Case of colic, or a drama queen horse?

My spoiled rotten horse (Nasdaq) faking colic. Although she has done the "poor pitiful horse has a belly ache" act several times, she still managed to worry me a bit.

Category:

Comedy

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• funny
• brat
• dramatic
• horse
• fake
• colic
• act

[Pippy241]

You don't get a collicing horse up if they are lying QUIETLY. If they are acting fidgty and want to roll - you walk to prevent the rolling.

Why tire a already sick horse unnecessarily?

[CHEVYedsf]

@Pippy241 Um no, LOL you want to walk them if they have colic regardless if its quietly or rolling. Look up facts before posting fiction.

[Naturalhorselb]

Great book out on why horses colic and how to prevent it

[wonderlandamstaffs]

This is just a horse enjoying a relaxing sunbathing session. Mine do it all the time. Why she would think horse was faking colic is beyond me....... Colicky horses do not lie quietly on the ground....... They roll and get up and repeat, sweating all the while, obviously in distress. This poor filly can't take a decent nap without being bugged...........

[CHEVYedsf]

@EliseMHagenow I am a veterinary techincian, and I WORK with equine vets, in a clinic setting and mobile vets, DAILY and if a horse is colicing, you NEVER want to just let them lay there. It causes kinking of the intestines. Horses can't lay down for long periods of time anyway.  They are so heavy that the weight of them laying there can put extreme pressure on their organs, which also can cause colic. So no. You never want to let a horse lay there with colic.

[EliseMHagenow]

@CHEVYedsf I'm a riding instructor, and our vet reccomends on a mildly colicy horse that if they are laying quietly to let them rest-but if they are rolling or uncomfortable to keep them up. Rolling can cause displacement, but they won't hurt themselves if they are just laying still. In an extreme case of colic, of course the scenario is different...and lots of vets have different opinions on how to do things :)

[HorsesfourLIFE]

When she smiled that made my day :)

[GotNoMonies]

Do you always let your horse wander around with a dangling lead rope?

[ltpjumper]

@arabianloveralert This would only work if your horse has a gas colic. It could make your horse considerably more uncomfortable if it had many other kinds of colic such as a compaction colic.

[Breyerlvr]

either way i think you might wanna stand the horse up lol

[arabianloveralert]

horses can get colic from an infection in the stomach, eating the wrong food, change in feed or simply from change in season. the signs of colic is when a horse is restless, pouring the ground, wanting to lay down, doesn't finish it food and gets the runs. and I good tip don't let the horse lay down and keep the moving mainly at a trot to break up and bubbles in their stomach.