DRINKING POST
Health Benefits
The Gift of Clean Water.
Maximizing water intake year round should be a primary goal in the management of all animals, especially horses and livestock. One of the most crucial elements to maximizing water intake is to ensure your animals have access to fresh, clean water they want to drink!
Water intake affects every part of an animal’s system includingsight, fluid balance, temperature control, exercise tolerance, milk production lubrication of joints, flushing of toxins, saliva, the central nervous system, digestibility of feed, and much more!
No Standing Water
Stagnant water in ponds, buckets, and water tanks get severely contaminated with algae, which takes a lot of maintenance to keep clean. Some algae, specifically blue-green, can be toxic to horses. A good rule of thumb is if a natural water source is not fed with flowing water, it’s not suitable for horses to drink. Stagnant water sources can cause many issues, including moon-blindness, Leptospirosi, and increased possibility of mosquito-borne illnesses (such as West Nile Virus)
The Drinking Post fills with fresh water every time the paddle is pushed. This provides good tasting algae-free water that comes up at the perfect temp all year long (50 F/10 C). Since all the water drains after each use, using the Drinking Post dramatically reduces spread of water-borne illnesses. It also means that contaminants like mosquito eggs won’t make it into your animals’ water, reducing the spread of West Nile virus.
No Electricity
If you are utilizing a bucket, trough, or any type of reservoir with a heater, it is likely vulnerable to horse play. Here’s what Horse Illustrated has to say about horses playing with electric cords on their heated waterers:
“With a floating trough heater, “young” or “mouthy” horses will play with them like bath toys, chewing on them or ultimately flipping them out of the trough and onto the ground. Also, because heat rises, this type of heater does not work well on deeper troughs in extremely cold climates. Ice will still form at the lower depths, keeping the overall temperature colder than ideal. A short in the system could cause the unit to quit working. Worse, it could electrify the water, creating a shocking effect when your horse tries to take a drink….And of course, make sure electrical cords are well out of reach. If a horse chews through an electrical cord, it may be the last thing he ever chews on!” (November 2000 issue of Horse Illustrated)
Drinking Post offers an alternative so you can avoid this potential safety hazard to your beloved animals. The benefits of using a non-electric waterer include:
- No expensive electricity bill
- Power outages will not affect your animals’ automatic waterer
- No risk of electric shock
- No risk of fire (barn fires are common due to electric waterers with faulty wiring, defective electric equipment, or misuse/abuse by your animals.
Barn fires stemming from the use of electricity in automatic waterers are often tragic, but are an unfortunately reality of horse & livestock care. Using a non-electric waterer, like Drinking Post, can prevent the possibility of a tragic barn fire.
“Electric water heating coils can pose a problem if they are not attended because once the water has boiled out the coil will continue to heat the bucket, allowing heat to transfer to adjacent materials. In November of 2000, twenty Standardbreds lost their lives in a fire whose cause was believed to be a portable submersible electric water heater… Before you add heat—for whatever reason—please carefully consider if it’s really necessary.” (source: firesafetyinbarns.com)
No Risk of Water-Borne Illnesses
If you are utilizing a bucket, trough, or any type of reservoir with a heater, it is likely vulnerable to horse play. Here’s what Horse Illustrated has to say about horses playing with electric cords on their heated waterers:
“With a floating trough heater, “young” or “mouthy” horses will play with them like bath toys, chewing on them or ultimately flipping them out of the trough and onto the ground. Also, because heat rises, this type of heater does not work well on deeper troughs in extremely cold climates. Ice will still form at the lower depths, keeping the overall temperature colder than ideal. A short in the system could cause the unit to quit working. Worse, it could electrify the water, creating a shocking effect when your horse tries to take a drink….And of course, make sure electrical cords are well out of reach. If a horse chews through an electrical cord, it may be the last thing he ever chews on!” (November 2000 issue of Horse Illustrated)
Drinking Post offers an alternative so you can avoid this potential safety hazard to your beloved animals. The benefits of using a non-electric waterer include:
- No expensive electricity bill
- Power outages will not affect your animals’ automatic waterer
- No risk of electric shock
- No risk of fire (barn fires are common due to electric waterers with faulty wiring, defective electric equipment, or misuse/abuse by your animals.
Barn fires stemming from the use of electricity in automatic waterers are often tragic, but are an unfortunately reality of horse & livestock care. Using a non-electric waterer, like Drinking Post, can prevent the possibility of a tragic barn fire.
“Electric water heating coils can pose a problem if they are not attended because once the water has boiled out the coil will continue to heat the bucket, allowing heat to transfer to adjacent materials. In November of 2000, twenty Standardbreds lost their lives in a fire whose cause was believed to be a portable submersible electric water heater… Before you add heat—for whatever reason—please carefully consider if it’s really necessary.” (source: firesafetyinbarns.com)
