Another one with laminitis :(

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Brought my mare in as she looked lame, as she was walking across the field she looked lame through her left shoulder so thought she had pulled it chasing one of the others around(which she quite often does) and had slipped as its gone muddy now the snow has gone.


Farrier came out last Friday and noticed some bruising in her soles so he took her shoes off, she is much better without her shoes off.

The vet has been out and diagnosed laminitis, given bute and is coming back on Monday to do x-rays to check for rotation :(

I feel so guilty as she's obviously in pain but I'm always so so careful about what she is fed - she always has lami approved feeds and never has any treats, her grazing is also restricted.

I'm hoping there isn't any rotation, she's not got the lami stance but she is pottery on both front feet and has pulses (though not raging ones).. I'm hoping its been caught in time. She also didn't make a reaction to the pinchers when the vet tried them and picked her feet up straight away for her

I've been giving her 3 small soaked nets spread throughout the day and half a Stubbs scoop of fast fibre (soaked weight) twice a day with her bute, garlic and vitamin/mineral supplement


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aww bless what a gorgeous girl... hope shes ok. my boy rotated in all four last yr.. thanks to a barefoot trimmer... never again. thankfully she being taken to court for messing up someone elses horse... plus 4 others are looking in to takeing her to court...
 
Sending healing vibes op. Fingers crossed for a quick recovery and it sounds like you're on the right track. If she isn't improving after a few days it might be worth trying this emergency diet down the page. http://ecirhorse.org/index.php/ddt-overview/ddt-diet

I wonder when people will start taking farriers to court when horses have rotation. :rolleyes: Laminitis is caused by diet 90% (+ or - metabolic illness) of the time! Trimming and shoeing can help or hinder.
 
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amandap said:
Sending healing vibes op. Fingers crossed for a quick recovery and it sounds like you're on the right track. If she isn't improving after a few days it might be worth trying this emergency diet down the page. http://ecirhorse.org/index.php/ddt-overview/ddt-diet

I wonder when people will start taking farriers to court when horses have rotation. :rolleyes: Laminitis is caused by diet 90% (+ or - metabolic illness) of the time! Trimming and shoeing can help or hinder.
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Thanks :). Shes only got pulses in her front feet but didn't react to the hoof testers. She has bandages on her feet with padding on her frogs to raise her heels

My farrier is fab, we are very lucky with him
 
Fingers crossed it's only mild. I bet it was from the frosts we've had, we were caught out with our NF pony a few years ago as although she was on restricted grazing the frost just meant she got it :(

Once yours has recovered and is back out, be very very careful when she's out in spring, autumn and don't leave her out when we're forecast frost.
 
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Fingers crossed it's only mild. I bet it was from the frosts we've had, we were caught out with our NF pony a few years ago as although she was on restricted grazing the frost just meant she got it :(

Once yours has recovered and is back out, be very very careful when she's out in spring, autumn and don't leave her out when we're forecast frost.
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IM always really careful that's why im shocked she got it. Shes always muzzled through spring, summer and autumn with just a token amount of feed each day with her supplements
 
Mine too almost identical to yours :( . Sound trotting up the field Tuesday evening the hopping lame Wednesday morning. Straight in and vet called, no reaction to hoof testers, no bounding pulses but bilateral forelimb lameness. Head vet today said giving she has a condition score of 2.5, fed mollases free and min rich diet that she is likely insulin resistant. He said there have been lots of new cases with temperatures above 7 degrees and then the frosts causing a grass sugar burst. We've not had xrays but he's confident we caught it early and there should be no or little rotation.
 
We've had a few 'spring' days recently, grass will grow at anything over 5 C. My boy was caught out in early January & on box rest for 5 weeks, have just started turning him out again for about 1 hr a day with his muzzle. It took 3 weeks before his pulses settled but he was never really lame. I hope yours improves quickly. If there's one thing I've learned you cant rush lami. If you think you're ready to ride/turnout again wait another week if you can! My boy has rotation in both fronts but when sound is quite happy and we compete regularly (xc & SJ) as long as the ground is not too hard.
 
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