Author: Caroline McCormick Last week was the one year anniversary of our nightmare with colic. Patience had been having episodes since she was three months old, and they always seemed sudden and for no apparent reason. On June 12, 2011, two hours after being fed, I noticed Patience showing classic signs of colic; pawing, kicking at her belly, and in her case, loose bowel movements and lots of bowel sounds.  [ Read More ]

Author: Rosemary Watson Grady colicked on December 1, 2011. The vet came to our barn to treat him and determined that he had a displaced intestine that wasn’t going to right itself. Two days later we decided to go ahead with surgery. Grady went through colic surgery wonderfully and appeared to be making an amazing recovery. Unfortunately, after he was released from the vet, he started to get a fever.  [ Read More ]

Author: Amanda Munson Strider and I have been a team since he was fresh off the track at 4 years old. He’s my dream horse; full of heart, willingness, attitude and such love that he seems more human than horse sometimes. He gives me his heart no matter what we’re doing. He’s the best endurance and event horse, tearing up the trails and cross-country courses, while maintaining finesse and control  [ Read More ]

Author: Debra Nicol Bobby colicked 4 years ago. Unfortunately, his colic was so severe that he needed emergency surgery and had 2 meters of his small intestine removed. It was very touch and go with him, and at the time I was pregnant with my daughter. I found myself seven months pregnant, lying in the mud, waiting for the vet to arrive, willing Bobby to survive. We’ve been through so  [ Read More ]

Author: Vicki Winwood Pea seems to colic on a frequent basis and it causes me a lot of grief! Just last week she had compaction colic because of the cold weather we’ve been having. Since she was cold, she wasn’t drinking enough water. When you combine that with dry grass and limited feed value and a chaff mix that I was feeding her to supplement her diet, you’ve got a  [ Read More ]