Posts Tagged ‘winter colic’


Winter Weather Increases Risk of Colic in Horses: Part 3–Feed

January 13, 2017
By Kristin Danley-Greiner for The Fence Post

Read part 1 and part 2 of this series. The choice of feed and transition of feeds can also affect a horse’s chances of developing colic. The change from a high-moisture feed like grass to drier hay, or even changing from grass hay to alfalfa hay or vice versa can upset a horse’s stomach. “You’re […]


Winter Weather Increases Risk of Colic in Horses: Part 2–Water

January 12, 2017
By Kristin Danley-Greiner for The Fence Post

Read part 1 of this series about winter colic in horses here. Dehydration is probably the biggest factor in winter colic. “We’ll see horses with an obstruction or impaction in their colon due to the colic. They have about 100 to 120 feet of intestine from one end to the other, so if they aren’t […]