Re: [IceHorses] storm colic
I seem to remember reading that most research suggest that the idea of "storm colics" is literally not true. Note that I said "literally"... thats another odd thing. he had gut sounds. I wonder if he could get a toothache or maybe a headache when a storm comes. or athritis or something! he doesnt limp... but he just lays down and sorta blinks funny like oooh I dont feel so good. and he doesnt eat. another thing he does that none of my other horses do... he gets weepy eyes now and then. And I put some terramycin in it and by morning its fine. He gets this about three times a year. I was reading on storm colic, i googled it, and what came up was horses in post-disaster--- something you should think of judy, are stressed, and they colic from stress. Fox is my horse that was stalled with no turnout for years and years. I wonder if he feels a storm coming and gets upset about it, it stresses him, and he gets a mild tummy ache... I talked to his old owner, he said he did not have it there, that he never noticed anything like this. Maybe Fox wishes he had a stall when it storms. Curly ray is mean and wont let him under the pole barn sometime. Janice yipie tie yie yo
Re: [IceHorses] storm colic
On 11/1/07, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What on > earth could cause storm colic?!?!? Its very weird. I get migraines just before storms...don't know if that's the same type of thing. V
RE: [IceHorses] storm colic
Anyone know anything about this? I have heard it and seen it and now am 100 percent convinced my Fox has it. he doesnt colic EVERY time a front moves thru, but when he DOES colic it is ALWAYS when a front is moving thru. I seem to remember reading that most research suggest that the idea of "storm colics" is literally not true. Note that I said "literally"... However, does the humidity also drop when these fronts pass your area? Impaction colic can come from not drinking enough water, and sometimes horses may not drink enough when it's low humidity - something us in the south don't have to worry about too often! That's the only explanation we could get for Saga's mild colic last fall. It wasn't a bad colic at all, but I could see that she was off, so I finally called the vet out. Her gut sounds weren't TOO bad, but there was an area that was too quiet, while another area sounded over-active. I'm not good enough with a stethoscope to pick that detail up, so I'm glad I called him out. I'm sure that a lot of mild colics go unnoticed. Karen Karen Thomas Wingate, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.16/1102 - Release Date: 10/31/2007 4:38 PM
Re: [IceHorses] storm colic
Not a horse, but we had a whippet who got real sick before and during thunder storms. Even before the sky would begin to threaten, she would begin to look very sick, sometimes whimpering, sometimes vomiting. We thought she was affected by the atmospheric changes, pressure changes, maybe even wome sory of cranial pressure. Nancy
[IceHorses] storm colic
Anyone know anything about this? I have heard it and seen it and now am 100 percent convinced my Fox has it. he doesnt colic EVERY time a front moves thru, but when he DOES colic it is ALWAYS when a front is moving thru. And it isnt typical rolling, sweating colic. He just lies down and is off his feed and just lays there like he just doesnt feel good. I get him up and walk him and he never gets bad off, will pick at his feed, then when the storm moves thru he's fine. What on earth could cause storm colic?!?!? Its very weird. Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
