Prevent Horse Colic

Horse colic management begins with knowledge of your horse’s basic needs.

In the wild, horses range freely, graze continuously and form close emotional bonds with herd mates. Moving and feeding throughout the day, they are genetically, physically and emotionally strong. In this environment, colic is nearly non-existent.

Domestic horses are bred, trained, medicated, housed and fed to suit our environment. But this unnatural lifestyle presents health challenges for our horses and can put them at increased risk for colic due to stress, parasite resistance, nutritional disorders and other preventable causes.

• Insufficient turnout time, unsuitable housing and overuse of chemicals can create environmental imbalance.  

• Isolation, lack of socialization and inappropriate training techniques can create emotional imbalance.

• Inactivity and improper hoof care and riding techniques can create physical imbalance.

• Poor diet, limited dental care and over supplementation can create nutritional imbalance.

Your horse is still a free ranging, grazing herd animal. The more closely you can provide for these biological requirements, the better. And we will show you how.

Even with limited acreage, time and money, you can make simple adjustments to balance these requirements with the current realities of your horse’s environment.