Lost a colt today

We had to put down a yearling filly today. Morgan Frisan cross. She collicked real bad, twisted gut I suppose. The vet came out and worked on her for a while and talked about the options. One of which is spend $5000 on surgery and she'll probably die anyway. Sis has been to that movie a couple times, no go.
Then we had to haul her to the land fill so some animals don't eat her and get poisoned by the sleepy bye drug..

Sorry to hear that WB. Never lost a yearling

that's a downer---farm and ranch life is pretty blunt that way--very reason i sold a horse--one died, in the spring, sold the other one and got my first motorcycle--they are easier to part with

Sorry to hear that!! Colic is a horrible thing, and when the gut twists, it's better to just put them out of their misery. Hard to do, but the best thing by far.

Its been a 20+ years since I,ve owned a horse and a lot longer since I,ve had a colt or yearling. Seems like on colts if we suspected they had colic and were down with it we would hold a cup full of turpentine on their navel. Am I remembering that right.

This little filly probably coliced late in the evening. By morning she was a mess, had been down and struggling. She was wringing wet with sweat and pretty dehydrated.
We had a problem with her a 2-3 months ago. She was born with a umbilcal hernia. No biggy, they usually go away I guess but one day she was pretty sick and a gut had dropped down in there. The local vet got it back and sis took her in and had them fix it. We're thinking there was a restriction or some scar tissue from that.

That just sucks big time.

At least it was fairly quick and she didnt have to suffer for a long time.