Stomach noises?

Miz Khiz · 12-27-2003, 05:06 PM

I'm so confused!! Good or bad??
Pennie's stomach ALWAYS mad noise when I was tacking her up and I never thought about it before.. should I be hearing anything from their stomach?

<small>[ December 27, 2003, 05:07 PM: Message edited by: Miz Khiz ]</small>

monica-n-shiloh · 12-27-2003, 05:14 PM

There is such a thing as normal gut sounds. Each horse has different sounds. If you hear repeated sounds in your horse on an everday basis she prolly just has a noisy tummy. I know my Tbred does...her stomach is always growling.
However if your horse has a normally quiet stomach and all of a sudden one day her stomach starts making an awful racket and she seems in pain..thats the time to call the vet.
Yours sounds like normal gut sounds though...if its on a regular basis that you hear them.
So no worries.

LadyJumper · 12-27-2003, 06:24 PM

i agree, when i finish riding Say he has a gut noise from his stomack.

CANDYGIRL · 12-28-2003, 02:51 AM

As long as she is showing no signs of colic, gut noises are normal. You would notice them more when you are tacking up because your're so close to her, when I groom Pic, I can hear his gut noises, I wonder like you, is he OK, but just keep my eye on him for a while, and as long as he's eating I pretty much know all is normal.

Blistering Winds · 12-28-2003, 12:06 PM

Stomach Noises are Excellent! Unless you have diarrhea, then you might have a problem.

WHen you DON"T hear noises, then you have a problem. Gut motility is essential to a horse's life!

Miz Khiz · 12-29-2003, 01:13 PM

Phew okay that makes me feel so much better..
When I was saddling Khizzy up and I heard her stomach making noises I just had this unexplainable bad feeling about it, luckily I don't have worry anymore!!
Thanks

Super_Trooper · 01-06-2004, 11:53 AM

Yes, GA Track sounds are good! If you dont hear em, then you have a problem.

Cntrysass20 · 01-06-2004, 12:08 PM

I agree 100% with Blistering Winds. I was always told that no gut sounds will soon equal no horse if your not careful. Minumal or no gut sounds are usually my first clue that something is wrong. Gut sounds also help me decide when to call the vet on a colic. If there IS gut sounds I will treat the horse myself, but if gut sounds suddenly increase or STOP, or the horse appears to be in pain then I immediatly call the vet. I have caught 3 colics before the horse even showed pain by listening to gut sounds. But then again, now that my mare is 9 months pregnant her gut sounds are louder, but I think I am listeing to the baby move and not the gut sounds.

PawNHoofPrints · 01-10-2004, 01:57 AM

You're probably hearing her intestines rather than her stomach. You should be concerned if you don't hear any. Hearing them is a good sign. Frequently, you can hear their guts moving just by putting your ear upto their flank or occasionally just standing near the area.

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ejforrest · 01-14-2004, 01:13 PM

If your horse collics (stomach kicking with hind foot, turning head to look at stomach, laying down constently, not pooping, or not eating,) there is no gut noise. Gut noises are our horses friends.

12-27-2003, 05:06 PM	#1
Miz Khiz Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 1,355 Images: 41 Blog Entries: 167	Stomach noises? I'm so confused!! Good or bad?? Pennie's stomach ALWAYS mad noise when I was tacking her up and I never thought about it before.. should I be hearing anything from their stomach? <small>[ December 27, 2003, 05:07 PM: Message edited by: Miz Khiz ]</small> __________________ ~Erica~ When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. - Helen Keller

12-28-2003, 12:06 PM	#5
Blistering Winds Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Augusta, Kansas Posts: 32,425 Images: 864 Blog Entries: 18	Stomach Noises are Excellent! Unless you have diarrhea, then you might have a problem. WHen you DON"T hear noises, then you have a problem. Gut motility is essential to a horse's life! __________________ Can I have a midlife crisis now?

12-29-2003, 01:13 PM	#6
Miz Khiz Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 1,355 Images: 41 Blog Entries: 167	Phew okay that makes me feel so much better.. When I was saddling Khizzy up and I heard her stomach making noises I just had this unexplainable bad feeling about it, luckily I don't have worry anymore!! Thanks __________________ ~Erica~ When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. - Helen Keller

01-06-2004, 11:53 AM	#7
Super_Trooper Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: BC Canada Posts: 9,472 Images: 77	Yes, GA Track sounds are good! If you dont hear em, then you have a problem. __________________ True commitment begins when you reach the point of not knowing how you could possibly go on, and deciding to do it anyway! http://b1.lilypie.com/mCKWm7/.png

01-14-2004, 01:13 PM	#10
ejforrest Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: U.P. Michigan Posts: 3,815 Images: 703	If your horse collics (stomach kicking with hind foot, turning head to look at stomach, laying down constently, not pooping, or not eating,) there is no gut noise. Gut noises are our horses friends. __________________ ejforrest-Life without horses? I dont think so! And God said to horse trust no man if you cannot see your own image in his eyes.

12-27-2003, 06:24 PM	#3
LadyJumper Full Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 179	i agree, when i finish riding Say he has a gut noise from his stomack.

12-28-2003, 02:51 AM	#4
CANDYGIRL Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: England Posts: 2,754	As long as she is showing no signs of colic, gut noises are normal. You would notice them more when you are tacking up because your're so close to her, when I groom Pic, I can hear his gut noises, I wonder like you, is he OK, but just keep my eye on him for a while, and as long as he's eating I pretty much know all is normal.

01-06-2004, 12:08 PM	#8
Cntrysass20 Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 1,427 Images: 44	I agree 100% with Blistering Winds. I was always told that no gut sounds will soon equal no horse if your not careful. Minumal or no gut sounds are usually my first clue that something is wrong. Gut sounds also help me decide when to call the vet on a colic. If there IS gut sounds I will treat the horse myself, but if gut sounds suddenly increase or STOP, or the horse appears to be in pain then I immediatly call the vet. I have caught 3 colics before the horse even showed pain by listening to gut sounds. But then again, now that my mare is 9 months pregnant her gut sounds are louder, but I think I am listeing to the baby move and not the gut sounds.

01-10-2004, 01:57 AM	#9
PawNHoofPrints Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Posts: 762	You're probably hearing her intestines rather than her stomach. You should be concerned if you don't hear any. Hearing them is a good sign. Frequently, you can hear their guts moving just by putting your ear upto their flank or occasionally just standing near the area. <small>[ January 10, 2004, 01:57 AM: Message edited by: PawNHoofPrints ]</small>

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