wcr
Well-Known Member
I have been going through a colic episode with one of my horses who has been hospitalized since Saturday and finally had surgery last night. The presentation has been different than straight forward colics I have dealt with. I did my treatments here and when it didn't respond took him in. He was eating and drinking in the face of colic and was treated at the vet and remained very stable despite extreme bloating from tubing. He has held his own and Sunday decided to do surgery and then he pooped as the surgeon was on the way. The plan was to pick him up yesterday and then he recoliced. Last night they did surgery and he had a rock hard fecal ball he never would have passed but they were able to inject saline into it and break it up enough to pass it into the large colon without having to cut into his intestine. The surgeon was from California and she said she has seen this many times in minis. This was the first time I had heard about minis prone to fecal balls. Heaven knows they colic much easier than the biggies and now maybe that is why they tend to colic more frequently.
Just thought I would pass this along.
Just thought I would pass this along.