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A few weeks ago Bundy had a very mild case of colic at a competition. it passed really quickly and he was fine, so I didn't think more about it However, it happened again last night so I would love to know what is causing it.
At the competition - We had ridden all day. I got off, cooled him down, rugged him and put him in his yard with water, hay and his (small) feed. It's a fairly new feed (Prydes Easi-Sport) but I had given him small amounts a few times during the weeks leading up and he had no reaction. He started to look uncomfortable after he ate about half of it - He was curling his lip, looking at his belly and not eating. So I walked him for maybe 5 minutes and he started perking up, he pooped, and started eatign again so I left him to it and just watched. he was fine after that.
Last night - Had been for a short, easy ride (20 mins?) and had walked back, unsaddled and tied him up. I gave him a small feed again of the pellets and left him to eat while I took Latte away a bit to eat. And again, about halfway through the small amount he started curling his lip and looking at his belly/pawing the ground. So I tipped the rest of his feed out and walked him for 8-10 and by the time we got halfway back to the paddock he was eating again, pooping, and happy. Again he was fine after that.
I am stumped - It seems like it's the feed as it has happened both times when he was eating - But he had only been eating for a max of 2 minutes - how could it affect him in such a short time? I thought it might have been because he had a long hard day at the competition, but yesterday he didn't even break a sweat and neither did Latte who I ponied (Very fat and very unfit). He was wormed maybe a month ago, is in good health, etc.
Ideas?
At the competition - We had ridden all day. I got off, cooled him down, rugged him and put him in his yard with water, hay and his (small) feed. It's a fairly new feed (Prydes Easi-Sport) but I had given him small amounts a few times during the weeks leading up and he had no reaction. He started to look uncomfortable after he ate about half of it - He was curling his lip, looking at his belly and not eating. So I walked him for maybe 5 minutes and he started perking up, he pooped, and started eatign again so I left him to it and just watched. he was fine after that.
Last night - Had been for a short, easy ride (20 mins?) and had walked back, unsaddled and tied him up. I gave him a small feed again of the pellets and left him to eat while I took Latte away a bit to eat. And again, about halfway through the small amount he started curling his lip and looking at his belly/pawing the ground. So I tipped the rest of his feed out and walked him for 8-10 and by the time we got halfway back to the paddock he was eating again, pooping, and happy. Again he was fine after that.
I am stumped - It seems like it's the feed as it has happened both times when he was eating - But he had only been eating for a max of 2 minutes - how could it affect him in such a short time? I thought it might have been because he had a long hard day at the competition, but yesterday he didn't even break a sweat and neither did Latte who I ponied (Very fat and very unfit). He was wormed maybe a month ago, is in good health, etc.
Ideas?