> BK> I started giving it to her becuase it helps the horse
> BK> metablize MSM.. and it later occured to me to watch it..
 
> MSM?  The proprietary stuff?
 
MSM is the feedthrough version of DSMO..  many companies make it.
 
 
> BK> Go to the store and find it in one of those typical horse
> BK> tubs that they sell stuff in..  it comes in powder form.
> BK> Start with very small amounts (like about an 8th of the
> BK> scoop) and build up slowly watching her poop. Do not let her
> BK> get to loose.. this could possibly affect her hydration
> BK> levels.
 
> OOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhh - good point.  When she is in a stall, it's not a
> concern because she is BORED and GRAZES on the waterer.  Nothing better
> to do, so she gets a drink.  Goes back to doing nothing, goes back to get
> another drink. Annoys the horse on her left, goes and chases him away
> from the waterer, gets another drink.  Dozes a while, goes and gets
> another drink.  I spent a fortune on vets one summer as I thought she had
> a physical problem - her stalls were ALWAYS too wet.  After every test
> they could think of, I found out it was a common psychological problem -
> grazing on the waterer - and too much water IN means too much water OUT.
> Now that she's on 1/4 acre with two other horses, she doesn't drink as
> much.  She STILL annoys the other horses through the fence, though - she
> can be one b!tchy mare.
 
 
I've also found that bored horses will play with their salt block and get 
themselves into a lick then drink then pee syndrom..   gets rediculous till 
you pull the salt block.
 
 
 
                                BK 
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