Favorite 4 lb salt block holders?

[cyanskies]

I have these in all my stalls right now, but they’ve started falling apart less than a year into having them. The blocks also fall out of them once the horses lick them down a bit.

I’ve thought about just hanging an additional water bucket and putting the block in those, but I have at least one horse who loves to fling buckets off their hooks just for fun, and those flat back buckets are like $20+ each now.

Not a fan of 50 lb blocks on stall floors… they get covered in pee and shavings too quickly.

[punchy]

I just put mine in their feed tubs, take them out when they eat (or not) and put them back in when they’re done.

[Tee]

I have this in my 2 year old’s stall and really like how safe it is and how well it’s held up to him. https://www.sstack.com/dura-tech-plastic-salt-block-holder/p/22091/

[SusanO]

I like that kind the best but my issue with any salt block holder is that it became the handy dandy tail scratcher, Which tore up the holder but left the metal screws in the wall. And those screws had rusted out from the salt and I can’t get them out of the wall. But then if you put the salt block in a flat tub it gets thrown out onto the floor. You can’t win. Maybe somebody else has a better idea.

[Tee]

I just mount them low enough that they can’t tail scratch.

[IPEsq]

Out of stock at Chewy but I liked these

TOUGH-1 Polymer Horseshoe Salt Block Holder, Black - Chewy.com

The regular plastic rectangle ones are also ok but I found that they tend to be butt or neck scratchers more than the others for some reason, and in doing so, they collect hair and dirt around/under the block versus the horseshoe kind that is more open.

I also find my horses prefer the block closer to their food than their water in that there is less scratching happening when oriented by the food bucket as compared to being by a waterer or water bucket. But that’s anecdotal —I have no reason behind why I have observed this.

[Lusoluv]

I have the same one as the OP. I installed it above my horse’s feeder. I’ve never had it fall out, but I guess if it did, it’d fall in the feeder. Horse couldn’t scratch on it if she wanted as the feeder is in the way. Maybe try repositioning yours?

[clanter]

we switched to the Pink Himalayan salt with a rope that we tie to the stall wall, once licked down to pieces the pieces are moved to the pasture salt licks

in the pastures we have Pink Himalayan salt blocks as well as the standby red mineral blocks and loose white salt in rubber tubs that are covered when (IF it ever?) rains

[Christa_P]

I use the plastic horseshoe style like IPEsq recommended. I have had some for over 10 years and rarely have an issue, including moving barns and changing stalls.

[2DogsFarm]

I have the Himalayan like @clanter shows.
They last a good, long time.
Mine are hung from old blanket leg straps that hang from screws high up in the stall walls. I just clip the salt ropes into the straps’ clip end.

[Scribbler]

@2DogsFarm

I have the Himalayan like @clanter shows.
They last a good, long time.
Mine are hung from old blanket leg straps that hang from screws high up in the stall walls. I just clip the salt ropes into the straps’ clip end.

Hmm. My mare can go through a 7 lb salt block in 2 months. With added salt in her mash. The hanging Himalayan blocks don’t last that long for us!

At her most industrious she can eat a lb of salt a week.