Ambers Echo
Still wittering on
She looks like she's colicking. Vet on way. Kicking at her belly, looking really uncomfortable. Though has improved over last 20 minutes
Lottie Vibes Please
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Squeak
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Oh no, fingers crossed it's one that the vet is able to easily cure with some painkillers.
nikicb
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Oh no - sending lots of healing vibes. I think this time of the year the grass/weather can change so much, so quickly, that it can easily upset their digestive system. Hopefully something sorted quickly. xxx
PapaverFollis
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Sending lots of vibes your way. X
ycbm
Einstein would be proud of my Insanity...
No no no not after everything else you've been through! A million vibes on their way.
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LeneHorse
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Sending special Scottish vibes xxx
CanteringCarrot
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Sending many vibes your way!
BallyRoanBaubles
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Sending vibes xx
Pearlsasinger
Up in the clouds
Oh no! Lots of vibes heading your way!
Errin Paddywack
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Everything crossed it is only minor and quickly resolved.
Red-1
I used to be decisive, now I'm not so sure...
Doing a poo dance as we speak! Push Lottie....
Ambers Echo
Still wittering on
Vet has been. By the time she got there Lottie seemed back to normal but I've got video of her kicking at her belly and looking very agitated which vet agreeed looks like colic spasms. Either that or vet thinks something bit her. But no sign of a bite. So she has given her an injection and we are keeping a very close eye on her. I think we are ok though. Vibes must have helped!!
PapaverFollis
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Hopefully just a big fart.
Regandal
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That’s good. Hopefully over now x
Ambers Echo
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God I hope so. These horses are giving me grey hairs. I can't cope with any more drama!
SEL
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My OH can't understand why horses are supposed to be an enjoyable hobby at the moment.....
Glad she's ok
ycbm
Einstein would be proud of my Insanity...
Whew! That's a relief.
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Jeni the dragon
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Fingers crossed the vibes (and vet visit) have done the trick!
Ambers Echo
Still wittering on
She seems fine now. Vet is happy and I'm very very VERY happy. She really was not looking good first thing this morning. But all ok now!
JGC
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Glad she seems fine now! We've all been there where they seemed very bad and by the time the vet got there they've picked up.
Elf On A Shelf
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I often find a dose of buscopan cures most mild comics as they are just a bit iffy. If that doesn't work a not so gentle horsebox ride round the block as you can be 100% certain your horse will do its utmost best to poo down its back legs within 5mins of being in the box!
Glad all is OK and hopefully continues to be so!
Glad all is OK and hopefully continues to be so!
ycbm
Einstein would be proud of my Insanity...
The horsebox treatment doesn't seem to be as well known these days, but it works. I wonder how many colics are resolved by a rushed journey to the hospital?
I had one rolling on the floor groaning once and happily stood eating hay by the time the vet was on their way!
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PapaverFollis
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Yes. We had the vet rushing out practically in the middle of the night last winter and almost as soon as we got off the phone she took a big step up into her deep straw bed and let rip the most enormous fart ever.... then was completely fine. I still sat up most of the rest of the night to be sure.
Elf On A Shelf
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Because vets want the money. They keep you at home for a few visits then pack you off to horspital and people are so worried about their precious pony they are careful. The surgery then gets a lovely chunk of cash regardless. And then any aftercare is back to the original vets.
We have a 3x walker policy. If its colicking chuck it on the walker at a decent walking speed for 10mins, put it back in its box, if it isn't happy back on the walker for another 10mins then back in the box. If it's still not happy then it goes back on the walker and the vet is rung.
Hormonal Filly
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So glad she is okay and doing well!
We’ve had similar with a youngster at the yard for the last 3 days now.. exact the same symptoms but sweating and shaking. Once vet arrives it passes, she said she’s seeing it a lot at the moment and isn’t sure what’s causing it.
CanteringCarrot
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Maybe encysted strongyles? Don't those usually "break out" this time of year? Could explain what your vet is seeing if she's seeing many not so severe colics/recurring colics. A really wild guess on my part though.
Midlifecrisis
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I missed this last night I’m glad everything was OK….I have a similar approach to Elf….walking briskly in arena to try to move any trapped gas then observing to see if discomfort continues…different if masses of sweat and throwing themselves around in pain..then vet out double quick.
Red-1
I used to be decisive, now I'm not so sure...
I have done the horsebox treatment before, successfully, as well.
I also think it is work erupting time. Maybe have a worm count done, to be sure?
I also think it is work erupting time. Maybe have a worm count done, to be sure?
pistolpete
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Colic is such a beast. Glad she’s ok. Have a really good think what else could be different in last few days. There’s always a reason. Sometimes we don’t know why but any changes worth noting.
Birker2020
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My vet used to say about my previous horse to give three to four bute, put on the walker for 20 mins and then put back in the stable, any bute would be over ridden by the colic if it continued. This was on a horse that the vets were constantly being called out to, it was an ex dairy farm grazing and it was very rich. He also suffered from spasmodic colic so it was the same colic every time.
The only thing that seemed to work was strip grazing which stopped his colics once and for all and changing the water in the paddock every third day in the summer.