Horse Colic Testimony by Nancy Sanderson

We were moving our horses from their winter pasture to our new ranch. I noticed that one of our horses that we bought last fall wasn't acting right, but being busy in moving I forgot about him. The next day when we were watering the horses I noticed that Trigger was lying down. As I watched him he got up and later he laid down again. During that time of filling the tanks up he had laid down 5 times. This is not normal for a horse to do. Yes they will lie down but when they get up they will not lie right back down again. I guessed that Trigger probably had colic. This can be a normal reaction from worms causing colic. The worms wreak so much hovic in the intestine causing a lot of scar tissue which builds a thick wall in the intestine making the bowel not work right. The larger worms will lay along the intestine eating away causing pain which makes the gut to twist and contract resulting in colic. The big worms don't usually die from the worm paste but it will kill the little ones. As a result the big one get bigger and keep causing problems.

When we finished with the water we caught Trigger. He just walked right up to us, when before we had to bribe him to let us catch him the poor guy was really sick. I listened to his stomach and there wasn't hardly any sound. This confirmed that he did have colic. I gave him 20 drops Di-Tone under the lip and 6 drops each of Peppermint and Di-Tone on the frog of the front feet. I gave him 6 drops of Di-Tone in a squirt of Ortho Sport in the palm of my hand and I massaged from his flank down under his stomach to help relax the muscles.

In less then 3 minutes he had a bowel movement and there was an increase of sounds in his stomach. After an hour of walking him around he seemed better. Before we left I gave him 40 drops of Di-Tone under his lip because the people we bought him from only de-wormed their horses once a year. I also noticed that he had a cough. We didn't have all our oils with us so the next day when we came down to water and check on the horses, I brought the rest of my oils to use. Trigger was better and didn't show any signs of colic but still acted sick so we de-wormed him with 10 c.c. of ParaFree. I also applied R.C. and Melaleuca ericifolia on his chest, Raven and Oregano on the frog of his front feet. I did the RainDrop Technique on his spine with Oregano and Thyme, plus he received Di-Tone again.

The next day it was hard to believe that he was the same horse! He had a sparkle in his eyes and his cough was gone. He came up to eat his grain when before he wouldn't.

Along with Parafree there is a worm block you can get at the Vet. for the horses that will kill the big worms. These paraisite life plan is to kill its host. As you can see it is very important to worm your horses at least 4 times a year.

The essential oils came to the rescue again in saving the life of this horse!