts longer(4 days so far)and is better for them.
likit1
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Dear JM07,
I am the Brand Manager of Likit products and I felt that it was important that I responded to your comment.
I can assure you that when we developed the products (in conjunction with a top Equine Nutritionalist, Dr Derek Cuddeford) we ensured that the products were safe to feed to all types of horses. Dr Cuddeford has spoken with me in length about laminitis and provided horses consume within the recommended levels (100-300g per head per day depended on size of animal and diet) there is no reason why Likits would not be safe to feed to horses or ponies with laminitis.
He goes onto explain that "this intake of sugar over an extended period of time is highly unlikely to create problems for the animal since the sugar will be readily absorbed from the small intestine and not interfere with large intestinal function. It is probable that the actual sugar intake from hay alone will be higher than from the Likit!"
I hope that this information puts yours and everyone reading this blogs mind at rest. I think it is important that people know the facts rather than just opinion.
If anyone has any concerns please feel free to email me directly on office@likit.co.uk.
Best wishes,
Lindsay
Likit Products
I am the Brand Manager of Likit products and I felt that it was important that I responded to your comment.
I can assure you that when we developed the products (in conjunction with a top Equine Nutritionalist, Dr Derek Cuddeford) we ensured that the products were safe to feed to all types of horses. Dr Cuddeford has spoken with me in length about laminitis and provided horses consume within the recommended levels (100-300g per head per day depended on size of animal and diet) there is no reason why Likits would not be safe to feed to horses or ponies with laminitis.
He goes onto explain that "this intake of sugar over an extended period of time is highly unlikely to create problems for the animal since the sugar will be readily absorbed from the small intestine and not interfere with large intestinal function. It is probable that the actual sugar intake from hay alone will be higher than from the Likit!"
I hope that this information puts yours and everyone reading this blogs mind at rest. I think it is important that people know the facts rather than just opinion.
If anyone has any concerns please feel free to email me directly on office@likit.co.uk.
Best wishes,
Lindsay
Likit Products
JM07
Well-Known Member
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Dear JM07,
I am the Brand Manager of Likit products and I felt that it was important that I responded to your comment.
I can assure you that when we developed the products (in conjunction with a top Equine Nutritionalist, Dr Derek Cuddeford) we ensured that the products were safe to feed to all types of horses. Dr Cuddeford has spoken with me in length about laminitis and provided horses consume within the recommended levels (100-300g per head per day depended on size of animal and diet) there is no reason why Likits would not be safe to feed to horses or ponies with laminitis.
He goes onto explain that "this intake of sugar over an extended period of time is highly unlikely to create problems for the animal since the sugar will be readily absorbed from the small intestine and not interfere with large intestinal function. It is probable that the actual sugar intake from hay alone will be higher than from the Likit!"
I hope that this information puts yours and everyone reading this blogs mind at rest. I think it is important that people know the facts rather than just opinion.
If anyone has any concerns please feel free to email me directly on office@likit.co.uk.
Best wishes,
Lindsay
Likit Products
[/ QUOTE ]
thank you for that, Lindsay...
i still won't be buying them though.
Dear JM07,
I am the Brand Manager of Likit products and I felt that it was important that I responded to your comment.
I can assure you that when we developed the products (in conjunction with a top Equine Nutritionalist, Dr Derek Cuddeford) we ensured that the products were safe to feed to all types of horses. Dr Cuddeford has spoken with me in length about laminitis and provided horses consume within the recommended levels (100-300g per head per day depended on size of animal and diet) there is no reason why Likits would not be safe to feed to horses or ponies with laminitis.
He goes onto explain that "this intake of sugar over an extended period of time is highly unlikely to create problems for the animal since the sugar will be readily absorbed from the small intestine and not interfere with large intestinal function. It is probable that the actual sugar intake from hay alone will be higher than from the Likit!"
I hope that this information puts yours and everyone reading this blogs mind at rest. I think it is important that people know the facts rather than just opinion.
If anyone has any concerns please feel free to email me directly on office@likit.co.uk.
Best wishes,
Lindsay
Likit Products
[/ QUOTE ]
thank you for that, Lindsay...
i still won't be buying them though.