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[RC] was endurance topics now cause of colic? - Tina HicksOn Thu, 23 Sep 2004, steph teeter wrote: All three horses had reflux on arrival to the clinic, all three had ileus - basically the gut shut down, little or no activity in the small intestines. Their stomachs were full of fluid, but the hind gut was dry. At BSF I rode for a while with a lady whose horse had had two colics just like that in the past year. Both times she was riding moderately, not doing anything different, etc...Horse had about a 1500 miles with her so not beginners to the sport. The vets at Auburn told her they see this particular sort of colic primarily in horses fed Bermuda hay - which is the predominant hay here in the SE. Apparently Bermuda is harder for horses to digest than other leafier/stemmier hays and can become impacted more easily in the small intestine. Tina tina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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