Hogleg.You jynxed us.....

Anonymous-0 · Sep 20, 2011

got home yesterday evening and wife was waiting telling me to get changed that we had a colic... One of our yearlings decided he likes plums and ate all he could reach from a tree on the pasture (stood up on his hind legs like a goat to get to them).... She seems to have a sixth sense for that stuff because I usually check everyone on my way home and she just decided to go and save me the trip. Caught it early enough that a couple shots, some oral stuff (smells like stuff you give kids for a belly ache (castoria??), emptying out the poopshute, and some walking took care of it. Always scary and just wears you ut until you know they are fine. He sure enjoyed the extra attention tho.....

Hogleg · Sep 20, 2011

I am very glad for the positive outcome! I know I will be on pins and needles the next time we have one, and we will. Colic is so common. My vet did over 300 this year and the year is not over.

Give him an extra pat on the head for me...

John

Anonymous-0 · Sep 20, 2011

we keep 2ea 1st aid kits for Foaling, injury, and colic.Wife took a couple years of classes/seminars on homeopathic treatment of animals and went the large animal (horse especially) direction. Regardless of treatment, diagnosis is the same. She has a shelf full of vet school text books on everything horse related, good relationship with a small animal vet that prescribes/orders whatever she tells him she needs, and a whole bunch of luck..........

jason, NW Ontario · Sep 20, 2011

Years ago we were told to use 100cc of mineral oil
pumped down their throats with a needless syringe;
5-10 minutes later dose the horse again. That
process saved one of our mares a year later. Upon
further research, we learned we could also use
plain water with 3-4 shots instead of mineral oil.
The water injections have saved 3 horses from
colic over the years.
Really nerve-wracking for my wife during those
bouts, but I still slept well each night.

Jay

Hogleg · Sep 20, 2011

That works well for the lighter colics. Our vet came out at 8pm, gave her a shot of bantamine, tubed the horse (a tube up the nose down into the stomach) then pumped a gallon of mineral oil into her. This worked fine a few years ago. By 3am she was rolling around again, the oil did not work. We were then off to the large animal clinic for surgery, but the damage to the colon was too great (twisted causing the colon to start to die), and she only lasted 10 hours after the surgery. Reading the vet info on google, there are about 100 ways a horse can colic. This one was a real bad one not often survived. Was a side effect of having a foal. I am not bitter, now that I understand what happened. There are risks in every aspect of horse owning/breeding. This was one of them. You just have to move on.

John

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