I have a colic success here. She was our first mini foal. She was a month less than 2 yrs old when she did it. She never really showed any distress, just uncomfortable and was swelling up like a balloon. We took her to the vets for observation. I went to check on her and noticed she was having trouble breathing. I told him, I think it's time to do surgery. I assisted (really neat experience). We found 2 blockages. Both were in the intestine where the large colon goes to the small colon (where the poop balls are formed). The first was mostly sand, about 1" x 1" x 1/2" and when he pulled it out it sank to the bottom of the bucket of water we were putting everything in. The second was almost 3 times the size of the first and a perfect square. We got her sewed up and let her wake up. She woke up very angry! She stayed at the vets for 5 days before she could come home. She had LOTS of attitude (since she was born) and the vet thinks that made a big difference. He wasn't real sure about if she would survive or not. I was also there with her for 3-4 hours a day just loving on her and talking to her. He thinks that made a difference too because she knew me and was comfortable with me. It made the recovery a little less stressful.
She is now 5 and does very well on her diet of Safe Choice and grass hay. She has given us a scare a couple of times since the surgery but has always passed the lump with just some mineral oil and gatorade/water.
We did loose her 3/4 sister at 2 for the same exact thing. That's why Savannah will live here forever and will never be breed. We're thinking that there was something in the sire's bloodline that caused the "defect" where things get hung up.
I hope your little girl pulls through. Don't give up on her.
She is now 5 and does very well on her diet of Safe Choice and grass hay. She has given us a scare a couple of times since the surgery but has always passed the lump with just some mineral oil and gatorade/water.
We did loose her 3/4 sister at 2 for the same exact thing. That's why Savannah will live here forever and will never be breed. We're thinking that there was something in the sire's bloodline that caused the "defect" where things get hung up.
I hope your little girl pulls through. Don't give up on her.