Colic

[windand rain]

Littlest pony had a mild bout of colic, no sweating not happy but generally just lethargic and not eating. Vet came and gave buscapan and pain killer within minutes she was trying to steal tomorrows feeds. Have left her out in a small patch of summer grass she was grazing so hopefully all fine now. This is only the second time in 59 years with horses one of mine has colicked nothing has changed she has soaked grass nuts, soaked pink mash, and a handful of chaff. Ate well at 10am left with hay which she will have finished by lunch time lives out so picking of grass and hedgerows so just do not know what could have kicked it off. We do have sandy soil but we feed psyllium regularly. Any clues or just a one off

 

[Equi]

Sometimes just happens. My mare didn’t seem abnormal at all one morning so I opened the doors and let her and the rest out and off she toddles, 30 seconds later se walked back into her stable and rolled and that was totally abnormal. Vet said walk her about and by the time I had she was back to normal but I do always give her a second glance in the mornings now and wait for a min or two before shutting the gates.

 

[be positive]

I think it is often a one off and no reason is ever really found, the last one of mine that had a minor bout was slightly dehydrated, I got him sorted fairly quickly and managed to cancel the vet, he was a fatty on restricted turnout, soaked hay and a token feed and I think he had just stopped drinking because the grass was wet, hay was wet and he didn't really feel the need, as soon as it occurred to me he had been drinking less I palpated over his kidneys, he went ouch so I gave him some very sloppy grassnuts which he slurped, he almost worked out for himself he needed fluids and went and drank half a bucket of water then immediately perked up, I monitored him for the rest of the day, made all his feeds extra wet and that was the end of it.
I also think they may get a mild colic from time to time that we are unaware of, unless we see them 24/7 we can easily miss a bit of a tummy ache if they are fine when we are there, I had a livery come in for schooling that had a bit of a history of colic nothing serious but it had been treated by their vet a few times, I went out around 7.30pm returning at 11pm to find a pony looking fine but the stable completely trashed, he had obviously got over it, the next time a few days later was seen, my vet came and the cause was found to be extremely sharp teeth making chewing painful, how the other vets had not found the cause I have no idea, teeth rasped and as far as I know he didn't get colic again.