Colic

I thought it odd when I fed Flower her grain tonight that she would paw at it. Yup, just as I expected, she's colicy. I gave her a dose of banamine and it seems to be working right now. She polished off her grain so she must be feeling ok enough to eat. She also drank some water. I haven't seen her poop and I thought she was passing gas but she was holding her tail like she was trying to pass gas but couldn't. When I checked on her after finishing Sam's evening meal, she was back to normal. In fact, she was a bit ticked that I hadn't given her any beet pulp. I figured I'd hold off on any more grain until tomorrow.

I'm worried though. It's sprinkling right now and I would normally put on her canvas sheet to keep the chill off and the dampness. But because she did go down a couple of times, I can't put the canvas sheet on because there are no leg straps. I can't find the other sheets that have leg straps. I've gotten so scatter brained I can't seem to find anything. So I guess Flower will go without a sheet tonight and hopefully we wont' get alot of rain.

I did put the canvas sheet on Queen and barely avoided getting bitten three times. Queen HATES being blanketed. The only way I can mess with her is when she is eating grain and is distracted. Otherwise, I have to be on my toes. I'm not afraid of Queen, never have been. But she sure makes me nervous when I have to put a blanket on her. She can't warm up once she gets wet. I have to keep her dry because if she gets wet, she doesn't have enough body heat to dry herself out. The low tonight is only supposed to be 62, but that's enough of a chill to make it hard for Queen to warm up. I'll avoid getting bitten tomorrow morning by distracting Queen with grain and wearing a coat for added protection.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the banamine will take care of Flower's colic. Those old girls know how to work through colic. I even saw Flower try to stretch it out so I'm guessing it's a gas bubble that needs to work its way through. But it's still stressful no matter what.

I was running through the gauntlet of things I've done with Flower and there hasnt' been any changes recently. Until I realized that I dewormed her last week with Panacur. Hopefully that's not the cause of her colic but it wouldn't surprise me. Flower was fine this morning and off this evening. She seemed to be doing ok when I checked on her before coming for the night. I guess we'll see how she feels tomorrow morning...seven hours from now.