Salt Licks!



Ever since my roommate Annabeth and I got into a brief discussion last year at dinner about salt licks, my interest in them has grown considerably. However, they first piqued my interest years ago on trips up to my grandparents' cabin in the Minnesota Northwoods. On certain lucky occasions up there, I would be on a hiking path and see deer visiting the salt lick. So whenever someone mentions salt licks to me, I think of nature, tranquility, and happy forest animals.

Last year I wrote to a salt lick company with a somewhat deceitful purpose. I told them that I was interested in getting a salt lick for some deer in the area, although really what I wanted was some colorful literature to put on my wall. The company graciously and speedily sent me an apologetic reply, saying that they did not produce any salt licks intended for deer. However, they did send some of the colorful literature I'd been hoping for, and a letter suggesting alternatives for the deer. For more information on deer and salt licks, try this page.

Salt licks help animals meet their trace mineral needs, and salt licks are sold in a variety of flavors! These flavors include: honey and orange, garlic, apple, molasses, carrot, mint, seaweed, white (pure salt), and red. I'm not sure what flavor red is. Last I knew, red was a color, but apparently the salt lick company is on the cutting-edge of new flavors.

In Nara, Japan there is a deer park that contains not a single salt lick. My recommendation to the Tithebarn salt lick company would be to think about cracking open this new potential market. If I were a deer in Japan, I would probably prefer the seaweed flavor salt licks.


Enough of salt licks, take me back to home.