barnbum
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I went out for chores this morning and now it's Rosie who doesn't want to leave her stall and she's not eating all her TC30. Oh no. She ate all her hay, had tons of poops and drank a good amount of her water.
From the way she was standing and her refusal to move, made me think laminitis, but heck she's on dry lots (with a shadow of green now and then). Her hooves are cold. Thank goodness.
She stretches a few times--and does that grasshopper thing with her back legs. Discomfort. Colic isn't on my mind because of her stall conditions.
So then I think she much have what Tucker had. I check her temp and it's normal. Thank goodness. I kept thinking of how I had to graze Tucker on wet grass to keep him hydrated and I knew that wasn't a possibility for Rosie. She tried to poop while I was taking her temp.
So she wanders out to the front pasture where the other are eating but she stands in the run in and her back end is shivery. She wanders to another part and lays down. I can feel the shivering. She can't be cold... and no temp. This is a new symptom to me and it scares me. I gave her Banamine and called the vet. She did deposit a big pile of poop out there.
While waiting for the vet to call back, I cleaned her stall to put her in, but she didn't want to go in her stall. This has to be a good sign. The shivering stopped. She stayed with me while I waited for the call. This is not unusual--she oftens stays close to me rather than be with the herd. I decided to offer hay and she happily dove in. She never stopped eating so I cancelled the vet call because there's nothing to see now.
So--this whole story leads me to that symptom of quivering or shivering in the back end--is that a sign of pain? If she ate, pooped, and drank, could I still chalk this up to a mild colic case? Maybe she had a gas bubble?
Your experiences?
From the way she was standing and her refusal to move, made me think laminitis, but heck she's on dry lots (with a shadow of green now and then). Her hooves are cold. Thank goodness.
She stretches a few times--and does that grasshopper thing with her back legs. Discomfort. Colic isn't on my mind because of her stall conditions.
So then I think she much have what Tucker had. I check her temp and it's normal. Thank goodness. I kept thinking of how I had to graze Tucker on wet grass to keep him hydrated and I knew that wasn't a possibility for Rosie. She tried to poop while I was taking her temp.
So she wanders out to the front pasture where the other are eating but she stands in the run in and her back end is shivery. She wanders to another part and lays down. I can feel the shivering. She can't be cold... and no temp. This is a new symptom to me and it scares me. I gave her Banamine and called the vet. She did deposit a big pile of poop out there.
While waiting for the vet to call back, I cleaned her stall to put her in, but she didn't want to go in her stall. This has to be a good sign. The shivering stopped. She stayed with me while I waited for the call. This is not unusual--she oftens stays close to me rather than be with the herd. I decided to offer hay and she happily dove in. She never stopped eating so I cancelled the vet call because there's nothing to see now.
So--this whole story leads me to that symptom of quivering or shivering in the back end--is that a sign of pain? If she ate, pooped, and drank, could I still chalk this up to a mild colic case? Maybe she had a gas bubble?
Your experiences?
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