What to do if your horse
does get upset
The most important point is
to be aware of your safety as
well as other people on the
yard. Put a fleece or cooler rug
on your horse to wick away
any sweat. Try to distract your
horse with a big net of hay or
his favourite lick or treats. Try
to keep calm yourself as your
horse will feed off your anxiety.
If your horse is becoming
dangerous to himself or you
then you are best advised to
call your vet and seek their
advice as he may be best to be
sedated by them.
Maintenance Liquid both
contain Magnesium Aspartate
Hydrochloride the gold
standard magnesium. Nettex
Calmer Maintenance
Powder contains chelated
Magnesium which is also
readily absorbed.
Is a calmer liquid,
powder or paste best?
Nettex Calmer Maintenance
Powder is formulated
to maintain magnesium
levels using chelated
magnesium giving longlasting effectiveness. Nettex
Calmer Maintenance Liquid
contains magnesium aspartate
How to choose a calmer hydrochloride, the gold
supplement
standard of magnesium and is
Choose a supplement
quickly absorbed for a rapid
containing magnesium. The
and long-lasting effect. They
direct relationship between
both encourage well-being &
stress & magnesium is well
concentration. If you have a
documented. Poor magnesium nervous horse that is stressed
status has been shown to cause over the entire bonfire night
a heightened stress response
period then either product
in horses. Research has shown would be ideal to feed daily
that magnesium supplemented and then top up with Nettex
horses had lower heart rates
Calmer Syringe Paste Boost
in stressful situations, such
for nights when there are big
as after transportation.
firework displays.
Magnesium is safe and has no
I advise using a calmer
adverse effects so is ideal to use paste on the night of a firework
a calmer supplement.
display. Nettex Calmer Syringe
However, some magnesium Paste Boost is ideal as it
compounds are not absorbed
contains magnesium aspartate
very well by horses. This means hydrochloride and L-Theanine,
that the magnesium can’t be
an anti-stress amino acid active
absorbed and get into the
from green tea, for a rapid
bloodstream, so the calmer
calming effect during times of
won’t work. Make sure that
stress.
you read the label and choose
your magnesium supplement
Top tip to get the best
carefully. Avoid supplements
from your calmer
containing magnesium oxide
supplement
as this is very poorly absorbed Absorption rates of calmer
by horses and so won’t be
supplements can vary between
effective. Choose a supplement horses which can affect the
containing magnesium
results of the calmer. This
aspartate hydrochloride as this means that some horses may
is considered to be the ‘gold
need a slightly higher or lower
standard’ magnesium that
dose for desired effect. Trial
is best absorbed by horses.
your calmer supplement before
Chelated magnesium is also
a stressful night such as a
well absorbed and an effective firework display to make sure
supplement.
that you are happy with the
Nettex Calmers contain results and know whether you
magnesium that is bioneed to feed a slightly higher
available & quickly absorbed.
or lower amount.
Nettex Calmer Syringe
Paste Boost & Calmer
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Everything Horse Magazine • Issue 25• October 2015