Salt Lick? Are these the reddish blocks of rock salt, that come either in house-brick type for mounting on a wall or post, or in a giant cube-with-rope-hole for putting out in the field? If so I have tried both kinds, many times. Salty. And occasionally horse-saliva-y.
I also used to eat some of the rock salt that came in giant sacks for de-icing driveways, ramps etc. Mmmmmm crunchysalty.
Dog biscuits, horse pellets, horse peas/oats/bran/molasses - all good healthy stuff for small children to eat. Yummy.
Ohh, I thought you meant a real salt lick, not a salt block. The kind out in the wild, natural, and covered with Deer and Elk shit as they lick, I was going to say hell no.
Yes, I believe I have - I think it was when I was a child and we had pet guinea pigs - I seem to remember it being distinctly unsalty - it was more like gypsum or something.
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Not only have I licked many salt licks, it was my habit to knock a corner off a new lick for my personal use. Alfalfa pellets aren’t bad, either.
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haven’t tried alfalfa pellets, but the rest sounds familiar. Knock a small corner off the block and head out into the bush for a day of playing… good times!
Not only have I put paid to all cheesy comestibles in a blistering tract that rocked the Champs-Elysées and staggered them on Wall Street, but I have also led a thunderous protest march at halftime in a Packers game in which I was pelted by sharp cheddar, string cheese, goat milk cheddar and a choice array of Havarti-Muenster. Next stop was Quebec, where I was laid low by the sight of squinky squinky curds swimming in a sea of fries and goop, but recovered sufficiently to eliminate the ubiquitous Le Président brie and a number of lesser fromages from the shelves of a local Provigo.
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I was at a feed and seed last week where they had some sort of salt crystal - it was really pretty!
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Ever been at a party with a bunch of hippies and have some guy tripping balls come out of the master bedroom with a pretty salt crystal and say, “Hey, loooooook! I found a salt lick, duuuuuude!” and start licking the host’s deodorant crystal?
Yeah, me neither, but I keep hoping.
Oh yeah!! I would periodically slurp the little salt wheel in the rabbit’s cage. Mmmmm.
I used to lick the inside of the microwave popcorn bag too, until I got put on high blood pressure medication. Damn aging, taking away my salt induced pleasure.
As a matter of fact, I have just the other day ! My parents had one on their table when I walked in. They use it for the deer out back, so my niece and I start licking a side of it. It was really tasty.
haven’t tried alfalfa pellets, but the rest sounds familiar. Knock a small corner off the block and head out into the bush for a day of playing… good times!