amandaco2
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I have 2.
They are on less grazing than in summer, in on hay for 8 to 14 hours daily. Hooves trimmed regularly. Fed fast fibre plus pro balance. Condition score 3/5.
Worked 2-3 x week.
Obviously now they are in on box rest. Xrays show little change luckily caught it early. 1 horse has mild chronic changes the vet thinks he's been mildly lamanitic for some time. He does go footy on stones sometimes so thinking back these were probably times he had laminitis although he wasn't lame on smooth going. This horse has not got any Raised digital pulse. The only time he got one was at the time time the other horse had her attack in the summer.
The other horse has its first attack in the summer, xrays showed very mild changes. It resolved slowly at first until I changed their hay. Within 48hrs of swapping hay off the yard hay, the pulses went.
No digital pulses since, kept out muzzled all the time until November.
They've been out all year until the start of December when I brought them in during the day to dry off and have some bought in hay.
The gelding went stiff looking a few weeks into December.then after a week off work to see if that helped he started to look like he had pulled something as he was walking on 3 tracks. Then a few days later acute lame on front. Suspected hoof abscess.after a few more days the vet came and was rather stumped. No digi pulses or hoof tester reacts, no swelling or joint issues on flexing etc. Xrays show chronic laminitis changed.
The horses all then stayed in much more to keep the gelding company, fed on small bale hay and after a 10 days the mare who had lami in the summer looked lamanitic!
I've stopped feeding the same small bale hay hay in case its that. Either sugars or some kind of toxins...
The only thing applied to the field was some lime, can this cause laminitis??
The geldings Cushing test is due back this week.
Both horses are sound looking, no pulses in their stables on the new hay.
The unaffected mare has no digi pulse....
They are on less grazing than in summer, in on hay for 8 to 14 hours daily. Hooves trimmed regularly. Fed fast fibre plus pro balance. Condition score 3/5.
Worked 2-3 x week.
Obviously now they are in on box rest. Xrays show little change luckily caught it early. 1 horse has mild chronic changes the vet thinks he's been mildly lamanitic for some time. He does go footy on stones sometimes so thinking back these were probably times he had laminitis although he wasn't lame on smooth going. This horse has not got any Raised digital pulse. The only time he got one was at the time time the other horse had her attack in the summer.
The other horse has its first attack in the summer, xrays showed very mild changes. It resolved slowly at first until I changed their hay. Within 48hrs of swapping hay off the yard hay, the pulses went.
No digital pulses since, kept out muzzled all the time until November.
They've been out all year until the start of December when I brought them in during the day to dry off and have some bought in hay.
The gelding went stiff looking a few weeks into December.then after a week off work to see if that helped he started to look like he had pulled something as he was walking on 3 tracks. Then a few days later acute lame on front. Suspected hoof abscess.after a few more days the vet came and was rather stumped. No digi pulses or hoof tester reacts, no swelling or joint issues on flexing etc. Xrays show chronic laminitis changed.
The horses all then stayed in much more to keep the gelding company, fed on small bale hay and after a 10 days the mare who had lami in the summer looked lamanitic!
I've stopped feeding the same small bale hay hay in case its that. Either sugars or some kind of toxins...
The only thing applied to the field was some lime, can this cause laminitis??
The geldings Cushing test is due back this week.
Both horses are sound looking, no pulses in their stables on the new hay.
The unaffected mare has no digi pulse....
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