08/05/2026
We recently had this boy admitted to Vetscape for acute colic symptoms and prolonged diarrhoea. Our team performed abdominal radiographs and diagnosed a sand impaction of his large colon. He was medically managed with IV fluid therapy, regular walking, oral chia seeds and nasogastric tubing for several days but he continued to display mild colicky signs and his impaction was not resolving.
Upon re-examination, the impaction was very firm and a large colon displacement was felt. We don’t do this very often but our team made the decision to start him on re**al fluids. We are very happy to report that Alyosha (affectionately known as Loshi) responded well and turned a corner. He started passing more droppings and steadily brightened up during his regular walks and lunging sessions 🐎
Follow-up radiographs showed that his sand impaction had finally resolved! We’re wishing Loshi a bright and sandless future 😉
