Winchester Farms
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ok this will be long but im writing this out of desparation. my 16 year old mare started colicing about 3 weeks ago. the vet came out twice, tubed her with epsome salts, water, and gave her banamine and electrolytes. no poop no gut sounds.
-we brought her up to their clinic where they had her for a week. they did an ultrasound and a belly tap, tons of bloodwork, all came out perfect. they had her on grass ( i have a dry lot) through out that week the vet said he kept having mini colics but was getting better. the vet was afraid she might be getting gastric ulcers becasue she was refusing to eat anything. at the end of the week, she was pooping a tiny bit, about once or twice a day that was runny like cow poop, and was eatting grass very well. she had gut sounds and seemed much better. vet sent me home with gastro meds to continue her guts moving, and electroltyes
-she started out ok. would eat grass, had small cow patties once or twice a day. vet said that was ok, because it was the mineral oil finally moving through her system the had given her while she was up there. well day after day she eventually has stopped eatting. she will eat a bit of grass (not like before where she ate any piece in sight) and will gobble up carrots and apples, but refuses to eat any type of hay or her grain. she has lot a lot of weight.
-called the vet back, she said there is nothing more she can do and i should drive her up to new bolton. i just can not afford that after paying for the all of the above and two emergecy visits with my cat, who i had to eventally put down, i have no more money. i mentioned maybe she has gastric ulcers but the vet didnt say anything about it. i started giving her tums twice a day after reading about it online but that didnt seem to help.
-the only other vet in the area stopped seeing horses and only does cows. isnt that nice?
-im lost as what to do, will gobble up apples and carrots still, but refuses to eat anything else. no poop for a week, does not seem to be in any pain, with good gut sounds. any ideas?
-we brought her up to their clinic where they had her for a week. they did an ultrasound and a belly tap, tons of bloodwork, all came out perfect. they had her on grass ( i have a dry lot) through out that week the vet said he kept having mini colics but was getting better. the vet was afraid she might be getting gastric ulcers becasue she was refusing to eat anything. at the end of the week, she was pooping a tiny bit, about once or twice a day that was runny like cow poop, and was eatting grass very well. she had gut sounds and seemed much better. vet sent me home with gastro meds to continue her guts moving, and electroltyes
-she started out ok. would eat grass, had small cow patties once or twice a day. vet said that was ok, because it was the mineral oil finally moving through her system the had given her while she was up there. well day after day she eventually has stopped eatting. she will eat a bit of grass (not like before where she ate any piece in sight) and will gobble up carrots and apples, but refuses to eat any type of hay or her grain. she has lot a lot of weight.
-called the vet back, she said there is nothing more she can do and i should drive her up to new bolton. i just can not afford that after paying for the all of the above and two emergecy visits with my cat, who i had to eventally put down, i have no more money. i mentioned maybe she has gastric ulcers but the vet didnt say anything about it. i started giving her tums twice a day after reading about it online but that didnt seem to help.
-the only other vet in the area stopped seeing horses and only does cows. isnt that nice?
-im lost as what to do, will gobble up apples and carrots still, but refuses to eat anything else. no poop for a week, does not seem to be in any pain, with good gut sounds. any ideas?