Twisted colon near the cecum. Removed the twist, removed the blocked matter, colon looked good, but the colon must have had an unseen weak spot and ruptured after the surgery letting fecal into the body cavity. That is a death sentence... At the point of surgery being needed very few survive it appears. Where the blockage occurs, the gut starts to degrade (die) rapidly. It is a race against time. We lost...
No idea why the colon was twisted. Have had a couple of prior bouts with colic but she recovered immediately after tubing and mineral oil therapy.
Foal is doing fine so far. Eating dry foal food, hay and water. Tried replacer but not working. Vet said don't worry, he is old enough to survive on dry food at this point.
John
This post was edited by Hogleg at 18:06:32 09/18/11.
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