Hello everyone--
Well as some of you know I have had a hard time with my older gelding not wanting to drink as much as I would like to see him drink in the very hot weather we had over the summer. Being in Texas made it very hot. In reviewing some of what experts told me and other horse owners....and what I tried myself I thought I would share some of those ideas and let you know what worked for us.
Some of the suggestions:
*Freeze lemon-lime gatorade and put it in the water.
*Add a small amount of salt to their feed
*Put a bucket of water with a tablespoon of molasses in it.
*Give an electrolyte supplement
*Put a handful of grain in a bucket of water.
Well the ones I listed above were all the ones I tried. I found the best success in putting molasses in his water and also a handful of food in it. When I would do that he would lick the bucket completely dry. I had only tried it because I ran out of molasses and I knew his food had some on it. It worked wonders! Putting molasses in his water was also wonderful. He would drink the entire bucket several times a day.
I hope these suggestions are helpful to those that struggle with dehydration in the hot summer heat. A fabulous resource for info on any problem is: http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum/
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