Horsecrazy721
Active Member
Interesting subject, lady on my yard mentioned insuring specifically for colic surgery but was then shocked to hear I wouldn't put mine through it!
this.I think it is very much down to the individual horse/ owner combination. I have one that I wouldn't put through it, the others I would.
that's my feelings too, and why I don't have a blanket policy for mine. I have 2 that are just in god's waiting room so it's a definite no for them. One that would be a question mark, and one that if it was indicated as a good option, I would do it because she's a fit performance horse and I don't think I could cope with not trying.I don't think you can generalise about it, colic is too vague a term and every case is different. I have a mare who did have surgery 8 years ago, she recovered really quickly, jumped out of her tiny paddock at 8 weeks post op and galloped off (despite company, sedalin etc) and never looked back. I know another that had surgery at the same vet college and went back eventing up to 2* and is still out eventing now at 100 aged 19. Equally, I let an older mare go at home last December when the vet was suggesting urgent admission to hospital as it wasn't fair to her to put her through so much.
The economics of it don’t add up and ehically it falls , for me ,on the wrong side of the line of whats fair to put a horse through .