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May 19 11 2:47 PM
4Horses and Holding wrote:Your fellow boarder sounds like she's a bit of a pain in the ass.
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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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May 19 11 5:54 PM
ErinGoBarn wrote:walkinlove, glad things sound like they'll be okay. I've got to say this though, especially if you're the morning feed person, you need to learn the basics of emergency medical care. That you weren't familiar with the warning signs of laminitis and knowledgeable enough to know that's a far more likely result of overeating grain, means you aren't really familiar enough with those basics yet. Do you know what to do if you walk into the barn one morning and a horse has cut his leg and blood is pulsing out? Of if there is yellow discharge coming out of their nose? What if one is struggling breathing, do you know what that likely means? That's all basic stuff you should know, along with all the signs for colic. You being the morning feeder means you're eyes are the first on them for the day. It need to be made clear with the BO who has the ability to call in a vet for an emergency (and BTW, if my horse were loose and got into the kind of quantity of grain, I'd be pissed if the vet WASN'T called!). Small facility or large one, clear rules regarding situations like this one, which happens all the time, need to be established for everyone's safety.
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