Mare think has colic? HELP!!?

Question

Okay this is what is weird. My mare is 6 yr old QH. Has never colic since I have owned her. It was a month ago went out to her pen and she was laying down like she was sunning herself. She got up and came to me like nothing was wrong. I hosed her off and she started kicking at her belly like the flies where bothering her and about 30 minutes later she wanted to lie down while she was tie to the trailer. But the minute you let her go she would go and eat grass but at times she acted like she wanted to lay down but wouldn't lay down. Had vet come out and said she was somewhat impacted and he gave her some mineral oil and she was fine. Past manure in 12 hours. She was fine for a week and we took her with us to a rodeo and she started to do the same thing again at 5am but she would eat gas. We gave her banamine and she was fine again. When we got her home we started her on sandclear and today 08/12/08 she started back again with kicking at her belly. Gums are fine some gut noise. Her feed hasn't change at all and all of our horse get the same fed as she does and she is the only one acting this way.

Answer 1

This is going to be incredibly rude sounding. But is most peoples first reaction----"I MUST go onto YA! and find out if my horse has colic!"

Get off the computer, call your vet and watch over your horse. Simple as that. No rocket science involved.  

Answer 2

Aww. Im so sorry <3.

Make sure the foods she's eating can digest good.

Also please take her to the vet.

Answer 3

i would try another vet. you cant be too carefull, if you think she is having another bout of colic walk her till your vet arrives.  DONT FORGET THEY ARE 24 HRS 4 A REASON.

Answer 4

I would definitely keep a log of what you observe, that way, when you do talk to your vet, you'll have some information to share.

You might also consider a daily bran mash to aid in her gut motility and water absorption.

There may be other ways to help her - many times "mysterious" intestinal issues are related to deeper anxiety issues that don't seem to make sense to people. It is possible to understand more deeply what is going on with her, communicate with her directly, and offer her the opportunity to relax and find new balance within her own body.  

Answer 5

Hmm.  Well there could be other reasons she is kicking at her belly.  For instance, when I first got one of my horses she always scared me.  After I rode her and hosed her off, I'd take her out to graze and she'd start trying to roll, kick at her belly, etc.   It turned out she was just itchy.  

However, I bet it's colic.  I'd also be careful about giving her banamine.  Sometimes horse owners give their horses banamine when they think the horse is colicing but there was really another problem.  I've heard of horses actually dying because their owners assumed the horse was colicing and just gave the horse banamine instead of calling the vet, when really, the vet could have treated the horse for the real problem.

What I'd do is make your horse move a little, she might just be gassy.  Then call the vet and ask about banamine.  I'd rather be safe then sorry.

Answer 6

Keep her from laying down and roll. Don't let her eat and call your vet now. Has she done her business lately?  

Answer 7

It is no doubt colic...so what started a month ago that is causing it to recur?  Have you owned her for six years, or just recently bought her?

Something is causing it to recur, and so far it has been mild enough to resolve without major intervention.....but that means nothing except these are warning signs to pay attention to so you can prevent a life-threatening impaction or other event from happening.

Colic just means abdominal pain.  The cause is the issue.

Since you keep her on sand, then sand colic is a reasonable cause to consider.

There are ways to deal with prevention that should be happening with this horse.  No two horses are alike...the fact that the other horses are okay means nothing.  You should confer with your vet, deal with the current issue, and come up with a maintenance plan to prevent this recurrent problem.

Answer 8

My best guess is that she does have colic. Does she bite at her stomach any? Does she eat grass while lying down?If you don't take my advice try taking her to a different vet and tell them about her.

Answer 9

I feel for you in so many ways, and your situation brings up so many heart wrenching memories for me....I lost two of my horses this year to Colic, our vet has kind of  figured out why this happened to our horses... I live in Minnesota the North Eastern part, we had a lot of rain this past spring and many horse owners are talking about there horses having colic and talking about the white clover that are in our pastures. Since clover is very nutritious for horses the vets think that it was very strong and very hard to digest for the horses.

My horses were in the late 20's when they past on.... I miss them dearly and I so hope you are able to get to the source to why your horses keeps having bouts of colic... such a hard thing to figure out since it can come on unexpectedly. I wish you all the luck and I will be thinking about you and your horse.

Answer 10

i remember this from an episode of mash. too much grass not enough water. dont let her lay down her intestines will knot up. you need to clean her out. lots and lots of warm water. up her HOO HOO. its been awhile since i saw that episode but the horse got better

Answer 11

As long as your horse is eating, it doesn't have colic. But that is odd, Horses don't usually kick at their stomach unless they have colic. You may want to call a vet out to check him out, make sure there isn't anything wrong, but I think he will be fine. C=

I hope he will be fine. I know he will be okay! C=

Best of luck C=

Answer 12

sounds like colic to me. keep her up and walking, take away all food and see if she would like some water. call a different vet if you have to. something is going on with your mare.Hope shes ok! she may be impacted.