Comments on: Making the Colic Call

By: anna

anna — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 09:13:51 +0000

Cool!

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 08:19:22 +0000

Great Article!

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:39:07 +0000

Great article. I have had great success with a “drench” using a large pop bottle filled with warm water and baking soda – 1/2 cup mixed together. I use the biggest syringe that I have and slowly squirt the solution down into the corner of the horses mouth – between cheek and gumline. It takes about 20 mins. to work and the horse is out of gas pain and eating again.
Years ago my girlfriend called me early one morning to come over and wait with her as the vet was coming to put her horse down.
They had been up all night walking, mineral oil, etc. and her mare was getting worse. Hind legs were crossing at the hocks and she looked like she was going to go down at any moment when they were trying to keep her walking. I tried my mixture and 20 mins. later she was on her feet looking for something to eat. When the vet arrived to put her down he could not believe the transformation. I told him he owed me a consultation fee! lol.
This may not work for all horses depending on the type of colic they have, BUT it certainly won’t hurt and may save a life!
I learned this tip from a horse book from the 1800’s and from a dairy farmer I was buying hay from one day.

By: a person who rides

a person who rides — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:15:50 +0000

Good article. My vet also said that alot of colic cases are fixed up on the trailer ride to vets office, which happens at their clinic alot.

By: PlK

PlK — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 06:15:50 +0000

Good article.

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:36:10 +0000

There is a horse at the barn I board at who doesn’t drink enough water, and therefore colics easier than other horses. We have to feed him mash for each meal to ensure he gets some water, but he still colics about once a month. I’m glad to see from this article that we are doing the right things, and hope that his cases remain mild.

By: hannah

hannah — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:08:00 +0000

Lost 3 horses to colic… its horrible.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:56:02 +0000

Thanks for the info on colic!! If this every happens to my horse i’ll deff. try these things!

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:56:27 +0000

Kendra, Sometimes, no matter how much you love your horse, there is nothing that you can do. No matter how hard you try. So please don’t make it sound like people’s horses that don’t survive colic died because they didn’t try or love their hores hard enough.

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:09:42 +0000

Our 26 year old quarter horse mare just died from colic. This was our first dealing with colic. The vet said was probably a twisted gut or blockage.