Horse Colic: Symptoms & treatment 6 Articles

by Oeillade du Val

Colic is abdominal pain which can occur due to a stressful event, parasites or eating food too fast. Over exertion during digestion, an abrupt change of diet or an excess of a leguminous plant can also cause it. There a...read more

by Heather J Powell

How Can We Diagnose and Treat Colic? So let's start with the warning signs; what do we look for that will tell us that our horse is colicking? The one definite symptom that every colicking horse exhibits is: It wil...read more

by PearlyredTexas

About a year ago, I spent a paycheck taking my 20 yr old mare to an expensive equine vet and they still could not really determine if she had colic. When a horse colics you have to walk the horses around for hours on end s...read more

by Kate Manning

There are uncountable reasons that a horse will colic. Because horses cannot vomit, instead they get pains in their abdomen. This can be caused by anything from moldy hay, to viruses to gas! It is important for horse own...read more

by Jenilee Johnson

Colic is one of the most common disorders that effect horses, as well as one of the oldest known disorders of horses. there are five different types of colic that effects horses. Sometimes it can be fatal, but most of the ...read more

by Janet Turner

The first article in this series is very good and very informative. Everything written is true and concise. Just as my vet has told me. But, there is one thing that I would like to add if I may? There are more than one or ...read more