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Horse colicking or choke?!

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My colt came up I gave him graun hes kinsa coughing and gurgles wheb he breathes no gut sounds and trying to lay dowb what can I do? I'm so scaeed
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Agree with the vet call. Sounds like he may have aspirated some of his grain. Is he blowing "junk" from his nose? My horse did this and it was very scary. He is fine but thought he was going to die at the time.
 
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Ok, I am VERY sorry that made no sense at all guys lol. I was walking him and couldn't see my screen because the sun and I was crying.

He isn't making the gurgling sound anymore, and he was trying to eat grain he spilt. He seems normal, but he JUST layed down again... He's half sitting up not rolling.

My mom went to the vet to get shots to relax him (the vet can't come out) I don't remember the names.

They think colic I think choke... He's only ten months.

Should I still give him the shots?
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My mom went to the vet to get shots to relax him (the vet can't come out) I don't remember the names.

They think colic I think choke... He's only ten months.

Should I still give him the shots?
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If you aren't sure - how can the vets be sure enough to know what drugs to put in his system. If it is colic, you do not give drugs to 'relax'. You do not want to impede motility in the gut.
 
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I would do what your vet recommends. We aren't there to evaluate your horse (of course neither is your vet) and I don't think anyone here can give you proper advice without examining your horse. Just my thoughts on it. I wouldn't want to tell you to do something that could harm your horse.

When our horses have had colic, they try to bite at their sides. They don't want you to touch their side. They have no bowel tones. They do tend to lay down and refuse to eat or drink. That is my experience.
 
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They said it's to help make a bowl movement.. and then a pain killer. He said choke is uncommon in young horses... He has gut sounds now. He may have the first time I checked but I was kind of panicked. He's standing without me out there now, I think he's just tired. No biting at his sides, no more rolling. No more gurgling when he breathes. I think it was minor choke, do they lay down when they have choke?
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If it were me...and I am in no way telling you what to do....I would continue to monitor the horse for symptoms. If he acts ok and will eat and drink, I would hold off on the shots. Make sure he is in a place where you can see if he has a bowel movement or not.
 
#26 ·
This is about the only vet in the area. And thank you, me too. It scared me to death when the last time he would NOT get up, I had to physically push him halfway up. But he's standing now, napping I think because I won't let him lay down lol.
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That's one time I think it's OK to get after a horse by any means necessary. I will do whatever it takes to get them up and keep them up. I'd rather deal with a horse that's afraid of a whip or something than on that I had to PTS. But that's just me.
 
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My three-year-old horse just had an incident with choking last night, and it was very scary. He also did it once last year, but this time it took me a while to figure out what was going on. He was pacing, laying down, and acting uncoordinated. I thought something neurological was going on. I called the vet, and while I was waiting for her response, he spit out phlegm and after that he was fine.
 
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Just a side note: Evidence of a good vet. I make an Emergency call on a weekend, don't hear back in 40 min. Understandable, it's baby season. So I call again. This time, the practice owner calls me and asks if I can wait about 1-2 hrs, he had to bring in an extra vet for the weekend they were so busy, and both were out. If I needed someone right away, he personally would call another clinic (his competitor) to see if they could come out. Since it wasn't somethiing that couldn't wait a little bit (Odie had puncture wounds and I wanted them flushed, but I didn't want to wait till Monday) I said I'd wait. I went over what I was planning on doing, and he OK'd it. (he's a small animal vet, and was 300 miles away on vacation when he called me. Appearently the answering service calls him directly if the first service call isn't answered.) The on-call vet came out a few hours later, and all was taken care of.

I have yet to see the bill, and that was last spring. When I asked he winked and said "I don't remember having anyone out at your place".
 
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