Minerals

Minerals are extremely important for a horse. Horses are completely dependent on their food for the absorption of minerals and cannot store minerals. The need for minerals can vary greatly and depends on the ambient temperature, the work, but also the food. Many unhealthy horse feeds or unhealthy pastures increase the need for minerals because horses use them for neutralizing and restorative processes that are necessary if a horse is fed unhealthy food too often or for too long. Many overweight horses or horses with metabolic problems such as IR or EMS often have a shortage of minerals. A salt block in your stable or habitat is a nice addition, but often not enough to really replenish a daily shortage.

For good absorption, the absorption form is of great importance. Some forms have difficulty passing through the intestinal wall and are of little use to feed. There is an extensive discussion about whether you should give organically bound minerals or inorganic minerals. Inorganic minerals (e.g. magnesium oxide) are generally more difficult to absorb unless they dissolve in water (e.g. magnesium chloride). An organic compound (e.g. magnesium chelate or citrate) is also well absorbed because these variants are bound to a transport protein.

Our experience is that most horses with overweight or metabolic problems benefit most from either liquid mineral supplements or organically bound minerals. Of course it is not wrong to change and vary every now and then.

The products on this page allow you to easily add easily absorbable minerals to your horse's diet.