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| Put the horses on Forco its a digestive fortifier. helps horses break down their food better. balances the bacteria levels in the stomach and hind gut which helps reduce the risk of colic, impactions and ulcers. Im a dealer for it and have sold it to several people that have had colic issues and it has helped a lot. Very reasonable to feed. |
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Location: Kansas | readytorodeo - 2014-08-11 9:22 PM
kscanchsnglaziergal - 2014-08-10 9:20 AM
What about gas colic?
I have a mare that showed signs of colic Friday night. I loaded her up and took her to the vet. He said gas colic, she received banamine, a tube of immediate response and accupuncture. Within a hour she was good to go. Yesterday she was back to her normal self. I fed this morning and she started do the same as Fri night. Stopped eating her grain pawed a couple of times stretched out and pawed. I grabbed a halter ready to get her then she passed gas and went back to eating. She never tried to go down like Fri night. I am keeping an eye on her this morning. What causes gas colic and I worried this is going to be an ongoing thing?
What are you feeding?
I am feeding Strategy Healthy Edge, she gets forco, THE muscle mass and Cosequin MSM at night, just Strategy HE in the mornings. I had not changed any feeding while this happend. During the day she is turned out to graze (I do have poor quality pasture just grass and weeds here and there but it was mowed off a few weeks ago) and has a round bale to munch on. At night in her stall she gets 2-3 flakes of brome. She also was/ is drinking plenty of water day and night. |
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| kscanchsnglaziergal - 2014-08-12 8:01 AM readytorodeo - 2014-08-11 9:22 PM kscanchsnglaziergal - 2014-08-10 9:20 AM What about gas colic? I have a mare that showed signs of colic Friday night. I loaded her up and took her to the vet. He said gas colic, she received banamine, a tube of immediate response and accupuncture. Within a hour she was good to go. Yesterday she was back to her normal self. I fed this morning and she started do the same as Fri night. Stopped eating her grain pawed a couple of times stretched out and pawed. I grabbed a halter ready to get her then she passed gas and went back to eating. She never tried to go down like Fri night. I am keeping an eye on her this morning. What causes gas colic and I worried this is going to be an ongoing thing? What are you feeding? I am feeding Strategy Healthy Edge, she gets forco, THE muscle mass and Cosequin MSM at night, just Strategy HE in the mornings. I had not changed any feeding while this happend. During the day she is turned out to graze (I do have poor quality pasture just grass and weeds here and there but it was mowed off a few weeks ago ) and has a round bale to munch on. At night in her stall she gets 2-3 flakes of brome. She also was/ is drinking plenty of water day and night.
I would try adding a ulcer product to her feed. |
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Location: Oklahoma | Mine was a gas colic, it hasn't been overly hot here for a change. She pooped last at 7am but passed gas all day. More so when she layed down. By 3am she was blowing through drugs in 30 min that should have lasted 2.5 hours. She was out on green pasture only, no grain. Pretty, fit and sassy mare. My heart goes out to everyone who's had to deal with this. IT SUCKS!! |
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| We've had two colics this year, one a broodmare that twisted, foaled early, then died. We also had an impaction caused by an immune system issue that caused the mare's lymph nodes in her rectum to swell and block her rectum. We've had some sand colics in the past with younger horses. We treat all of our older horses regularly but hadn't been doing the young ones. We had a yearling and a 2 year old ingest a lot of sand, I'm assuming because we've been in such a bad drought. Treated them initially with banamine, started on Sand Clear, and then treated for ulcers (something I always do if I suspect there has been a sand issue). |
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