For blankets, the ideal situation is a tall wall glide system that hangs the blankets at full length. However, not everyone has room for this luxury. Blanket bars can be fabricated out of plumbing pipe on stall doors, or a rubber coated chain can be hooked onto the outside of the stall door.

The biggest controllable determinant for a successful surgical outcome is minimizing the duration of clinical signs before surgical intervention. Early correction of twisted intestines can obviate the need for costly resections (removal of sections of intestines). In addition, timely intervention can limit the collateral damage to the intestine, which can lead to serious disruptions in propulsive motility requiring lengthy hospital stays, increased cost and complications such as adhesions.

“I truly believe, once you see a foal born, you will never be the same.”