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May 19 11 3:01 PM
Erin,Thank you for letting me know I should freshen up those skills or sharpen the pencil a bit on laminitis! Having owned horses for 20+ years, I can proudly say I've never had one ever have laminitis or founder. So, I probably should freshen up on this, since I've never personally experienced it.
I do think I was not completely wrong in having a first thought of Colic. You can google "Overeatting causing Colic" and you will see a lot jump out at you, some written by veterinarians, such as what I copied/pasted below. Colic types
Overeating. I think the most common type of colic in the general horse population is caused by getting into the feed supply and overeating. (I can relate to this one as I do it all the time.) Like me, a horse loves to eat and an open feed room with a barrel of grain and no one around to stop them seems to be an invitation to eat and eat and eat. Not to mention, one of the most fatal types of colic, gastric distention. It is caused by when your horse consumes too much, too quickly and the stomach could rupture. ***please don't think I'm being bitchy in my reply, I'm not... I am serious, I should freshen up on my knowledge of certain things, but I do think I wasn't too off base for thinking about colic.
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