kaylea
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Chunky section A on box rest with laminitis. Used to having ad lib hay/haylage. But just want to know your opinions on how many sections of soaked hay to feed a day? All shes getting is hay. Thanks
Can I have your opinions please?
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becca1305
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has she been diagnosed with cushings? (just asking because its an odd time of year to get lami and this can change what you feed. Although we have been having unseasonably warm weather). My cushings boy 15.2hh cobxtb 16yo when suffering from lami has approx 8kg (weight prior to soaking) of soaked (for 1-2hours) hay in a small holed hay net and one small holed net of 5kg dry hay from 8am-5pm and same again 5pm-8am. However when he just used to get laminitis before cushings he used to have the same amount but all soaked and for a longer period. The reason for this being that laminitis with cushings can happen at any time and providing horse isn't on a high sugar diet I haven't found reducing sugar content by feeding all soaked hay has made any difference to his recovery time but just made him more miserable. Indeed the only thing which makes a difference to his recovery time sometimes is by increasing his amount of purgolide slightly. He does get unsoaked hay and even a handful of haylage as a treat when he is laminitis free 
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Just as a side note if the laminitis doesn't go away after a period of time on box rest to perhaps get a test for cushings. Our boy wasn't showing any symptoms aside from slightly protruding eye sockets and was only 10 at the time and we eventually had to force the vet to do a cushings test which was positive. If it had been diagnosed sooner and treated he may likely have avoided as severe movement in his pedal bones. I would hope others wouldn't be so unlucky but forewarned is forearmed
Somebody on here had a very interesting thread on the sugar quantities of hay soaked for varying numbers of hours which may be of use to you and worth searching.
Also if you do choose to soak for a long period of time remember much of the vitamins minerals and proteins will be absorbed from the hay and so you may need to feed a vit and mineral supplement to replace the loss.
.Just as a side note if the laminitis doesn't go away after a period of time on box rest to perhaps get a test for cushings. Our boy wasn't showing any symptoms aside from slightly protruding eye sockets and was only 10 at the time and we eventually had to force the vet to do a cushings test which was positive. If it had been diagnosed sooner and treated he may likely have avoided as severe movement in his pedal bones. I would hope others wouldn't be so unlucky but forewarned is forearmed
Somebody on here had a very interesting thread on the sugar quantities of hay soaked for varying numbers of hours which may be of use to you and worth searching
.Also if you do choose to soak for a long period of time remember much of the vitamins minerals and proteins will be absorbed from the hay and so you may need to feed a vit and mineral supplement to replace the loss.
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2% of bodyweight, as a rule of thumb if she's a fat laminitic.
btw as the poster above I'd also suspect Cushings, having recently had my Section A diagnosed.
btw as the poster above I'd also suspect Cushings, having recently had my Section A diagnosed.
MeganLindsx
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A big section or 1 and 1/2 during day and two at night maybe?
Also try to double net it so it lasts longer
Also try to double net it so it lasts longer
Teeni
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Personally i would work it out by weight for your pony.
1.5% of bodyweight if wanting to drop weight (2% to maintain weight)
1.5% of bodyweight if wanting to drop weight (2% to maintain weight)
kaylea
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She is being tested next week. The vet doesnt think its cushings. Was a bale of haylage that was too rich for her to manage.
Thanks everyone.
Thanks everyone.
MrsMozart
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Hay not haylage. Soak for twelve hours. Ad lib. Double net in haylage nets.
EstherYoung
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We've got a cushingoid laminitic and a non-cushingoid laminitic. The cushingoid laminitic is fine at the moment but the non-cushingoid laminitic has given himself a blip by escaping into my neighbour's rested field.... There is actually a lot of unseasonal grass around at the moment as it has been so mild.
If you can pad the hay out with straw, so much the better. They still need to eat, it's just making sure it's empty fibre.
If you can pad the hay out with straw, so much the better. They still need to eat, it's just making sure it's empty fibre.
kaylea
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she also has copd