Colic

[cazrider]

My poor Sennie had a touch of colic on Friday night. He hadn't done any poos all day, although managed one about 7pm ish, followed by much swishing of tail and kicking of belly. Got the vet out. Gave him an internal etc, and advised to keep an eye on him... check him during the night, and if he seemed improved in the morning to give him a soaked haynet and turn him out.

He wasn't too bad in the morning (one more poo overnight) so I did that. He's still on soaked hay and grass only, and is getting better I think. He was still a bit irritable yesterday but had done about 4 poos overnight, and a bit frantic, if you know what I mean, with his haynet, so although improving I don't think he's better yet. It's funny the gut feeling thing that all is still not right.

Any advice as to how long it can take for this sort of thing to fully clear up?

[NoviceNic]

One of my friends ponies was better after about 4 days and then a week later really went down hill again and the vet was called for the inevitable.:( The vet said that it was the right thing to do as he had no fight left in him. This youngster was bought from market and was not right from the day they got him so it was believed poor worming management led to the colic. My other friends horse on the positive side only took a couple of days and is as right as rain.:) This I feel shows the importance of worming. Good Luck with your baby.

[cazrider]

Thanks Novicenic

You'll be pleased to know he's fine now. It tooka bout 4 days I reckon, so I left it a week before riding again, and he's as right as rain. I do feel sorry for your friend though, and will keep a particular eye on Sennie this week. :)

I should also add that there is a very strict worming policy on our yard, so that was unlikely to have been the cause, happily.

[NoviceNic]

Pleased to hear Sennie is okay. It made me panic though to think one minute they are okay and the next they are rolling around on the ground in pain. I keep mine at a field nearby and have houses backing onto the field. I just hope one of us is around if ever mine have a bout of colic.

[CowGirlSarah71]

I recently experienced a horibble case of colic from my horse. my friend and i share a horse , we leased it froma camp because they only use their horses during the summer:july and august) and thgey lease them out the rest of the year. so anyways he got colic and we had to walk him for 5 hours until a vet got out to look at him and we didnt think he was going to make it throught the night. even the vet didnt think so. the camp wouldnt pay for surgery and we certainly couldnt afford it being 16 years old... and it would cost 7000 dolalrs. so we did a last reort thing... sticking a huge needle in him to get some gas out. we checked on him through the night in the morning he didnt show signs of being in pain. so it worked!!!! he is alive and well now. it is a miracle he survived. we waited a few weeks to ride him and slowly worked him back into eating a full meal in a couple days. I am glad your horse is alright!!! it is a tramatizing experience i know!!!!

[derby day]

Hi!

Glad to hear he's ok now! My horse colicked every other month since we got him and we found out after £££££'s that it was caused by a combination of stress + pain from his feet (which has now been sorted) and chronic intestinal damage from poor worming (before i got him) he also had gastric ulcers from the stress.When they took him to the Equine Clinic, after 3 days of colic that the vet couldn't treat,they discovered he had a blockage from the beginning of his guts to his bum :( so he went on intravenous fluids and had 5 litres of liquid paraffin!! Luckily he hasn't colicked for quite a while now but he does tend to get gassy on lush grass but exercise helps this.I am going to have to watch him when he is on straw as he eats so much of the bloody stuff!!! He actually prefers it to hay!! :rolleyes: I give Derby YEA-SAAC to help keep him regular and keep his guts stable :D I've also heard giving them bran but this is low in calcium and has a mineral defincincy (sp?) and can cause growth problems in young horses (actually i dont think it's the best stuff to feed horses!!)

Cat + Derby xxxx

[CowGirlSarah71]

wow everyother month, that would be terrible. at least you know now what is wrong with him. hope he continues to do ok!

[derby day]

hi! CowGirlSarah71 - wow thats a long name!!

Thanks he is fine now but will have to wait and see when he is bought in over winter as he is such a pig!!!

Cat + Derby xxxx :D