What is wrong with my horse??

Question

When my horse refuses food and water, looks around at her sides, paws the ground and tries to lay down often, whats wrong?

is it Impaction Colic or Spasmotic Colic or Twisted Gut

Answer 1

Your horse is colicking, and you need to get a vet out there IMMEDIATELY !!!!! It makes little difference what kind of colic it is- it's enough that your horse is in agony and suffering from something that might KILL HER if it is not treated. Get off the computer, call your vet, and get your mare on her feet and walking until the vet can get there !!! I can't believe that you are wasting precious time asking such a stupid question when your horse's life is at stake-your first concern should be helping her, not chatting on the computer !!!

Enough said.

Answer 2

What a cruel way to pose this question. People here actually CARE about horses that are in danger, and putting a virtual horse question on here is almost disgusting.

Go play your little horse game elsewhere.

-Lena

Answer 3

It is a colic. It deepen on what the horse was doing before this happen. DONT let the horse roll that will make it worse. keep him walking around and call a vet

Answer 4

Definately a type of colic.

Call the vet and while you are waiting hand walk her, make sure she does not lay down.

Answer 5

it doesn't matter right now what kind of colic it is. all kinds can kill them. so call your vet and start walking your horse and make sure it DOESN'T lay down!!

Answer 6

It's colic. Call a vet, get off the computer and go walk your horse until the vet gets there.

Answer 7

Yes, your horse is probably colicing - it doesn't matter what kind of colic.

First - get outside and start walking him.  Don't let him lay down, don't let him pause to paw.  Just walk.

Have somone else call the vet - they will tube him and give him oil/water along with other drugs such as banamine and rompin.

Colic is EXTREMELY serious - GO NOW!  

Best wishes!

Answer 8

listen to the person who said they were a trainer and owner for 20+ years.... i know nothing about the things you listed because i do not own a horse... good luck!

Answer 9

I'm with 1024 on this one....

If you can NAME the types of colic...and see symptoms of WHAT you KNOW is colic...yet haven't called a vet...then you shouldn't have a horse in your care...

Answer 10

If a horse is not eating, that is a sure sign that there is something wrong.,..pawing ground laying down etc etc...are classic signs of colic and time to call the vet...don't fool around with colic it can and does kill.  Walk the horse till the vet gets there

Answer 11

the howrse questions are SOOOO annoying!!!ive been trying to complete level 3 for ages but i finally got there :D

the answer is impaction colic

Answer 12

definately colic...we had to put a horse down at my barn this week when she had colic for less than then 2 days because it was so bad

Answer 13

The type of colic requires veterinary examination and sometimes surgery to determine.  The vet should be called anytime a colic continues despite your attempts to make the horse more comfortable.

Answer 14

I am taking comfort in the assumption that this is probably a Howrse question is disguise, since you can name three types of colic (incorrectly capitalized at that) yet don't know which one the horse has.

Incidentally, these symptoms are indicative of colic in general.  Colic is actually a term for a series of symptoms, not a disease in and of itself.  Howrse yet again is giving its players completely nonsensical "there is no right answer" questions...I wish these kids would join Pony Club or something useful.  :P

Answer 15

That's colic. Which colic doesn't really matter.

Call out the vet IMMEDIATELY. Just tell him or her that you horse is colicking and they he/she will be out ASAP. They can also give you instructions on what to do by phone until they can get there.

As for you, get out there and walk your horse. DO NOT, under any circumstances, let your horse roll or lay down. That could be fatal.

If it's a Howrse question; very cruel way of putting it. Some people here actually care about the welfare of horses and take this kind of thing seriously. Go look up the answers yourself. There are plenty of sites and books that will have an answer.