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Gidget coliced again

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#1 ·
So Gidget coliced last night for 3 hours.It was a mild colic but you can tell she was in pain. I gave her banamine to help her and walked her around. She looked like she was an over due mare because of how bloated she became! She pooped and passed gases through burping and ..the other... Anyways I thought I would update everyone on my beloved Gidget.

She coliced off of pasture as she had no muzzle(figured it would be fine since I let her eat grass everyday but I over did it with 8 hours of pasture...I'm getting her muzzle repaired tomorrow...stitching came undone.
 
#3 ·
Thank you. She is a VERY sensitive horse and so her diet is very strict which to me is sad because I wish I didn'thave to be strict on what she can eat.

She is able to have alfamo( I started getting the kind with less sugar),grass hay,redmond's rock and a mineral block,probiotics,and a chunk of alfalfa.

I'm worried she won't live a long life =( She's my favorite horse in the WHOLE WORLD! I just get so scared as she colics a lot...and the sad thing is it's ALWAYS been because of pasture.
 
#8 · (Edited)
you could put her hay in there to give her something to munch on and she could have a good run any how good luck with her and I am very sorry you have to go though this though I can't empiphise as none of mine have ever had colic.
 
#9 ·
We work our horses into grass every spring. We put them out for about an hour or so for the first week, then we move them up to 2 or 3 hours, then half a day, then a work day, until they are able to be out 24 hours with lush grass. Any horse I know would colic if they have not had grass all winter then were given free range of grass. It takes about 2 weeks for us to get ours out for a full day. I just watch their poop as we progress through the week and add time. It starts to get runny then we dont move up the time. We will leave them in for the day and get it back solid. then go back a step.

Try working her into the grass instead of just kicking her out on it for a full day. Might help her and she will not colic. I have only had a horse colic on me once, and that was because they got loose and raided the feed bin.

Good Luck and I hope this helps!
 
#11 · (Edited)
I have personally never used a muzzle. But the evenings is when I have to do it too. They can wait for feed, I usually get to the barn and kick them out, clean stalls blah blah for the first week then bring them in and just do it in the evenings. I usually am off work by 5 and if I have to I go strait to the barn to kick them out. I use the weekends to get them up to the 8hr point. It has always worked for me.

The key is their poop, if it starts looking like cow patties, back them off. When it gets to cow patty stage their bodies are having a hard time. If its a little soft that is to be expected its the cow patties and then the runs that will tell you they have had enough or too much...

Sorry I dont have an experience with a muzzle = (
 
#12 ·
alright,thank you. I think since Gidget is so sensitive I will use the muzzle majority of the time unless she is looking like she is losing weight. She will be getting a full feeding of hay and her alfamo w/ supplements in the evening..I will try that. I just don't want her to die...verrrrry paranoid she will get a really bad impaction colic
 
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