DT :>VN>     Almost lost her this morning - colic of unknown cause.  Bute and
DT :>an oil
DT :>  >drench were what the vet gave her when he got there, but by then she
DT :>was
DT :>  >almost
DT :>  >asymptomatic.  He shoulda seen her an hour or two earlier when I got
DT :>paged a
DT :>  >work and told she was lying down and it took two people to get her up
DT :>and ke
DT :>  >her up.
DT :>How is she doing now?  How are you doing after this?
     Well, by evening it was like nothing ever happened.  The woman who runs 
the place has a Thoroughbred mare who colics on a regular basis, almost 
monthly when she is in foal, and she kept telling me I was 
over-reacting...that it was a minor colic.  But I lost my first horse in 1971 
when he colicked, an impaction, and I will never forget the three days of 
hell we went through then.  The vet was going to operate Monday morning at 
8:00; Comanche died at 5:30 a.m. It was a bit like Baby; he died before he 
hit the ground.  That was the last time a horse I owned colicked, so I was in 
tears when I got to the stables with Spot.  Lori thought it was funny.  I 
STILL don't.
     Then she started giving me a lecture about sand colic; I only have ONE 
HORSE who will eat those psyllium crumbles - Dub.  The other two won't eat 
the horse psyllium in any form, mixed with ANYTHING!  But let me explain:
     About eight years ago, before anyone out here started marketing psyllium 
for horses, I had a vet tell me to give each horse 1/2 bottle of Metamucil 
monthly.  I just buy two bottles and split them three ways, so each horse 
gets more like 2/3 bottle.  They ALL eat that, with water mixed in with plain 
bran.  But Spot and Casey don't like the horse stuff!  But for seven years 
Dub has eaten the Metamucil, Casey for 5, and Spot for 6 years.  So I figure 
if it works, don't fix it; the generic Metamucil is cheaper than the horse 
stuff per month anyway.
     The vet said it didn't appear to be sand colic, but she was dehydrated.  
Hell, we ALL are in the summer out here, just like in the spring we are all 
congested from allergies!  No known reason for the colic...but we will watch 
her very closely anyway.  
    Hey, not to change the subject, but have you tried the large doses of B 
vitamins for your wrist yet?  I can tell when I'm not taking enough vitamins 
as my hand falls asleep driving my truck at work.  Something about the angle 
of the steering wheel or something.
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