What to do if your horse is colicking 

Me too

i was told to pour a beer down their throat.

Mine pooped this morning and yesterday but still wants to lay down. He gets up too but lays down flat alot. Just dont know.

My boy just was showing signs last evening. I called the vet and she couldnt be out until 30 to 40 mins, but I have a neighbor who is my boss who owns a horse facility, and she was able to give him some Banamine (we took all vitals).. he got a rectal exam and tubing..he is doing better today ❤ I walked him until the vet came (stopping to take his vitals/dose of banamine).

Me too

+lps wolf Im so sorry for your loss.

My mom's horse is having troubles rn.

You mention the final stages of foaling, didn't mention the time frame. In the last couple of days before foaling a mare will naturally be up and down, trying to get comfortable. Using their back feet to bump their stomach, swishing their tail, head down, is common. They are uncomfortable, carrying around a baby, is not easy and neither is giving birth. For someone that has never been around large livestock giving birth, it can look like they are in trouble, try to have someone around that has some experience, since it can be stressful, for both the mare and owner. A mare will usually go off feed a day or two before foaling, that way they will have very little food in the digestive tract. That way the baby traveling through the birth canal doesn't have to push the manure out of the way to be born. FYI thank goodness guys dont have babies.

It was actually not as ‘final’ as mentioned. About 8 months into the pregnancy. The mare was given a 50% chance of survival, the foal, practically none. We were very fortunate to have a facility like Scone Equine relatively close by.

I called the vet and I’m waiting now I was hoping to find what I can do in the meantime this video didn’t address it but I have a 26-year-old Mustang who is laying down right now next to me.

Run free Tiger Lily . 😊

Ask your vet to give you Banimine. It saved my horses life when no vets were around.

Did he make it?

@@anniegriffin3731 i know this comment is 4yo... but what does Banimine do/help? My horse has colic right now

Horses often get colic from eating grass in sandy areas.

@@cellogirl11rw55 what you are talking about is sand colic, help to prevent it is an old fashioned remedy. Mix about 5 cups of bran, 1/4 cup molasses, and about 1/2 cup of mineral oil. Mix together and add hot water, enough to make consistency of oatmeal. Horses love it, bran is a laxative, molasses for taste, mineral oil helps move the sand which the horse injests with the grass.

What does sand do to the horse exactly?

It could be caused by chemicals but No one wants to talk about that? Wow! buncha brain washed people on here too I see. Later!

@@lilsuga771 sand is heavier than the grass and doesn't pass through the digestion tract easily. There are commercial products available to help with the horse to pass the sand. As for chemicals, depending where you live, may determine if there could be problems.

How much apple cider did you use for your horse and how many times did you give the horse apple cider?

@@georgecostanza2514 roughly 20ml in a syringe. Listen to the gut noises then shove it in their mouth neat and the gut sounds usually change pretty quickly

I repeat every hour or so if they don't poo but obviously it won't do anything for a twisted gut so if it doesn't sort quickly get a vet

@@dawnsneddon5805 thank you

Sorry

I’m so sorry😭😭

GMO alphafa hay is more frequent. Go to Seeds of Death on RU-vid and get educated about what GMO's due to our guts and our horses.