Another with laminitis - question about Imprint shoes.

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On Monday 18 Jan my NF pony (Ginny) was lame on her near fore, I stabled her & called vet, thinking it may be an abcess. On examination she reacted to the hoof testers over both front pedal bones, 2/10 lame at walk & 4/10 trot and laminitis was diagnosed. 5 days later (Fri) she was effectively sound although a bit 'short' on the turns. The vet suggested x-rays, which were done last Wednesday and Ginny is most definitely sound at walk and trot. The x-rays didn't show anything screamingly abnormal , the only thing was that maybe there is a little too much height in her heels. She had her shoes removed in Oct/Nov and is due to be trimmed. As much as possible I like to keep my ponies barefoot/minimal shoeing but the vet is suggesting Imprint shoes (Ginny is insured). I realise they have their place but my gut feeling is saying no. I haven't managed to speak to my farrier and obviously I will take her advice too on this, but I wondered if anyone else had any thoughts. It just seems a bit extreme for a mild case.
 
I tried them on my laminitic pony and they didn't make any difference, in fact he was better when they came off and he was put back in his eggbar shoes. I know some people do have a lot of success with them but it didn't work for my boy. I paid 135 pounds for a pair as well so unless they make a significant difference its not really worth it.
 
Leave them off and get a good trimmer out;
I've never heard of a laminitic case 4/10th lame be better after 5 days?? Usually takes around amonth for them to get better.
If her heals are too high then she will have a toe first landing instead, so could be thats the problem
 
I've just had 3 sets on my horse. We decided to use them as he has flat feet and by September last year he had very bruised toes and was lame. We hoped that it would give his feet a break from nailing and give him some support so the farrier could make his feet a bit more upright. I have found them great, only lost one in field and he went 6 weeks between shoeing and we managed to jump/hack etc so were fine over winter. Back in normal shoes now as we event. The best ones we found were the imprint plus. They are worth trying if your vet and farrier have sound reasons for doing so.
 
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