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>I've got Alex's opinion. Does anyone else have >anything to add?? > > > > > >>I own a 13 year old Friesian mare. I have owned her >>for 3 years and she was imported from Holland to >>California. In researching her history she has had 9 >>foals. 3 of them are in my ownership and 6 prior to >>me. I decided to give her some time off. So after her >>July 08 foal I gave her a rest. In November she >>coliced. She had a slight displacement that had to be >>fixed with surgery. She then had a 360 degree torsion. >>She was opened twice in 24 hours for surgery. Luckily >>she is on the mend almost 60 days post surgery. The >>vet didn't find any impaction or explainable reason >>for the colic internaly. His best guess is that there >>was extra room in the abdominal cavity for the >>twisting to happen due to her not being in foal. We >>have now spent almost 10k to save her life and now her >>post surgery care. Does anyone have experience in this >>area or a similar situation that they could share? I >>don't want her to colic again. The vest said she could >>re-breed but I'm scared to risk it. Any thoughts? >> >>Thank you for reading, >>Sarah

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