re-occuring colic!! does anyone else's horses suffer with this?

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Every year, normally in august my 27yr old connie x tb mare colics! And this often happens twice a year! Its never really anything too serious, just needs an antispasmodic injection as she's right as rain again!

Each time the vet comes up with a different for why it might happen! Firstly there's a lot of clover in our summer field, so could be giving her gas and she is have a drama queen reaction about it!! Which is very likely! She is defo a drama queen! Then her front teeth have lost a lot of the enamel from her front teeth so she might struggle to eat the short grass and maybe taking in a lot of soil which could upset her tummy! so this year I kept her out summer field and it seemed to be working but a few weeks ago when she got colic! So this time the vet has suggest it could be that part of her tummy isn't working and every so often the food isn't getting passed along and is causing her discomfort and to show these colic signs!

So anyway my question is really, for anyone who has a horse that suffers like this, how do you manage it? I got a call this morning from my friend as we all panic if she's laying down and/or rolling! Luckily by the time I got there she was ok, so was just a panic but I wish there was something I could do that could stop this happening again?
 
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Every year, normally in august my 27yr old connie x tb mare colics! And this often happens twice a year! Its never really anything too serious, just needs an antispasmodic injection as she's right as rain again!

Each time the vet comes up with a different for why it might happen! Firstly there's a lot of clover in our summer field, so could be giving her gas and she is have a drama queen reaction about it!! Which is very likely! She is defo a drama queen! Then her front teeth have lost a lot of the enamel from her front teeth so she might struggle to eat the short grass and maybe taking in a lot of soil which could upset her tummy! so this year I kept her out summer field and it seemed to be working but a few weeks ago when she got colic! So this time the vet has suggest it could be that part of her tummy isn't working and every so often the food isn't getting passed along and is causing her discomfort and to show these colic signs!?
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My TB mare was exactly the same - and I'm not sure it was true colic. I only called the vet once and the rest of the time she just rolled around and eventually gave a HUGE fart and was literally right as rain immediately. Even when I called the vet the first time by the time he got there she was chompng away quite happily. I think it was trapped wind caused by her 24/7 cribbing! Tried her on coligone but waste of money really.
So anyway my question is really, for anyone who has a horse that suffers like this, how do you manage it? I got a call this morning from my friend as we all panic if she's laying down and/or rolling! Luckily by the time I got there she was ok, so was just a panic but I wish there was something I could do that could stop this happening again
 
Could you not try adding something like fennel or spearmint to her feed as it helps dispell gasses in the tummy. It could be that she is just reacting to the change of seasons, some mares do this more than others nine being one of them. I have to watch het if it goes suddenly wet and cold as she will colic.
 
Try adding Psyllium husk to her feed, google it and have a read. If it's does what it claims then it's good stuff. I feed it to my horse for a week once a month as our soil is sandy and he's on restricted grazing.
 
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Oh brilliant, just googled that coligone stuff and it sounds perfect for what she needs! Someone suggested using buscopan once before but I have been worried as its for humans! Don't want to do more harm!

She's never quite got over the symptons herself, they start of mild then get worse, so she does need some sort of anti spasmodic, but will defo order some of this stuff to see if it can help without the vet!

Fingers xd!

Thanks guys :) x
 
We have an exbrood mare , warmblood , 10 yrs old, she windsucks so has bouts of colic around 3 times a year, we just live with it and avoid giving her any sugar in her diet. She is on cool conditioning cubes, haylage and hay mixed, she is out during the day and in at night , tried charcoal and just about everything, but it hasnt helped. Shes easy to tell when she colics , we just catch her up if shes out , which is generally when it happens , and walk her round until the vet arrives. She does windsuck badly so its a gassy colic she gets. We wouldnt part with her because she is so fragile so we just tolerate her and use her as a companion horse She doesnt windsuck in the field , and does it mainly when she is eating, and even if you just give her a mint .

shes a real pain, but shes our real pain.
 
My TB has the same! Gets colic every other year and always spasmodic. Had a bout last Wednesday eating her hay one minute next on the floor! Got vet but by time he had arrive it had passed but as it was 7 in the evening he gave pain relief and Buscopan.
 
My cob does the same and the hospital now think its colitis or damage caused by a huge worm burden prior to having him :( Alot of the time if we can keep him really moving he clears alot of gas but thats not always the case. Vet recommended bran mash once a week to keep his insides "clear" x
 
My little sect A would colic in warm weather. He had cushings though and couldn't control his temperature. It might be worth getting a cushing check done as recurrent low grade colic is one of the indicators.
 
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