Hello, 

is it possible to chelate out Iron? Or are these products unfounded? I did read an article from Dr. Kellon that mentioned the balancing of Iron: Copper: Zinc. But I wonder if there is a way to remove excess and then balance this? My hay after 30 min of soaking the dry matter % is reporting 479 ppm which I think is considered pretty high. So I am trying to research my options. 

Thank you, 
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Yes, that is high and your  water is likely acidic and driving more iron into the hay. There are chelating agents that work for people (prescription) but none tested in horses. If you want to  know if she is iron overloaded, do a screen of iron, TIBC and ferritin at KSU https://www.ksvdl.org/laboratories/comparative-hematology/ .
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Eleanor in PA

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Are there options to pretreat the soaking water?  I use a mechanical filter for iron but maybe speak with a pool specialist would have some ideas about how to effectively treat a relatively small amount of water.
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The water mention is interesting because I soak the hay with my house well water not the barn. So it is water from my artisan well. Not impossible that it is misaligned but a little surprising because it is my house drinking water. I will test both water systems! Perhaps they aren’t within normal levels!  

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Corina Ryan 
New Hampshire 
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Martha,

If you are talking about pH, you can add sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) to get pH between 7 and 8. Just need pH test strips.
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Eleanor in PA

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Thanks!  I was thinking mainly of pH but thought they might have some suggestions about iron as well.  I’m not sure how well our filter removes it but it obviously collects something.  Inorganic and analytical chemistry were never my favorites, haha.  I don’t have a pool but there seem to be a lot of pool/hot tub stores around.  Baking soda would be easier!
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