recurring spasmodic colic

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dixieandfinn

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my horse was diagnosed with colitis in november after a stay at leahurst,he suffered severe protein loss and totally lost his appetite. although he has regained his appetite,his protein levels have now risen to near enough normal and his droppings have been normal consistency for 2 weeks now he keeps getting recurring bouts of spasmodic colic roughly every 2 weeks.i am at my wits end now and wonder if this will ever end.its so upsetting to see him like this and i feel as though we are going round in cirlcles with the tests etc and i dont seem to be getting any answers.my friend said she saw a post a couple of weeks ago on here about a horse with something similar.has anyone else ever seen or had anything like this.thanks xx
 
I don't know about a recent post, but a pony of mine used to get recurring spasmodic colic and the only way I found to prevent it was to make sure everything he ate was damp/wet - I had to soak his hay, I sprayed his haylage with a hose if he ate that, and made sure all his feeds had speedibeet in them. No idea if that would help your lad, but just to let you know what worked for mine. Even if I let him have one section of dry hay, he would get a bout.
 
Was it me?? I lost my mare 12 weeks after surgery from lea hurst ?? Three weeks ago today
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She kept getting mild colic after surgery i posted to let people know my experiences and what had sadly happened?? If i can help i will xxx
 
My 21 year old was just the same, but then I found a product called Clear out at the feed / saddlers comes in a green tub,I cant remember the company who makes it but they do loads of differnt additives . I give him a scoop every feed and if his droppings look extra hard boost it up for a day or so. been working great for last 6 months.
 
I had one who had recurring bouts of colic after surgery due to lesions (sp?). Really hope you have a better ending than we did, it is really tough to see them in pain and feel so helpless.

Taluna so sorry to hear about your horse.
 
Hi DixieandFinn,

Sorry to hear your horse is unwell, I know how stressfull recurring spasmodic colic is - its so so worrying,

My elderly gelding, (he is 29 this year) has suffered a couple of episodes of spasmodic colic, the most recent one being in sept/oct last year - it went on for approx 6 weeks, fine one day, vet the next, fine one day, vet the next - it was really a terrible time - as despite his age he is in fab condition, he is very dear to me as have had hom over 20 years.

He had all sorts of tests, internal, external, blood tests, worm counts etc etc etc and everything came back normal - except he most definately wasnt!

I gave him 2 weeks worth of gastroguard (cripplingly expensive) on advice from the vets, then someone on HHO suggested coligone.

He has been on coligone ever since, I use the liquid one, twice per day - he has about 60ml per day in total now, but I do increase if I am worried he may colic (eg when it was snowy).

I really really rate the stuff, I have never seen such a transformation, he has gained weight, has his mojo back (and has even managed to p*** off on 2 occasions when I am leading him to his field - extremely embarassing considering he is 15.1hh and 29 years old)

I would definately give it a try, you can find it on their website http://www.hbradshaws.co.uk/

Give Kate a call, she is really helpful.

Good luck, and keep us posted
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thanks so much will look into that,he is only 8 yrs old he is on blue chip, top spec top chop and fibre beet as any other feed high in protein which he needs sent him off his rocker even those that were supposedly non heating!we have just changed him onto hay as it seemed to occur when the batch of haylage changed so we can only hope this helps.he is exercised for hour and half per day on walker and on lunge .so sorry to hear about your horse taluna :-( will keep you posted xxx
 
Please consider whether you should be feeding a grain based diet to horses who are prone to recurring colic. We had a 2-4 weekly colic cycle....removed all grains (including those heavily marketed and dubious feed ballancers) and the colic disappeared.

Some horses are sensitive to grains, as are some humans. I'm one of the latter, so I thought to try it on the former - and blow me, it worked as if by magic. No more colic.

Linseed meal is good too - it acts as a mucilage and soothes the digestive tract.
 
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