More prayers needed, I'm afraid

LMLarsen

Our old friend Bart posted on FB that his horse is in trouble and may need colic surgery, so if anyone can spare the kneemail, he could certainly use it.

wddodge

:angel2:

Denny

NCFUBAR

:angel2: sent ... may St. Eligius and St Francis protect :angel2:

That surgery is not bad outside of general anesthesia ... it's the recovery care that is hard part. A calm, quiet, low stress enviroment is a must. Hope it's large intestine related like sand colic or other less damaging type. I hate to see good people hurt but innocent animals are more of a tear jerker :angel:

LMLarsen

We had a scare with our older gelding, when he got out of his stall before dawn and ate everyone else's grain. We were lucky on two counts: first, he was caught in the act by the morning help, and we have Va Tech's finest equine vet facility an hour away.

They pumped his stomach and kept him a few days, and he was fine, but if it had been any longer we might have lost him to colic and founder.

Teach

How is it that a horse will founder itself with unlimited feed available, but a mule won't? Is there something about the hybridization that makes 'em smarter?
Jerry

ilove22s

not alot of fun having a good horse go under the knife.

hopefully he will recover. ive only seen one horse with colic and it was text book symptoms. I was volunteered to keep the horse walking until the vet arrived. not a fun thing to knowing how much pain he was in and not alot you could do. fortunately it was probably a gas blockage since he recovered several hours later.

Jayhawker

We've always got room for a horse in our prayers...