Oh Frabjous Day!!!

Today is Septmeber 22, 2010.

I have been seeing this day in the future since the last September 22. This is the one year anniversary of Trevor's colic surgery. I wasn't sure if he was going to make this milestone.

We had one rather scary colic episode in March. He managed to eat stall pellets like they were candy before I could remove them from his stall and decide that I would NEVER DO THAT AGAIN. Even when I watered them down to soften them up, he munched. Twelve hours later, we were in full-blown colic. I called the vet out, all the while preparing myself for the fact he was going to be put down.

However! One gut palpation (gas only) and a "torbe" (a sedative) shot later, Trevor was resting comfortably. I, however, was up all night checking and re-checking Trevor's status. He recovered well.

That. Was a hard lesson.

Then, after eating wild cucumber in May, he had mild colic episode (Can ya tell he's REALLY DUMB ABOUT FOOD). Aha!! I said!! Get the Torbe!! I happened to have a shot that the vet left for me from the March colic. I called a got the OK from the vet and let 'er rip. After a mild snooze and farting, he woke up and went on with his day. The torbe allowed his system to relax and the gas to pass quietly from his system. Whew!! What a relief.

Now, I keep a shot of torbe on-hand for the possible next episode.

As he is consider a high colic risk, I still am meticulous about HOW I feed him and what I allow into his diet. I want his gut to be as stable as possible. Hopefully through consistent feeding and relaxing exercise, Trevor will maintain and thrive more and more.