Sick Mo Mo

So last night was a bad night. I got a call from Mrs. C around 7:45. When I picked up I could instantly here the stress and worry in her voice. So  I asked what's the matter? The answer is not what I wanted to here. "Mo is down with colic. We don't know how bad he is but it looks like he is in excruciating pain."
        For those of you that don't know what colic is I will explain. Horses can't throw up. You know how horrible we feel before we throw up like we just could die. Well horses have such a long neck and digestive track that it is physically impossible for them throw up. There are sooooo many causes for colic it can be very hard to distinguish. One of the biggest problems with colic is one of the symptoms: rolling. When a horse rolls it is trying to easy the pain, but excessive rolling can twist the horses intestines which in most cases is fatal. colic is the #1 killer in horses.

 

   So it is never a good thing to hear that a horse is colicking. Mo is out of the woods and looks and acts like nothing ever happened. But he still needs your prayers. We know that he was not vetted periodically by his previous owners which leads us to think he was not wormed regularly so there might be some parasite that messed him up and worms have been known to cause colic before.
              He still needs prayers so please everybody please pray for our little mo mo!!