Cal-Mag 900g Cal Mag Magnesium Calmer Laminitis LOW P&P

Calcined Magnesite (Cal-Mag) 900g

Calcined Magnesite is a source of Magnesium that is often deficient in grazing pastures and therefore a horse’s diet. Magnesium is the main ingredient of many calmers on the market, and has been shown to reduce the risk of laminitis.

How much to feed each day?

4 grams of Calcined Magnesite per 100kg bodyweight

500kg horse would be 20 grams of Calcined Magnesite daily.

***As CalMag is supplementing any Magnesium already present in your horses diet, the amount given may need to be adjusted to suit your horse. If when giving the recommended amount, your horse has loose droppings, reduce the amount of CalMag until they return to normal***

Why feed Magnesium to Horses?

Magnesium is often a main ingredient in commercial calming supplements. Magnesium plays an important part in nerve and muscle function. Horses deficient in this important element can show signs of nervousness, wariness, excitability, and muscle tremors. This gives magnesium its reputation for having a calming influence on equines.

A deficient horse is likely to have a poor tolerance to work and its muscles will tie up quite quickly.

Magnesium is also known to play an important part in reducing equine obesity, and can lessen the risk of laminitis in animals prone to it during periods of strong spring grass growth.

Magnesium and Laminitis

Magnesium supplementation has been advised by veterinary surgeons with excellent results both in America and the UK. The supplementation serves not only to re-balance the diet in low magnesium areas or with high cereal diets, but also to help in combating fat deposition in overweight animals (cresty necks). In particular, with laminitics, to aid weight loss where necessary, for protection of body tissues, and also to maintain circulation. Magnesium is also often used to help tense, nervous, highly strung animals due to it’s involvement in the function of excitable membranes.  

When is Magnesium supplementation necessary?

• There are a number of reasons why magnesium intake or status may be low:
• Type of diet and management – High levels of concentrate in the diet or out at grass all year
• Time of the year – During wet periods and in the Spring and September with   periods of grass growth
• Environmental conditions – Acidic and marshy soils
• Health status and body condition – Overweight horses and ponies and animals prone to laminitis have a lower magnesium status
• Breed – Native breeds tend to have a lower magnesium status
• Stress – There is a greater requirement for magnesium during periods of stress

Why buy a REFILL PACK?

Usually, when you buy a horse supplement, it comes in a plastic tub. Buying supplements in a refill pack has many advantages:

ü      More environmentally friendly! Only need to throw away a small plastic bag after use, not a plastic tub that fills up the landfill sites!

ü      Cheaper! When you buy a tub of supplements you are also paying for yet another tub. Also postage costs are lower as a bag weighs much less than a tub.

ü      I buy my products in large quantities, so I can pass the savings onto my customers

ü      Small quantities are available. You can try a small amount first to see whether your horse likes it!

ü      Flexibility, I can provide my products in any quantity required – Just ask!

***MULTI-PACK DEAL***