Curses...

Not so good news from the mare front yesterday: Stella colicked last night for the first time since this summer, when she was scoped and cleared for ulcers. I suppose it was overdue, but it does bother me that it seems to happen so randomly, without obvious cause. The temperatures were normal and hadn't changed drastically. I did work her, but you could hardly call it work...we went into the round pen and worked with the lunge whip. She doesn't like the snapping sound it makes, and so I just did all sorts of flinging, flipping and whipping around/in her space until she settled and decided it wasn't going to hurt her. She was perfectly calm in the barn, and perfectly calm when I left. Yet two hours later I got "the call"...

She's fine, didn't need to have the vet out. I rarely do, there's always a pattern to her madness, and last night was no different. I know she is clear for ulcers, so I still have to assume that she is just that sensitive. I'm thinking about trying Tractguard, a pelleted supplement that I can get in Smartpaks and that is targeted for horses who have recurrent, mild, low-grade colic (specifically horses that have mild digestive upset, not impactions or torsions). The reviews seemed positive when I checked it out online.

Poor girlie :(