You did great. One miss was you should check the upper quadrant of the gut for sounds at the base of the cecum as well as the lower when checking for gut sounds. You can also listen for a possible sand colic by listening to the underside of the belly approximately eight inches behind the girth. Using a stethoscope would be necessary here.
Just finished watching a video where someone did a nasogastric incubation with mineral oil on his miniature horse, he wasn't entirely sure what kind of colic his horse had but surmised that what he was doing was right, he said he had been in touch with emergency vet by phone and his own vet via Facebook .... seemingly where he lived was not covered by an on call vet during the weekend hence no vet visited the animal. Inevitably the horse died predominantly because he was so bloated it put pressure on it's lungs causing breathing issues. I like what you have suggested, like knowing the signs of different kinds of colic and how to treat the horse through experience of both the animal and the particular colic that was causing the problem. I definitely believe that the person I watched would have benefited from this video. Excellent informative video.
Thanks for this informative video! New horse owner. He arrived thru transport with choke and colic symptoms. Vet came out asking if I had taken his temp... well never done it before so through you video I was able to learn the how to's for vitals to be more accurate. Thanks a million👍
@@TNhorsetrails He is, thank you for asking. Made it much easier to answer vet over the phone on information that they would have had to wait til em call for.
My Thoroughbred had colic twice in the 5 years ive had him. First one i caught before i left for work, he suddenly stopped eating his breakfast and was stretching, biting, pawing, circling and finally started laying down. I was walking him up and down our driveway for an hour bc he kept wanting to drop to his knees and roll in the yard as i was waiting for the vet. That turned out to be gas colic. His second happened this fall, had a mildly chilly day and he was extra eager for his food and sucked it down without much water and i was called back to the barn an hour after coming home by the evening feed crew concerned that he wasn't acting right and kept pawing and laying down and one of the girls was in the stall with him rubbing his belly and trying to get him up. They took him to the arena and walked him until i could get there. That turned out to be impaction colic. I was there til 3:30 in the morning monitoring him after the vet made a weekend, after hour emergency call. That is my biggest fear, not catching a colic episode because im not there and it goes on for several hours. I was lucky to catch his the moment it started happening and he recovered from both rather quickly and was back to normal a couple hours after the vet left.
Very good information. I especially like checking routinely so both horse and rider are familiar. Also, so you know what is normal for the horse. Thank you!
My horse got gas colic I called vet and he said to give 2 tbs.of pesto bismol every 20 mins for an hr and if not better call back. She was much better and didn't need to call back
