A **PLEA** for all those Ponies & Horses at risk of Laminitis ........

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On my way home from work tonight it was lovely to see some Ponies turned out today in their lovely mud free, grassy Summer paddocks
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…… but just a **PLEA** to remind all you peeps out there that the lovely green stuff is packed full with toooo much goodness for those at risk of Laminitis, especially at this time of year
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…… and please please please, take it carefully and do not turn them out for toooo long …. perhaps give them a couple of hours on it and then back in the muddy paddock
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………….. I have been there and done that and got the tee-shirt, with Laminitis and I would not wish this horrid condition on any Horse, or owner
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If you see any signs of pottery steps or reluctance to move or walk … call the Vet
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Sorry … also posted in Veterinary
 
Yes I totally agree with you there. It really is not worth the risk, my boy is coming off his winter field this weekend and going onto a bare area with hay and will be on that all summer now.

Also, for anyone in the Notts, Mansfield, North Derbys area, there is a Laminitis talk with a highly regarded vet taking place on 22nd April at 7.30pm. Well worth a visit if you need more info or have a good doer that you are worried about. Further details and tickets can be got by emailing info@bridleways.co.uk
 
yes totally agree too - turned out my very angry elderly connemara into his teensy-weensy free-of-lushious-grass paddock today, he was not a happy bunny but if it keeps him alive then he better be grateful!
 
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Yes I totally agree with you there. It really is not worth the risk, my boy is coming off his winter field this weekend and going onto a bare area with hay and will be on that all summer now.

Also, for anyone in the Notts, Mansfield, North Derbys area, there is a Laminitis talk with a highly regarded vet taking place on 22nd April at 7.30pm. Well worth a visit if you need more info or have a good doer that you are worried about. Further details and tickets can be got by emailing info@bridleways.co.uk

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Who's the vet?
 
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Can I also express that horses of al types can get laminitis, especially very fit horses. and can i also advise that if you are going to turn animals which are known to suffer with laminitis out into a fiels, allow all frosts which may have formed over night to have thawed before allow the animals out..

Also, any tippling or unsteady walking, in on a thick bed with hay and water and nothing else.

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Absolutely! Ours go out for 45 mins max per day after lunch/frosts - old Nooie has her muzzle on and gets 20. They are all 'no work no grass' and my paddocks are not fertilised.

I wish they could have normal lives but laminitis simply isn't an option here.
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Absolutely! Ours go out for 45 mins max per day after lunch/frosts - old Nooie has her muzzle on and gets 20. They are all 'no work no grass' and my paddocks are not fertilised.

I wish they could have normal lives but laminitis simply isn't an option here.


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I know how you feel, my old Cushings chap has to stay in his grassless paddock for most of the day
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No worried abt my native - I can't turn her out with anything more than a few mouthfuls of grass and some hay or I won't be able to catch her!!
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Totally reiterate everything said.
My girly got Lami from the frost in February 2004... almost lost her to it. Since then it is a battle.
Got our shetland as a rescue with severe laminitis. Still a battle.

Lost our fantastic rescue horse, Sam, 15hh Tb type to Lami/Navicular. Hardest decision we ever had to make.

PLEASE PLEASE don't let it be your ponies.

My little fatties will not be moving from their winter residence which is a mud bath, and spring/summer will turn it into a dry and dusty paddock, but it's all they can cope with.

Please be so careful also with concussion laminitis with the forthcoming dry (hopefully) weather causing hard ground.
And yes, the frosts too.

For all horses, and all causes, it is a killer.
 
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