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This boy was 27 yrs. King of the 1 hour colic as his owner would say. But, she knew something was terribly wrong when an hour went by and the banamine hadn’t kicked in. The vet checked him at 5 and gave him more banamine and then had to go to more appts. By 7 (when I arrived), he was practically having a seizure, throwing himself against the wall, against the ground, sweating profusely. By 8, the vet came back, tried Rompum w/o success and he was put down in the snow behind the barn- surrounded by love. I’ve had horses for 20yrs and had never seen anything so violent.
So no one knows what causes these tumors? Its just like my dad who randomly had one develop on his spine, I suppose? (Thankfuly, still alive and well). Are there ways for early detection?
I suppose these are all questions I should ask my vet. My vet is a truly, kind-spirited and very knowledgable man. Reminds you have those James Herriot novels. But, he’s not very talkative and it can be like pulling teeth getting info out of him.[/QUOTE]
We lost the BO’s mare to a strangulating lipoma a few years ago. Very sudden colic, 27 yo, QH, but not obese. BO opted for euthanasia rather than other long treatment.
This past November, 10 days after my boy was PTS, we lost my mare’s BFF. 29 yo, QH mare, not obese but with fatty lumps all over.
And less than a month ago, a 13 yo TB on stall rest… fine one minute and violently throwing himself on the floor the next. Banamine barely touched the pain. Vet figured lipoma or twist. But it was so violent and he got his foot caught in the stall bars too… awful.
There is one TW mare in the barn who is obese. The BO tries to talk to the owner all the time, to no avail. No grain at all, limited hay, she has a neck almost the size of the Belgian former stallion… we are constantly afraid of founder or lipomas!
