Can laminitis be caused by something other than grass?

It can be caused by lots of things - steroids and other medications, stress, insulin resistance, and yes, concussive.
 
horses can get hormonally induced laminitus my mums mare ended up in th hospital a few years ago for that, and then a few months later got stress related laminitus in the winter as someone put her in the field in howling wind and rain in a stable rug and then they couldnt catch her
 
wizzybit said:
for example riding on hard surfaces, ie road?
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Yes, concussion laminitis can be caused by riding on hard surfaces. It can also be caused if you take a horse that hasn't been ridden for some time and give it sudden hard or fast work - not neccessarily on the roads.

I also know of a pony who had some kind of condition (I can't remember the name of it) which had laminitis as a side effect - it didn't have anything at all to do with grass.
 
My daughter's section A used to get it from eating blossom off the hedges as so full of sugar in the pollen and nectar. Problem was she actually seemed to get a buzz from eating it and used to appear drunk. So we had to fence the entire field to keep her off the hedges a wee bit expensive as she never used to take any notice of electric. On a different track does anyone elase's horses eat prawn crackers as mine love them.
 
Ok thats interesting. Thanks.

So would you treat it the same way as grass induced laminitis then? Would the horse need to come off grass, watch what they eat etc. Can they be ridden if they're not lame?
 
Yes, you would probably want to box rest in a deep litter bed for min 30 days after they come sound again. Once they are box rested and fully sound you can resume work, but personally I'd go slowly. You'd be best contacting the Laminitis Clinic http://www.laminitisclinic.org/

They can give you all the ins and outs of caring for a laminitic and are very good at answering questions.
 
Thanks for all your replies. I don't actually have a horse with laminitis, but I know there has been a huge increase in our area anyway this spring and was just trying to educate myself.....!:)
 
My mare had concusive laminitus as a side affect of pedal ostiutus.

You don't actually need to change the feed for concusive laminitus as it's not caused by sugar. They will need box rested/not ridden like any other laminitic, however, in order to stop them moving on their feet and making the concussion worse.
 
Yep, you can get concussive laminitis. Not as "bad" as normal lamintitis, but still bad!

Can also be caused by steroids, hormonal imbalance (eg. cushings), any toxins in the blood that will cause damage to blood vessels, womb infections and very rarely stress.
 
My horse had concussive laminitis as a reaction to nail bind - she was sound initially after shoeing but two hours later was in the classic 'rocking horse' pose, sore on all four feet. Had the vet quite puzzled initially but we put her on box rest and treated as for a classic laminitis and she was sound again very quickly.
 
I believe my ponies laminitis was brought on by too much road work. When I was a kid (10 at the time) I used to trot him pretty much everywhere (I feel awful about that now obviously and never trotted on the road again after this!). He got really bad laminitis, we very nearly lost him and it took a year of remedial shoeing to get him sound again. We had always kept him slim and he was only on a small paddock at the time so I think it was definately to blame.
 
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