Strange Colic Behaviour......

[3Beasties]

I have owned Charlie for 4 1/2 years and he has never had colic.

Yesterday he didn't get ridden but was brought in for a bit of 'Tidying up' and to practice loading into my new trailer (he still thinks it's quite scary), he seemed fine while I was fiddling with him (about 4pm).

However when I went out to feed him at 7.30pm he was acting very odd. Wouldn't eat, would shoot back if you tried to touch his face or if he touched you accidentally, he seemed quite stiff round his back end and his eyes looked terrified. He would occasionally glace at his belly and it was gurgling a bit.

He didn't make any attempts to roll but we decided to get the vet out to be on the safe side.

The Vet was PUZZLED! He said that in all his years as a horse vet he had never seen a horse present it's self how charlie did (He was referring to the head shyness and nervousness).

He treated him for mild colic, we kept him in for the night and all seems fine this morning.

Do you think this was colic?? and have your horse ever acted as oddly with it?

(sorry for rabbling)

 

[eventgirl]

How odd, you wont believe this but I had the same problem with my mare on friday night!! went to the yard about 3pm to ride and found he all wild eyed and snorty in her stable. thought something must have spooked her, but when I went into the stable and tried to touch her she went mad!! She didnt roll at all and only looked at her belly a couple of times but I called the vet as I knew she wasnt right. Whilst waiting for the vet she started to behave even more oddly, biting her knees and reversing up to the door at 90 miles an hour!!every time I tried to touch her head, she reared!!very, very strange as shes usually a sweetie in the stable. Vet treated her for colic, but said that this was probably a secondary response to an allergic reaction that had made her hyper-sensitive!! cant imagine what she had a reaction to, as nothing had been changed and she hadnt been anywhere different!! She had quadrasol to treat colic as vet couldnt get needle in her she was so wild!!she has been on norodine for 5 days and although she was very quiet over the weekend, she seems fine now!strange or what?!!!

 

[kellyeaton]

you sure some thing had not scared her? had she been bitten or stung do you know of was there any marks to make you belive this?

 

[JanetGeorge]

I think a lot of 'colic' ISN'T colic (or at least not what is thought of when you say 'colic'. Not sure what would be the problem with your mare - your vet's explanation is probably as good as any and hopefully it won't happen again and you'll never know!

I was discussing generalities with my vet the other day and he'd just seen yet ANOTHER case of fly strike in a gelding's sheath (he'd been called out to colic - it wasn't! Many mares show signs of 'colic' after foaling - I'd never had one do so except with a retained placenta (when the uterus is contracting to try to get rid of it it's painful) - but this year I had a mare deliver a HUGE colt after a considerable battle and a lot of help. An hour later she was on the floor looking like a really bad case of 'colic' - in fact she'd bled into the broad ligament and ended up with a haematoma in the birth canal that was the size of a football. Colic just means 'symptoms of pain or distress - can be nothing to do with the bowel.

Another thought on your mare - was she in season or due to come on. At this time of year, many mares are transitional and can have a haemorrhagic follicle or similar problem which can be painful.