Spring Grass! Looking for a recomended Magnesium Supplement

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I've only owned my horse for 8 months, but since hitting the spring grass he's turned into the devil. He bucks on every ride/hack out , refuses every jump and just generally behaves badly both on the ground and when ridden.
I messaged his previous owner to ask if this was the 'norm' for him when its spring or if I should be calling the vet out. She told me that he is a nightmare in the spring and she basically kept him free of grass in the yard only feeding him hay due to his bad behaviour.
I have read about Magnesium Supplements being very helpful for calming the horses behaviour during these tough months.

Can anyone recommended a good one to use? I notice there are several online but wants to get opinions before buying one.

(I should mention that he has had his back checked and has the dentist out next week to just check him over)
 
I use straight magnesium oxide from forage plus. It's cheap and I can adjust dosage as required. Dosage is up a bit right now as rain has caused big draft horse to think he's a thoroughbred.....
 
yup I do straight mag ox too, I get mine from natural horse supplies or pro-earth, both are good
 
Plus a good tablespoon of salt. I just use table salt. The magnesium and sodium is supposed to correct some of the mineral imbalances in fast growing spring grass.
 
If it makes you feel any better, we are in the same situation. Its our first pony, and whilst he is young so still a bit green, he has made great progress in the 11 months we have owned him, but a couple of times this spring he has lost a grip on reality!

He is returning to his normal ways again now, but it has surprised me the dramatic effect that the spring grass has had. One visible effect was that he used to trot over to the gate when we arrived at his field, but over the spring he would occasionally run at full gallop (or even one notch above gallop!), a couple of times I really didn't think he was going to stop!

We did as your previous owner did, by reducing the amount of grass available and making the volume up with hay. We were also a bit firmer with him so that he understood that playing up was not an option. (He is a member of our family, and my daughter adores him) but he started to be a bit disobedient when being lead, with loading, standing still etc. so we put a lot of effort into making sure he did as he was told.
 
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