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Subject: colic

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Date Posted: 09:53:56 11/24/02 Sun
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In reply to: Lana 's message, "Everybody Inside" on 09:30:57 11/23/02 Sat

i've been pretty lucky with my horses lately, but one of my horses colicked a few years ago. we walked her for hours in the pouring rain in the end of february. luckily we had caught it early and she got over the colic pretty quickly, but she was really weak for a long time afterwards. probably because she was around 30 year old.

My trainer's horse colicked less than a week ago, he was trying to lay down when i was walking him until we gave him a shot of banamine. after that he seemed ok, but we still had the vet come tube him and he was fine the next day.

I also know a few horses that have died from colic in the last year. one of my trainer's other horses colicked really badly last january and had to be put to sleep and my friend's mom's horse colicked badly and died. my friend's mom's horse was only 5 years old and he was a really sweet horse, but he just got sick and they couldnt save him. he colicked for about 5 days and had been brought to an equine hospital, but nobody could do anything for him.

The fluids the vet gave Sasha were most likely mineral oil and water. Normally, a horses temperature does not rise in colic unless there is an infection causing the colic or some other problem, or at least thats what i've seen in my experience. Often in impaction colic, their heart rate rises and so does their breathing because it is painful.

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?	allison	11:56:50 11/24/02 Sun