Sorry, I can’t watch a 22 minute video only to find out they’re using testimonials or other “customer feedback”.
FWIW, I bought Remission for a fat, cresty, history-of-founder donkey because it was cheap and I figured it can’t hurt, might help.
After several months of feeding it to him, I started three others on it: another donkey who was also getting fat, my easy-keeper riding horse, and my perpetually NQR retired and spazzy TB.
Everybody on it is calmer. Everybody! Foundered donkey used to snort at anything out of sorts and he’s much less reactive now. Other donkey used to have a wicked spook in her, and I can’t even remember the last time she pulled that move. My riding horse has gone from “needs experienced rider at all times” to “giving pony rides to small children.” And spazzy, retired mare? She is acting NORMAL. Normal I tell you! I’ve never seen this horse act normal.
Could it all be coincidence or related to something else? Absolutely, especially since magnesium oxide isn’t supposed to be particularly bioavailable source and I don’t feed all that much. But I started using Remission with zero expectations and have noticed a positive change in behavior with everyone getting it. :yes: Now, I have no idea if it’s helping with the possible metabolic issues, but hey, some results are better than the no results I expected.
With all that said, there’s also a major training component. You can’t “feed” good training, as I’m sure you are aware…
I would try treating for ulcers first. The lethargy sounds like ulcers to me, rather than magnesium deficiency. If the ulcer treatment doesn’t help, go ahead and try magnesium.
Ulcers turned my horse into a spooky wreck. She was anemic from blood loss and went down for 4 hours before the vet got her stable. She came to me with ulcers and was underweight. The increased grain to try and help her gain weight was enough to push her over the edge. From now on i will feed alfalfa pellets over grain and add a ration balancer to that. High grain diets can cause ulcers.
I have an Appendix gelding, bought at 6 years old, now 20. When I bought him he was almost 300 lbs underweight (pity purchase); did well on Dr. Green with senior feed and he quickly rebounded, but along with his improved health came the spooks and crazies at everything (round bales, tire tracks, shadows on the ground, UPS truck, you name it.) I read about magnesium deficiency possibly being the cause of this type of behavior, and put him on magnesium pellets; in 10 days I had a new horse. I kept him on the magnesium pellets for several months and then switched him to good old cheap magnesium oxide, 1 tsp a day. It appears to be the “magic amount” needed over what’s provided in his vit/min pellet that he now gets to keep him level headed. Yes, magnesium CAN work miracles for some horses.
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