Horse
Electrolytes and Hydration
Horses lose salt and minerals in sweat, and an electrolyte replaces what plain water and hay do not. Pipestone Farm Supply lists eleven horse electrolyte and hydration products. Daily-feed powders include Mad Barn Performance XL Electrolytes in 1 kg, 5 kg and 20 kg, Strictly Equine Power Quench apple flavour in 2.27 kg and 13.6 kg, and Pharma-Vet Quench-Lyte electrolyte formula. For hauling and show days there are paste and liquid formats: Golden Horseshoe Electro Paste 80 g and the Equi-Jug 80 mL, and Strictly Equine Aqua-Lytes 3.8 L to add to the water. Golden Horseshoe potassium chloride 1.5 kg is a plain KCl source for owners who mix their own. Feed electrolytes at the rate on the label, and ask your veterinarian before supplementing a horse that is not sweating. Ships Canada-wide from Millet, Alberta.
Brands in this category
Strictly Equine (4) · Golden Horseshoe (3) · Mad Barn (3) · Pharma VET (1)
- Read the guide: What Does DIN Mean on a Veterinary Product? Health Canada's Definition
Health Canada's definition of a Drug Identification Number (DIN), what the Drug Product Database statuses mean, and the veterinary products we list with their DIN cited.
- Read the guide: How to Estimate a Horse's Weight: Weight Tape, Girth Table or Scale
Ontario's agriculture ministry on weighing a horse: how to use a weight tape, its girth-to-weight table and formula, and when only a scale will do.
- Read the guide: Heated Water Buckets and Stock Tank De-Icers: Keeping Livestock Water Open Through an Alberta Winter
How to match a K&H stock tank de-icer, bucket heater, heated base or heated bowl to the horses, cattle, poultry, dogs and barn cats you keep — and set it up safely.
- Read the guide: Mad Barn Omneity vs AminoTrace+: Which One Does Your Horse Need?
Omneity Premix, Omneity Pellets or AminoTrace+? What Mad Barn's own labels say about each balancer, who each is formulated for, feeding rates, and which sizes we stock in Millet.