Magnesium Oxide

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Pete has been on MgO since Rockley and I just wondered if anyone else has noticed their horses being really calmed by it's addition? I know it's sold as a calmer although that's not why I use it, Pete is so very chilled now does it work that well in lots of horses? I had never tried it before, he hadn't been difficult before just much more spooky. Virtually de-spooked now!
 
Unfortunately very little Magnesium Oxide gets absorbed into the body, most of it just travels through the gut & out the other end without being used. The one preparation that actually does get the magnesium into the body is extremely expemsive & that's 'Nupafeed'. I've found that with my Hann x TB, who was always tense & nervous at shows, it has made a real difference. He's calmer, more focused on what he's doing & he now enjoys his jumping & is doing rather well.

It is very expensive though & you can shop around for it as much as you like, the price remains the same.
 
I started giving it too mine as he was spooking ridiculously, however he became almost comatose!
The Magnesium was all i can put it down too but yes he stopped spooking- he also stopped walking (literally) if i stopped constant kicking and even then it was the slowest deadest walk I've ever known!
It didnt work however on two horses i tried who really could have done with calming ;)
 
I believe that it will only make a difference or have an effect if the horse is deficient. So if horse is getting sufficient throug0h grazing /feed it's unlikely to have any effect at all.

That said, I feed it to all mine.
 
OldNag said:
I believe that it will only make a difference or have an effect if the horse is deficient. So if horse is getting sufficient throug0h grazing /feed it's unlikely to have any effect at all.

That said, I feed it to all mine.
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^^^ Yup, what oldnag said. Magnesium (and any other vit or mineral based calmer) will only have an effect if the horse is deficient in the first place.

I feed Mag Phos to my horses after hard work or injury to aid muscle recovery but that is it. :)
 
Magnesium acts to block the action of adrenaline (as I understand it). If your horse is short on magnesium (as mine was) they are just permanently running on adrenaline high alert, so if anyone has a horse who is over reactive it is always worth trying supplementing with MagOx for a couple of weeks. It isn't expensive and if there is no change in a couple of weeks chances are they weren't deficient and that isn't the problem.
 
My QH went to pieces recently, spooky, reactive and a total twit. In desperation I put him on MagOx and he's so chilled after 2 weeks. I'm amazed how well it has worked. That said, his previous owner had him on Nupafeed which I am too mean to buy, so he probably needed a magnesium supplement.
 
Technically with our grazing we are deficient. But as I said not difference but that isn't why I feed it, its a hoof thing ;)
 
I feed it for insulin resistance it has brought my ponies levels right back down. You have to use salt with it as well.
 
Toby_Zaphod said:
Unfortunately very little Magnesium Oxide gets absorbed into the body, most of it just travels through the gut & out the other end without being used. The one preparation that actually does get the magnesium into the body is extremely expemsive & that's 'Nupafeed'. I've found that with my Hann x TB, who was always tense & nervous at shows, it has made a real difference. He's calmer, more focused on what he's doing & he now enjoys his jumping & is doing rather well.
It is very expensive though & you can shop around for it as much as you like, the price remains the same.
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I disagree. Around 25ml daily of MagOx light with no expensive additives is plenty to make a difference to my lad, and that has been the case over a period of 10 years +. Excess will get excreted but only if you don't need much to top up anyway. Have you tried giving it straight TZ?
 
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