Darkhorse
Well-Known Member
Im hoping that there may be some people on here that can share some experience/advice with me.
I have a mare that is 13 years old and I have owned her for 10years. She has never had colic until 2 years ago.
She went to stud for the summer of 2007 and came home not in foal after a number of failed AI attempts. On returning home she started with colic this went on for a number of weeks, she was referred to Minster Vets at York where she had a 2 week stay, she came home and started to colic again and was then referred on the Chris Proudman at Liverpool where she diagnosed with low grade Peritonitis - she came home on antibiotics and all was well.
She has had no signs of colic at all from then until recently.
She foaled on 7 May and when the foal was 6 days old she started with mild colic symptons again, she has had one bout that was acute and took longer to clear. So we are now 20 days later and we have had 6 bouts of colic in that time.
I have had very lengthly discussions with my vet about it and he now intends to contact Liverpool again for further advice on her.
Her foal is 4 weeks old on Thursday so I really am in no rush to start shipping them off to the vets but I need to sort my mare out.
I have had a read of things on the internet and am wondering if the colic is in some way related to her hormones.
Would really value any experiences that people can share with me on this.
I have a mare that is 13 years old and I have owned her for 10years. She has never had colic until 2 years ago.
She went to stud for the summer of 2007 and came home not in foal after a number of failed AI attempts. On returning home she started with colic this went on for a number of weeks, she was referred to Minster Vets at York where she had a 2 week stay, she came home and started to colic again and was then referred on the Chris Proudman at Liverpool where she diagnosed with low grade Peritonitis - she came home on antibiotics and all was well.
She has had no signs of colic at all from then until recently.
She foaled on 7 May and when the foal was 6 days old she started with mild colic symptons again, she has had one bout that was acute and took longer to clear. So we are now 20 days later and we have had 6 bouts of colic in that time.
I have had very lengthly discussions with my vet about it and he now intends to contact Liverpool again for further advice on her.
Her foal is 4 weeks old on Thursday so I really am in no rush to start shipping them off to the vets but I need to sort my mare out.
I have had a read of things on the internet and am wondering if the colic is in some way related to her hormones.
Would really value any experiences that people can share with me on this.