Horslyx Mobility Balancer Field Lick – 15 kg Horse Supplement

Horslyx Mobility Balancer – 15kg Field Lick

Fifteen kilos of the joint formulation, which at 250g a day is about sixty days for one 500kg horse. This is the tub for a horse that is going to be on joint support for the long haul, or for a couple of older horses sharing a paddock, rather than for a short trial.

Mobility puts methyl sulphonyl methane and glucosamine hydrochloride into the declared composition and lifts vitamin E and vitamin C to 2,000mg per kg each. Phosphorus at 1.4% and sodium at 2.2% both run below the Original lick. Horslyx make Mobility in 650g, 5kg and 15kg only — the 15kg is the largest there is.

Performance & Benefits

• 15kg, roughly sixty days of joint support for one 500kg horse.
• MSM and glucosamine hydrochloride named in the declared composition.
• Vitamin E and vitamin C both at 2,000mg per kg, with selenium at 5mg.
• Copper 600mg and zinc 1,200mg per kg, part-supplied as glycine chelates.
• Weatherproof, and designed to be used with the 15kg Horslyx Holder.
• The largest Mobility tub Horslyx make.
• No artificial colours or preservatives.

Suitable For

• Older horses and ponies on continuous joint support.
• Competition horses through a long season.
• Two or three horses sharing a field lick.
• Horses that will not eat a powdered joint supplement in a bucket.
• Heavier than one pony needs for a trial — Horslyx Mobility Mini Lick 650g or the 5kg tub are the sizes for testing it first.

Feeding

• Horslyx give an expected intake of 250g a day for a 500kg horse, 200g for a 300kg pony and 300g for a 700kg horse.
• A 15kg tub is roughly sixty days for one 500kg horse, and proportionally less shared.
• Horslyx design the 15kg tub for the 15kg Horslyx Holder, which is weatherproof and doubles as a floor feeder.
• Introduce it slowly and monitor the intake rate; Horslyx note that consumption usually falls once a horse has got used to having a lick available.
• Feed alongside forage and fresh water.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: dehydrated cane molasses, pure vegetable oil, monocalcium phosphate, sodium chloride, prairie meal, calcium carbonate, methyl sulphonyl methane (MSM), glucosamine hydrochloride, magnesium oxide.
• Analytical constituents: crude oil and fats 6%, crude protein 6.5%, crude fibre 0.25%, crude ash 23%, sugar (as sucrose) 33%, calcium 2.5%, phosphorus 1.4%, magnesium 0.4%, sodium 2.2%.
• Additives per kg: vitamin A 25,000iu, vitamin D3 5,000iu, vitamin E 2,000mg, vitamin C 2,000mg, vitamin B12 220mcg, biotin 12mg.
• Trace elements per kg: copper 540mg from copper (II) sulphate plus 60mg as copper chelate of glycine, zinc 1,080mg from zinc sulphate plus 120mg as zinc chelate of glycine, manganese 800mg, iodine 6mg, selenium 5mg.
• Horslyx name glucosamine HCl, MSM and omega oils but publish no inclusion level for any of them, so no milligram figures are given here.
• Sugar (as sucrose) is 33%, which at the 250g daily intake works out at the 82.5g of sugar per day Horslyx themselves quote — less than a kilo of hay supplies.
• Horslyx describe the whole Balancer range as extremely low in starch but publish no starch percentage, so none is stated here.

Care & Caution

• Horslyx state that their Balancers are suitable for horses and ponies susceptible to or suffering from laminitis, introduced gradually with no more than ten minutes' access at first.
• If the forage ration is being restricted, Horslyx say not to allow free access to the lick — a hungry horse is more likely to over-consume it.
• Where two or three horses share it, one can take the lion's share — a second tub usually solves it.
• 15kg is heavy to move once opened; site it first.