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| What can you tell me about Red Cell? The good, the bad? |
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Location: Southern Oregon | I love the stuff. I have been using it off and on for years. I used it mainly on my BIG HS rodeo mare forever ago. She always seemed blah , red cell boosted her up to a whole new level. I did find it can make some horses hot, but I think it is just because they are feeling so much better. Like when we are taking proper vitamins and minerals. Feed it per directions.
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| Is this something that is fed daily or a few days before an event? |
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Red cell is an iron supplement so you have to be careful with it. It's probably not something I would feed on a regular basis, primarily because iron is a mineral that our body stores. In high concentrations it can be harmful.
I would get a blood panel done $85.00 +/- to see if everything looks good. If it does, I probably wouldn't feed a vit/min supplement. It would be a waste of money. Instead you could try some B12 for a little extra kick... Or maybe just some extra exercise or some swimming to get her feeling good and having a bit more energy.
Good luck!
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| I give it to my senior guy off and on with his appetite. Have not needed to lately as he seems to like the mix that I have him on presently. |
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Location: Texas | grinandbareit - 2015-10-21 1:08 PM Red cell is an iron supplement so you have to be careful with it. It's probably not something I would feed on a regular basis, primarily because iron is a mineral that our body stores. In high concentrations it can be harmful. I would get a blood panel done $85.00 +/- to see if everything looks good. If it does, I probably wouldn't feed a vit/min supplement. It would be a waste of money. Instead you could try some B12 for a little extra kick... Or maybe just some extra exercise or some swimming to get her feeling good and having a bit more energy. Good luck!
What is B12? I looked it up and see it mostly as an injection except for this..
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=24677 |
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | I have never really liked Red Cell. If you can get Lixotinic I would use it instead. It is more expensive but I believe it is WAY better than Red Cell. |
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Location: Texas | outrundaizy - 2015-10-21 1:53 PM
grinandbareit - 2015-10-21 1:08 PM Red cell is an iron supplement so you have to be careful with it. It's probably not something I would feed on a regular basis, primarily because iron is a mineral that our body stores. In high concentrations it can be harmful. I would get a blood panel done $85.00 +/- to see if everything looks good. If it does, I probably wouldn't feed a vit/min supplement. It would be a waste of money. Instead you could try some B12 for a little extra kick... Or maybe just some extra exercise or some swimming to get her feeling good and having a bit more energy. Good luck!
What is B12? I looked it up and see it mostly as an injection except for this.. http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=24677
You can inject it IM... Not sure how well it is absorbed in a feed through. Maybe do a little research on the feed through if you don't like doing injections.
Just read some reviews and people say the feed supplement is working for them... I'd try that first.
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| grinandbareit - 2015-10-21 1:08 PM
Red cell is an iron supplement so you have to be careful with it. It's probably not something I would feed on a regular basis, primarily because iron is a mineral that our body stores. In high concentrations it can be harmful.
I would get a blood panel done $85.00 +/- to see if everything looks good. If it does, I probably wouldn't feed a vit/min supplement. It would be a waste of money. Instead you could try some B12 for a little extra kick... Or maybe just some extra exercise or some swimming to get her feeling good and having a bit more energy.
Good luck!
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| UTAHCANCHASER - 2015-10-21 2:00 PM
I have never really liked Red Cell. If you can get Lixotinic I would use it instead. It is more expensive but I believe it is WAY better than Red Cell.
What is the comparatives of both of these?
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| Red Cell turned my laid back barrel mare into an idiot who set back at the trailer, breaking the tie when her buddy left-something she'd never done. At the same show she started bucking during a barrel run-also something she'd never done. This was after two weeks of red cell. I cut her dose to half of the recommended dose-two weeks after that she made big circles around all three barrels. I gave the rest of the red cell away. |
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| BMW - 2015-10-21 4:02 PM
Red Cell turned my laid back barrel mare into an idiot who set back at the trailer, breaking the tie when her buddy left-something she'd never done. At the same show she started bucking during a barrel run-also something she'd never done. This was after two weeks of red cell. I cut her dose to half of the recommended dose-two weeks after that she made big circles around all three barrels. I gave the rest of the red cell away.
First of all I am OLD. I used to feed Red Cell about 35 years ago and it made my horses idiots too. I went to a barrel race and they had raffle prizes and one prizze was Red Cell. When they called your name you got to pick your prize. I was discussing what to pick with an OLD friend and she said she would NEVER pick the Red Cell and I told her I thought it might be a good choice for US NOT THE HORSES. |
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| I can tell you it did EXACTLY what it what supposed to for my mare. Fixed the anemia and put her on cloud 9 lol. I give it while hauling hard. |
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Location: Missouri | grinandbareit - 2015-10-21 1:08 PM
Red cell is an iron supplement so you have to be careful with it. It's probably not something I would feed on a regular basis, primarily because iron is a mineral that our body stores. In high concentrations it can be harmful.
I would get a blood panel done $85.00 +/- to see if everything looks good. If it does, I probably wouldn't feed a vit/min supplement. It would be a waste of money. Instead you could try some B12 for a little extra kick... Or maybe just some extra exercise or some swimming to get her feeling good and having a bit more energy.
Good luck!
^ This. I have had good and bad experiences with Red Cell. Some horses go CRAZY some it gives the extra pep to their step. I would get blood work done and then feed accordingly. In my opinion you should have blood work any ways so that your horse can get what they are missing |
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Location: South Dakota | streakysox - 2015-10-21 9:07 PM BMW - 2015-10-21 4:02 PM Red Cell turned my laid back barrel mare into an idiot who set back at the trailer, breaking the tie when her buddy left-something she'd never done. At the same show she started bucking during a barrel run-also something she'd never done. This was after two weeks of red cell. I cut her dose to half of the recommended dose-two weeks after that she made big circles around all three barrels. I gave the rest of the red cell away. First of all I am OLD. I used to feed Red Cell about 35 years ago and it made my horses idiots too. I went to a barrel race and they had raffle prizes and one prizze was Red Cell. When they called your name you got to pick your prize. I was discussing what to pick with an OLD friend and she said she would NEVER pick the Red Cell and I told her I thought it might be a good choice for US NOT THE HORSES.
Yep, I think a lot of us "oldies" used to feed Red Cell. I'd be tempted to take it myself but don't have a horse I'd want to give it to, lol! |
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Location: Dubach, LA | cmeturnnburn - 2015-10-21 3:14 PM UTAHCANCHASER - 2015-10-21 2:00 PM I have never really liked Red Cell. If you can get Lixotinic I would use it instead. It is more expensive but I believe it is WAY better than Red Cell. What is the comparatives of both of these? Thanks!
Edit to add: If you can get past the taste of the lixotonic, it will put some pep in YOUR step.
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| I really like Super Supplement. http://www.bigdweb.com/Super-Supplement-Gal/productinfo/65832/ |
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Location: Piedmont, OK | it can be toxic if given too much but is good for an anemic horse. You could look into injectable B vitamins. For extra pick up I give Animal Element Product X it is safe and not toxic in any way. I take the product X myself when I am low on energy and it works great on me! |
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| Red Cell can be hard on an ulcer prone horses stomach. |
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