It is in excess of forty degrees out in the scorching sunlight and you can’t even amble outside without feeling that you’ve been robbed of every single scrap of energy you ever had. If you feel like this, consider just how your horse is feeling. Just about the identical. If you’re hot, so are they.
What will you be able to do to help cool it down?
Permanently have ample fresh, clean, cool water to hand. It is really difficult for them in high temperature like that to go too long with no drink. It’s always a good idea not to work them too hard in high temperature and humidity. It’s really punishing on their bodies. And if you need to work them, be Exceptionally careful about letting them drink when you’re done. Only allow them to have slight amounts and space those quantities out over a time frame. If you’re working them slowly and they are not perspiring and heaving, provide him a drink at the least every half-hour.
You might think this sounds funny, but consider it. Don’t place your water bowl out in the full sunlight. Why is this? The water contained can get so hot it could actually scald your horses mouth. Lay the bowl or bucket in the shade.
A further cool down suggestion, a horse loves cool water bathing – not ice cold – but cool spray from a hose all over their legs, back and chest. Some are concerned about water over their heads, so stay away from that area. Normally, the first thing it usually goes about doing after having been bathed is roll over in the mud and make themselves a pleasant bug screen layer on their coats. The bugs are ferocious in scorching climate. If you do not have a hose which has a spray end piece, then dab his head and face off using cooler water.
Even if you have a block of salt out, it’s not sufficient for all those viciously warm days. You will want to have extra salt on hand. All you should do is introduce additional table salt to your horses feed or hay. He will eat what he requires. Most equines sweat about enough to want 4 ounces of salt each day in scorching weather.
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