Boxrest laminitic not drinking!?

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Hi all,
Dreaded spring grass coupled with a broken grass muzzle has caused low-grade laminitis in my gelding. Caught it straight away and stuck him on box rest.
He is getting well-soaked hay but isn't drinking much at all, we are worried as his pee has gone quite thick and his poos harder. So we need to get more water into him!

However him having a touch of lami, what would be the best safest way to get his bowels going?
Oil?
Apple or carrot juice?
Rosehip tea?
Bran?

I thought about getting him some Allen and Page fast fibre as that's very lo calorie and wet too.

Thanks in advance!

Any other ideas?
 
Sorry to hear about your gelding
I 'nursed' one in a similar situation and placed his water bucket up on a straw bale so he could reach to drink more easily. He seemed to find this easier and more comfortable than reaching right down to the floor.
He made a full recovery thankfully.
Good Luck.
 
Horse quencher.. Worth a go.. I thought it was a gimmick but my Lami horse drinks a full bucket of water almost in one sitting with this stuff..

I wouldn't give it every day though..
 
when mine was on soaked hay he didn't drink either - think they get plenty water via the wet hay
i have been steaming hay now but have started to give him a bit more hay but soaking it and again he has cut down on the amount he is drinking
 
one of ours that got lami --did exactly the same --would not drink ,poos hard etc.. we offered a bucket full of warm tepid water with a scoop of molasses free chaff and a hand full of bran and made it into a very watery soup --this encouraged her to drink we put it into her corner feed bucket which was off ground height as said above this made it easier for her to drink from
 
Second salt. Add to feed (not water) one tablespoon daily for 15/16hh, scaling up or down depending on your horses size.
 
My cushings pony has his hay soaked for 12 hours and drinks very little. I think it is because of the amount of water in the hay.
 
Also vote for salt - in a feed bucket of he has one?

Fibre will just push more solid through bowels so taking more water - salt makes the body absorb more water
 
Hi all, thanks for that! Got the quenchers and apple juice, making chaffy beety soup and soaking hay plenty and he is pooing and no longer looking ill!!!
Feet are a lot better too, no pulses. Farrier coming back in a couple of days and will see vet if not better... but not looking like a colic risk now thank goodness.
 
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