Stella (24yo, Cushings) has an episode of gas colic this weekend. I have never seen colic before and it was terrifying. I had just given her some banamine powder mixed with rice bran for her laminitis and within 5 minutes she was rolling getting up rolling some more, trotting, rolling with some times of laying on her side ,legs straight out and lips curled back and eyes wide. I was so scared, ran up to the house, called the vet and went back to Stella. I started doing the belly lifts I learned at the TEAM training. She would lay down at times and when I could get her up I would start in again. The vet arrived quickly about 45 minutes later. By then it was over, she was down and resting but no spasms.
I told the vet I had done the belly lifts and asked it he was familiar with them. He said "yes" and that usually when people did them, the colic was over by the time he arrived. This type of colic is scary but usually has a good outcome. I read later that it may be associated with too easily digestible food so maybe was the 3/4 cup of rice bran. I will use the tube rather than the banamine powder and luckily as this laminitis seems to ebb and increase, it is ebbing and I have cut the dose in 1/2. All I can say is "thank you" to Robyn and the gang at the Icefarm for teaching me this technique. it not only helped Stella but gave me someting useful to do while this was happening. She is feeling just fine now, for a Cushings horse with laminitis that is. Ann
