I have found that soaking beet pulp and their low starch concentrate as well as their vitamin mineral supplement helps to keep them better hydrated. I sometimes will add GRATED carrot to it to make it even tastier. (I will never again feed whole carrots to horses, and I won't enve go into that sad tale right now. Believe me when I say - DO NOT feed whole carrots)
Adding electrolytes to one of their buckets of water helps too. Just make sure they have one bucket of plain water as well. If the water is too cool, sometimes they will not drink. My older horse will not touch water that has a skim of ice on it. I use heated water buckets when the temps get to freezing.
Your Haffiefriend,
~Kiola~
Brier, WA
--- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, "Marilyn" <marilynmitchell61@...> wrote:
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> ...but does anyone out there know a way to get them to drink more of it?
>
> I worry that not drinking enough can lead to colic and I was just wondering if anyone knew of anything we can add to water so it'll be tastier for them. Would a slice of lemon help? :)
>
> Marilyn
>
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