Anyone got laminitics on 24/7 turnout?

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What measures do you put in place during grass-growing seasons (September and February when the flushes of grass are coming up)??
 
I pen my mare inside her paddock during the day and she is allowed on the grass at night. She does sometimes still have a digital pulse in the bad hoof in the morning, but it is gone by the time she goes out again. She is not lame on it and so I guess she is managing to tolerate this routine. I will have to rethink though if the pulses remain throughout the day.
 
We have three, two natives and an ID/TB. We haven't had an attack for several years because we allow them to drop more weight than would be normal over winter. We haven't had to put anything in place or restrict grazing in the last few years, I check pulses of all 14 daily and if any were showing any changes then they would be moved to a bare paddock for a few days. I am sure many wouldn't approve of our horses coming out of winter very lean but the IDx was going to be pts if he had another attack as he had been constantly suffering for years, since OH and I got together 6 years ago he hasn't had even a threat of it. The ponies had been on restricted grazing and kept away from the herd which they hated, this way they can all run together. Funnily enough the sweetitch pony, who had to wear a rug 365/24/7hasn't worn a rug since we started this regime. It may not work for everyone but I wouldn't go back to fat ponies and the lami worry for anything!
 
Yes, but bareish paddock supplemented with low grade hay.

Have you had your horse tested for cushings? The horse and I had a few horrible years of trying to manage a retired laminitic on 24/7 turnout, but now he is on Prascend (the cushings drug) it is a huge amount easier.

Agree with keeping the weight down.

Do you ride you horse? If so up the exercise, if you don't consider a track system on the paddock, it makes a big difference.

Good luck
 
I had a skinny TB with low grade lami (turned out to b a protein allergy, but didn't find that out until too late). I manage him.out 24/7 for a couple of years. Strip grazed the paddock, kept fibre up in feed and gave hay.
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Yes, but I have practically zero grass as I have borrowed some geld sheep to help eating it all to help to get some weight off them. They help with controlling the weeds and fertilising too.

If I can't get hold of sheep I use a track system which works well. :)
 
I start strip grazing as soon as the verges start growing, with hay while it's still cold. Then by the warmer months it's nice and bare and we don't have to worry too much. Long thin sections a la paddock paradise seem to be best, she spends more time moving. Also agree about testing for cushings with laminitics, the pergolide has helped a lot.
 
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