Dizzydancer
Well-Known Member
Does anyone feed magnesium supplement to take edge off there horse.
If so what do you use?
If so what do you use?
I'm going to be the odd one out and say I use NAF Magic calmer... during the summer he was on the powder daily, and the shots whenever I took him out to a lesson (I would never compete with a calmer but I was struggling even to have a lesson at home without him spooking and then bronking me off over the summer!). Did work, one particular day he actually felt like a donkey on the instants... however now winter has hit I've taken him off again, as a) I want to compete and b) He has settled right down since the grass has lost it's lushness.
Next year I'm going to try him on a digestive supplement rather than a calmer as I don't think it was the mag that did anything, I think it was the pre and pro biopics in the calmer. He does get skitty on grass so wonder if the behaviour came from digestive upset? He was also a bit girthy over summer and that has calmed right down too, so think I need to go that route rather than a magnesium calmer next time...
My mare is the same in every way, spooky, broncing , slightly girthy, on magic worked during the summer now seems v chilled so have left it off as I too think its grass growth related. In summer she's on short grass now on long, the sharp growth of the short may have been magnesium deficient, perhaps the more hay like long stuff ( not so heavily grazed) is not.
Have also had a day recently when she looked so sleepy and rode like a seaside donkey!