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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 26 Everything Horse Magazine • Issue 25• October 2015