This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Annette, My huge Trakehner has what I call "lying down spells" and the Vet would get exasperated with me because by the time I discovered Charlie and the Vet got here Charley would be up eating. I got so I could sense one of these coming on but still have not known why, He has not had one for at least nine or ten months now. I used to think it was the changing of the seasons. I also was given banamine to help him, He does not roll or get his ears back or show stress. Sometimes I think it is just that he is tired but he does not even touch grain. Also no gut sounds on one side.
The banamine usually does the job within 45 minutes. I believe he is slightly impacted or constipated. One time he really did get impacted after he and my fjord gorged on the straw I put down over a muddy path. That time they were both exhibiting stress and it took four or five days to get things going again. Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" Occupied Germany 1946 TO 1949 ] http://www.techline.com/~jgayle Barnes & Noble Book Stores
