Poo dance please

[Red-1]

No poo? I was dancing for poo. Good she looks brighter though.

If she were mine, I would have the vet give a tube up the nose and much liquid in, asap, then several times a day, until poo appears. The sooner tubing starts and the more consistently it continues, the better, IMO. I hate colic.

Could the vet feel an impaction last night, on an internal exam?

I will keep dancing.

 

[Boughtabay]

Poo dancing here too!

 

[ycbm]

Hoping for an overnight mountain. I'll dance harder.
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[Gallop_Away]

Do you have a box? A trick sweared by many is to pop a colicy horse on the box and take them for a short journey. I know one of our local racehorse trainers swears by this.

Doing the poo macarena here for you

 

[Squeak]

Glad she's looking brighter but was hoping for an update saying there was a poo. Hope you get one soon!

 

[ycbm]

Do you have a box? A trick sweared by many is to pop a colicy horse on the box and take them for a short journey. I know one of our local racehorse trainers swears by this.

Doing the poo macarena here for you

This was mentioned above and C has no transport. I was talking to a vet yesterday about this and she said it often works, with numerous horses arriving at hospital no longer needing to be operated on.

It's an old traveller trick, I was told it decades ago, and the other, from before transport was readily available, is a really vigorous session on the lunge.

The vet I was talking to says it can flip stuff that's out of place back into place, and if it doesn’t work then it doesn't make anything any worse than it was going to be anyway.
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[rabatsa]

A local stud used to give colicy mares buscopan and lunge them, it worked in the majority of cases.

 

[SantaVera]

Any poo yet?

 

[southerncomfort]

Oh no!

Hope she produces something very soon!

 

[cauda equina]

Another vote for a brisk spin on the lunge - it worked on one of mine when I was beginning to despair

 

[meleeka]

Im another who’s been on poo watch. Thankfully we had a bit last night, with a lot of effort. Pony is bright enough but not sure what caused it in the first place and she’s old, so a worry.

Hopefully some of those poo vibes will spill this way.

 

[Gallop_Away]

This was mentioned above and C has no transport. I was talking to a vet yesterday about this and she said it often works, with numerous horses arriving at hospital no longer needing to be operated on.

It's an old traveller trick, I was told it decades ago, and the other, from before transport was readily available, is a really vigorous session on the lunge.

The vet I was talking to says it can flip stuff that's out of place back into place, and if it doesn’t work then it doesn't make anything any worse than it was going to be anyway.
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Ah my apologies OP I posted in a rush before work this morning and only skimmed through the thread. Fingers crossed for a poo update soon

Ycbm that's good to know. I'd often heard it said, and as I say a local trainer swears by it! But very interesting to hear a vet's views on it, and also the lunging technique if no transport readily available.

 

[OrangeAndLemon]

Sounds ridiculous but worked for me when I needed my pony to poo for a worm test sample.

I got a fresh piece of poo from another horse and put it on the floor in his stable. He immediately produced a sample for the worm test.

 

[Cloball]

We have poo! Sorry for the late update been back in the phone to the daytime vet to update.

 

[JBM]

WOOO poo party

 

[Red-1]

Fabulous!!!

 

[Cloball]

Im another who’s been on poo watch. Thankfully we had a bit last night, with a lot of effort. Pony is bright enough but not sure what caused it in the first place and she’s old, so a worry.

Hopefully some of those poo vibes will spill this way.

Thinking of you!

 

[Cloball]

She's back to towing me about and kicking the door down in disgust.

 

[nagblagger]

Hey guys, we still have to keep poo dancing for Meleeka..

 

[meesha]

Yay to poo

I would get teeth thoroughly checked, my older horse had compaction colic we think due to a diastema (gap between teeth that became infected) .. he'd shown no sign of teeth issues up to point of compaction.

 

[Squeak]

Great news Cloball

Meleeka hope yours is improving this morning.

 

[ycbm]

Oh thank goodness we can stop dancing and sit down now.
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[Barton Bounty]

We have poo! Sorry for the late update been back in the phone to the daytime vet to update.

Do you put oil in her feed?

 

[Cloball]

She doesn't get hard feed usually.

 

[Cloball]

Yay to poo

I would get teeth thoroughly checked, my older horse had compaction colic we think due to a diastema (gap between teeth that became infected) .. he'd shown no sign of teeth issues up to point of compaction.

She had her teeth check at the end of July with her jabs. It's all a bit of a mystery the only thing I can thing of is the grass has been pretty weird this year. She can be quite anxious so maybe something has stressed her out. She's plotting her escape as we speak.

 

[Barton Bounty]

She doesn't get hard feed usually.

Was it gassy colic? Did they say?

 

[Bradsmum]

Excellent news Cloball, you must be relieved. Now to poo dance for Meleeka. Hope it’s good news soon from you too.

 

[Cloball]

@meleeka hope things are going in the right direction for you.

 

[meleeka]

@meleeka hope things are going in the right direction for you.

I’m not sure. We have hard poo and good gut sounds, but pony still uncomfortable. She’s old so we won’t be investigating further, so it’s just a bit of a waiting game. She’s happy to eat grass and mash so that’s something.

 

[toppedoff]

Huzzah! Glad she did one