in that the licking elements are not worn out or used up prematurely which reduces the work involved in filling them up again in contrast to a powder a solid licking element is also not uncontrollably bloated compacted or thinned and washed away by environmental influences such as rain and it can be used in stables or limited runs as well in the case of an unlimited run the licking element is placed at the water holes used by the animals the licking element consists of the aforementioned compound which is formed into a moulded part of a suitable shape e g a disk a rod or a block it can be affixed to a support which is anchored in the ground or is placed on top of such a support in principle the compound can be used for all ruminants e g cattle sheep goats giraffes bison yaks water buffalos deer does camels alpacas lamas gnus antelopes and such with focus on the agriculturally relevant species cattle sheep goats lamas the size and form of the licking stone can be adjusted to the biological species the zeolite preferably has a grain size in the range of 10 150 u03bcm the size of the pores and channels respectively of the zeolite preferably fall in the range of 0 3 nm to 5 nm.