Chestnutmare
Well-Known Member
Please can you all send my neighbour's mare some get well vibes she has been down this morning with Colic..

I left my work to go and help her out the mare is 24 and usually fiesty but she certainly isn't well today been walking her around the paddock waiting for the vet to arrive in the attempt to stop her from going down again.
She got to her this am and she was down in her stable (so unusual for her) so thought nothing more of it, turned her out and she went straight down flat out in the pouring rain... she then called me.... glad she did to be honest.
Vet has been and she is NOT impacted which is a great relief BUT her colon has built up gasses that are pushing her intestines over to the left, vet tubed her up her nose to give her fluids to try and push gasses out, took bloods and gave pain relief my neighbour now has (in process of right now) walking her mare around to encourage the gasses out.
If this is not successful by say 1pm then she will be admitted into the Horspital and put on a drip for couple of days until things start improving.... if not then the only other option would be surgery(but this isn't an option) so really really hoping and praying for her to get better VERY quickly!!!
So please send what vibes you can..... I know she will appreciate it loads...
I left my work to go and help her out the mare is 24 and usually fiesty but she certainly isn't well today been walking her around the paddock waiting for the vet to arrive in the attempt to stop her from going down again.
She got to her this am and she was down in her stable (so unusual for her) so thought nothing more of it, turned her out and she went straight down flat out in the pouring rain... she then called me.... glad she did to be honest.
Vet has been and she is NOT impacted which is a great relief BUT her colon has built up gasses that are pushing her intestines over to the left, vet tubed her up her nose to give her fluids to try and push gasses out, took bloods and gave pain relief my neighbour now has (in process of right now) walking her mare around to encourage the gasses out.
If this is not successful by say 1pm then she will be admitted into the Horspital and put on a drip for couple of days until things start improving.... if not then the only other option would be surgery(but this isn't an option) so really really hoping and praying for her to get better VERY quickly!!!
So please send what vibes you can..... I know she will appreciate it loads...