Hello!
I have a 10 year old irish sport horse that in the last 2 months has had 2 intense colic episodes both sending him to the clinic.
About 4 months ago we started noticing a personality change in him. He became more ornery under saddle, he would plant his feet and start rearing if he didn’t want to move forward. He started pawing in his stall but maybe just a few times mostly at night. We’ve had the horse about 1.5 years he was always a tricky ride but never rude and border line dangerous. Then he had a moment in his stall one night that almost looked like a seizure, he was laying down head raised and legs running. He got up from that and stood in the corner quietly and hasn’t had another since (about 2 months ago). Shortly after that he came back from a parade looking and acting totally normal then that night was incredible uncomfortable going up and down in his stall and intense pawing. The vet came out said he had an impaction and send him to the clinic. He went to the clinic right away he was fine almost immediately upon arriving they held him for 1.5 days then said he was clear to go home.
Once he was home and doing alright for a few wks we had a vet come out and examine him for pain to see if that was the cause of the personality change. She drew BW for vitamin E which his levels came back normal. Then checked over his back which was very sore. We xrayed to find a spot on his lower lumber that showed signs that they could be rubbing together at some points. We started with Robaxin and an anti inflammatory to start to see if that helps and made a plan moving forward if it didn’t and he needed more.
After 2 weeks of that we started getting him back to light work and he was feeling better but also was becoming a little jumpy in his stall.
Finally (sorry for the novel) he was back at the same parade 2 days ago. Came home looking great passing plenty of manure then a few hrs later starting the same problems. Going up and down in the stall, wanting to throw himself and fall on the person that was walking him while waiting for the vet. Vet finally came tried pain meds, fluids, tubed him and he was still violently throwing himself. The vet said she found blood when tubing him. We sent him back to the clinic. He had another episode while at the clinic but has been doing fine since. His colon is displaced from all the gas in husbstomach and theyre waiting for it to settle. The vets at the clinic scoped him and found no ulcers. Next they will check for sand in his colon but past that they don’t have much to offer as to what’s up with these 2 random colic attacks.
Has anyone been through something like this or has any ideas I can bring to the vet? Thank you!
