BSJAlove
Well-Known Member
we still own my first pony, a good old bob the cob whos now going on 17. we've owned him since he was 8 and brought him when he was over 100kilo's over weight. at the time, we were complete novice's having no experiance with laminitus or any 'real' problems that come with horses. so we did nothing about his weight and surprise surprise, he got laminitus!
anyways, long story short, after seeking advise, we got his weight down and for over 5 years we kept the laminitus away. i call my mum the lami expert because she knows (nearly
) everything about it after all the research she had done!!
then recently we got my new horse and we made a new individual paddock that cuts into bob the cobs field. because the new field took up most of bob the cobs field, we took down the strip grazing fence so bob the cob was on all of the grass. we didnt see a problem as the grass was near enough dead from the sun and there was hardly any in there, besides, we were going to put up a new strip grazing fence when we had the time too.
we made one mistake in 5 years and bob the cob is in stable with mild laminitus. my mum is absolutely gutted and is very upset with herself for putting bob the cob on the whole field.
my message is to NEVER take chances with a laminitus prone horse. my mum had done her homework but we still took the chance and we thought he would be fine on the field for a few days but he wasn't. the grass looked bare but there was enough in there to strike an attack.
just think before you do something and work out if its worth it.
anyways, long story short, after seeking advise, we got his weight down and for over 5 years we kept the laminitus away. i call my mum the lami expert because she knows (nearly
then recently we got my new horse and we made a new individual paddock that cuts into bob the cobs field. because the new field took up most of bob the cobs field, we took down the strip grazing fence so bob the cob was on all of the grass. we didnt see a problem as the grass was near enough dead from the sun and there was hardly any in there, besides, we were going to put up a new strip grazing fence when we had the time too.
we made one mistake in 5 years and bob the cob is in stable with mild laminitus. my mum is absolutely gutted and is very upset with herself for putting bob the cob on the whole field.
my message is to NEVER take chances with a laminitus prone horse. my mum had done her homework but we still took the chance and we thought he would be fine on the field for a few days but he wasn't. the grass looked bare but there was enough in there to strike an attack.
