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sheesh, I am beat and tired.
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Shorty decided to maybe get himself some Colic or just a bit of colic yesterday afternoon. (really started acting like he had it) Ok, that did not sound right. Was up most of the night watching, getting him to stand and walking him. For those with Horses you know what I had to do. For those without, imagine a 2 year old that is winey, moaning, will not move, lays down, fights you when you try to get him up and rolling all over the place. Now add 800 or so pds to that infant.
I watered him, salted him, metasmucialed him and walked him off and on last night. To top it off, it was cold. I eat 1200 mgs of vit C this am, I can not get sick.... **** horse. Today, he is almost back to normal, I hope. I seemed to catch it before it became full blown colic, so that was nice.... Just have to watch him and what he eats, and hope.
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Now the dogs, cats and chickens want hands on personal time like they saw Shorty get.
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Why does it seem, I can never win?????
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sheesh, I am beat and tired.
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Shorty decided to maybe get himself some Colic or just a bit of colic yesterday afternoon. (really started acting like he had it) Ok, that did not sound right. Was up most of the night watching, getting him to stand and walking him. For those with Horses you know what I had to do. For those without, imagine a 2 year old that is winey, moaning, will not move, lays down, fights you when you try to get him up and rolling all over the place. Now add 800 or so pds to that infant.
I watered him, salted him, metasmucialed him and walked him off and on last night. To top it off, it was cold. I eat 1200 mgs of vit C this am, I can not get sick.... **** horse. Today, he is almost back to normal, I hope. I seemed to catch it before it became full blown colic, so that was nice.... Just have to watch him and what he eats, and hope.
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Now the dogs, cats and chickens want hands on personal time like they saw Shorty get.
barnie.gif


Why does it seem, I can never win?????
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They all love you too much!
 
The Vets I have known tell me these transitional periods are colic season. Some horses seem to forget they need to drink when the weather changes, and next thing you know, there they go. I've seen everything from just lying down and sorry for themselves ("my tummy hurts") to diving at the ground when you try to walk them ("why don't you just go away and let me die?"). Thank the Lord, I've never yet seen the agony of a twisted bowel (and pray I never do!!). If you like, I could point you to a couple of websites where you can learn more than you ever want to know about colic - as could several other horse owners here, I'll bet. Good job, and good luck!
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Speckled Sussex is one of my favorite breeds. They're beautiful birds and highly personable. One that I have is an absolute riot. Tries to sneak into the house, basically is my shadow, but a total space cadet. She needs a personal invitation to go to bed every night.
 
I had a young horse a few years ago that kept colicing on me. Butte would get her up and moving for a day or so and then she would go down again. Turns out she had tapeworm. I worm them every few months but on the word of one vet, I never wormed for tapeworm because "Arizona is too dry for tapeworm". Turns out he was wrong and the next vet was right. I worm for tapeworm twice a year now once in the spring and once in the late fall. I have never had another problem with that horse colicing again.
 
Speckled Sussex is one of my favorite breeds. They're beautiful birds and highly personable. One that I have is an absolute riot. Tries to sneak into the house, basically is my shadow, but a total space cadet. She needs a personal invitation to go to bed every night.
and this is why I have Speckled Sussex eggs in my incubator for the Easter Hatch-a-long!
 

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