Magnesium Flakes (2Kg)
Why feed Magnesium?
Central Asia is where the native horse originates from. Equines are adapted to High Magnesium soils and they can’t store excess magnesium. Therefore, they need a regular intake. Many Australian soils are magnesium deficient. Most horse owners don’t know how deficient in Magnesium their horses are.
Why use Magnesium Chloride?
These Magnesium flakes have been sourced from the Tibetan Plateau 3200 metres above sea level, which is isolated from pollutants and contaminants. Magnesium Chloride flakes are highly soluble which makes them more readily absorbed and safe to feed.
Storage
- Option 1: Store as a solution 1:5 parts water.
- Option 2: Store dry flakes in an airtight container.
Instructions
Magnesium Flakes Instructions
Administration
Flakes 1 tablespoon = 20g
Solution 1 tablespoon to 100 ml water = 120 ml or 1/2 cup
Orally: Magnesium Chloride can be fed orally as a liquid or as a dry additive to feed.
1 tablespoon of flakes (20g) is equivalent to 1/2 cup of solution.
Transdermally: Magnesium is also readily absorbed through the skin (or transdermally). It can be massaged into the skin of horses suffering from tight fascia and muscle tension.
Dosages
Maintenance dose: 500 kg horse
Add to feed ½ cup solution or 1 tablespoon of flakes (20 grams) per day.
If you are not hard feeding then the Magnesium flakes can be added to the water trough.
- Horses approx 500kg-1 tablespoon per 30 litres (as they drink approx. 30 litres a day).
- Ponies- tablespoon per 15 litres (as they drink approx. 15 litres a day).
Water Trough Example: for two 250 kg ponies or one 500kg horse with a 200 litre trough (drinking approx. 30 litres x 7 days = 210 litres per week) add ½ cup (or 7 tablespoons) of flakes per week for maintenance. Double this dose in times of stress or when the sugar level is higher in the grass.
Therapeutic dose: for sick, stressed or deficient 500kg horses:
1 cup of solution or 2 tablespoons of flakes per feed; can be fed up to two times daily. Increase dose in hotter climates or if horses are heavily sweating.
Horses that are tied up or have severe muscle tension can also be massaged with magnesium chloride solution as it is readily absorbed transdermally (through the skin).
If you have magnesium deficient horses and are not hard feeding them, then you can syringe/ drench them with magnesium chloride solution (ratio 1:5).
Please note:
- Sometimes it takes a while for your horse to get accustomed to the taste in their hard feed. Just introduce it slowly.
- Horses receiving a high calcium or grain diet will need to be fed more magnesium chloride, as will horses grazing on high phosphorous pastures.
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