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5 Top Tips on How to Keep Your Horse Hydrated

April 16, 2019

5 TOP TIPS ON HOW TO KEEP YOUR HORSE HYDRATED

Here British Horse Feeds consultant nutritionist, Dr Tom, offers his top tips on hydration.

1.Give your horse a pinch or a poke! With a well hydrated horse, a pinch or poke depression will fill in almost immediately. The more dehydrated a horse, the longer it takes. If your finger prints remain, your horse definitely needs water.

2. Ensure water is available and accessible! Positioning the water bucket is as important as its fullness. Horses are designed to feed at ground level, so a low water bucket is preferable to a high one. Placing it next to the hay feeder in the stable is good. Outside it is less important as the water content of grass means a trough is for top-ups!

3. Feed wet! The horse grazes on a feed that contains up to 80% water, so dry feed is not natural to its behavior. Supplementing with a designed soaked feed, like Speedi-Beet or Fibre-Beet, is the best way to compensate for any limitations in water intake. Water intake, integral to feed, is physiologically preferable to a separate drink which should really be a top-up.

4. Pay attention to temperature! A horse can become as dehydrated in winter as in summer. Consider the environment when presenting water. Freezing cold water in winter won’t be attractive; although it may not be practical to have a tepid bucket of water. Preparing soaked feed with warm water will ensure uptake both of the feed and the water.

5. Rehydrate as soon as possible after exercise. It’s surprising how much water a horse can lose during exercise, and it is not always easy to get them to drink whilst cooling down. However, a really slushy mix of a palatable super fibre, like Speedi-Beet or Fibre-Beet, not only rehydrates but also restores gastric integrity.

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Emerald Valley is a member of the National Animal Supplement Council and certified to display the NASC Seal of Quality. Our products and natural horse supplements are manufactured with purified water, under strict batch control and quality guidelines, in a licensed facility. This is the important difference in the quality, effectiveness and reliability of our products. There is no alcohol in our solutions, only the natural herbs, that help invigorate the horse in your life, naturally.

MEET DR. TOM

We would like to introduce you to a very important member of the Emerald Valley Natural Health family, Dr. Tom Shurlock.
Dr. Tom, as he likes to be called, started working for British Horse Feeds in 1997. Armed with a BSc in Agricultural Biochemistry & Nutrition and also a PhD in Animal Physiology & Nutrition, it was very clear from the get go researching new developments in horse nutrition (and natural horse supplements) are Tom’s passion.
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