> BK> Straw colic'ed..  I really wonder what it is with that
> BK> horse.. he colics way to much.
> BK>
> Did you check for sand?  He may be an Arizona horse and not gotten
> the snad flushed out yet.
 
Checked for everything I could think of except Bile duct problems. I wasn't 
going to mention anymore since I've gone anti-social again in light of the 
novice idiotics again.  
 
> Also, I had to use a new vet as mine was tied up when Spot
> colicked...he was from North (by God!) Carolina, and said that he saw a
> lot of horses colick as they'd get tied up on GRASS hay!  Seems it packs
> in their small intestine more - you know, those two spots where it
> narrows significantly.
 
And it's also a reason not to feed a horse any cut grass.. it does the same.
 
 
 
> Had never heard that one before but it's never too early to panic,
> huh?
 
Worst one I ever saw was Rose... 20 hrs start to finish. I spotted the 
colic.. I helped through it and I held her for the necropsey.. where the vet 
ran the intestines.. it was a twist.. caused by her running in discomfort 
from a blown blood vessel (very mild) due to worm damage. He spotted the 
blown blood vessle in the mesentary quickly.. the twist was in the last part 
of the intestine that he ran.. not a pleasant experience.. but one that 
should be experienced.    
 
                               BK
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