Re: Colic

[April Johnson <april.johnson@gmx.net>]

Just curious, but how do you keep a horse from rolling if he's laying down? 
Get him back up again?  I've only dealt with one horse that coliced.  A 22
yo Arabian gelding.  He would start to roll the minute he laid down, so we (me
and a friend) were afraid to let him lie down because we didn't know how to
stop him from rolling if he laid down.

Thanks,
April & Tanna
Nashville, TN

> Our vet told us that our horses probably experience mild colics all the
> time
> without us ever being aware of it and that they resolve on their own.  He
> has never suggested that we don't walk but I prefer to walk a little, rest
> a
> little, walk a little and will let a horse lay down but never to roll.  We
> have managed several mild colics this way that resolved within an hour or
> less.  Probably would have resolved on their own anyway.
> Maggie

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