RE Bay.... Doesn't appear to be serious, but colic can be. Old horses die from something, and bad colic could kill a horse. It ain't like tummy aches in babies or people. Horses are like rats, they can't throw up. IF they eat something toxic, there is only one way out, and they have to digest it. Surgery can sometimes remove it, but that costs more than my net worth right now. Here's the update I did for the horse thread.
To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtainVet's been and gone, Bay perked up at the sight of the vet, and tested fairly normal, vet said he's had a LOT of colic lately, he said, it's so hot and dry now that perhaps the pastures are all eaten down to dust, and the horses either eat too much dirt or, because he's back in the woods, maybe they resort to eating shrubberies that they shouldn't eat and normally wouldn't.
He gave him Banamine injection, I have moved him to the front pasture where I can watch him, maybe he is just a wee bit sick or he was really just looking for a comfortable spot to lay down and I overly panic, but trusting as he is, it was still odd for him to not get up when I nudged him. Put the halter on and really talked LOUD to him before he got up. I think he's got a belly ache, minor perhaps, but better to be on the safe side. He's grazing on the dry grass and dandelions in the front. I sure wish it would rain and get the dust down.
3,003 posted on 07/19/2004 12:49:00 PM PDT
Pic of him before we got him up, he's apparently fine and out in the pasture now.
