Digital pulses in warm weather

[LouiseG]

Hello! Just wondered people’s opinions on digital pulses. I have a 3 yo connie who has had much more obvious digital pulses over the last few days. He is struggling with the heat as he has a very thick coat already and has been coming in from the field sweating and puffing a bit. My question is, should I worry about the pulse being more pronounced or would this be the case if the horse was hot/ struggling with the heat? The pulses go back to normal within a couple of hours of him being inside in the cool.

I do take him off the grass each day as i worry about laminitis though he’s never had it, he did break into some lush grass and was very footy for a day or so earlier in the summer so I am constantly worrying about it.

Many thanks in advance!

 

[meleeka]

Yes pulses will be more obvious when it’s warm.

it would be very unusual for a 3 year old to get laminitis (I’ve never heard of it in 40 years of horse ownership), but it makes sense not let him get fat for his future health.

 

[PapaverFollis]

The Beast gets pulses when hot. I'm still careful with the amount of grass she gets because I've also felt pulses linked to getting more grass buuuuuut if she's toasty warm/a bit sweaty and she's happy on her feet I try not to let pulses alarm me too much!

 

[Errin Paddywack]

it would be very unusual for a 3 year old to get laminitis

My friend bought a 3 yr old Dartmoor that it turned out had already had laminitis. We didn't like her feet but were assured they just needed trimming. Our farrier told us she had definitely had it before and she was lost about a year later to a very acute attack.

 

[meleeka]

My friend bought a 3 yr old Dartmoor that it turned out had already had laminitis. We didn't like her feet but were assured they just needed trimming. Our farrier told us she had definitely had it before and she was lost about a year later to a very acute attack.

Blimey ?