Does Laminitis kill horses?

[charlie_brown1]

The typical stance is with their hinds underneath them, rocking back to keep the weight off their front toes. If the laminitis is in the hind feet, or all 4 feet, they might react differently though. They'll probably seem generally uncomfortable, shifting weight plus strong digital pulses and possibly hot feet.

Thanks for that. Our boy didn't look right tonight. My daughter tried to ride and said he felt "footy" His front legs were fine, but one back one was stretched back. He didnt have hot feet. I think I will get the vet out first thing, just to be safe.

Thanks again
Mandy

 

[brighteyes]

Thanks for that. Our boy didn't look right tonight. My daughter tried to ride and said he felt "footy" His front legs were fine, but one back one was stretched back. He didnt have hot feet. I think I will get the vet out first thing, just to be safe.

Thanks again
Mandy

If you haven't already, you need to treat as for laminitis ASAP. Deep shavings bed, no feed, soaked hay or reduced quantity of Dengie HiFi Lite or equivalent and on vet's instruction, bute. NOW!

 

[charlie_brown1]

If you haven't already, you need to treat as for laminitis ASAP. Deep shavings bed, no feed, soaked hay or reduced quantity of Dengie HiFi Lite or equivalent and on vet's instruction, bute. NOW!

He is out 24/7, with a shelter. I did do him a nice big bed. I think I may go back now and do a BIG bed and put something up by the door so he can't get out till I get vet first thing. I am really worried now. Thank you so much for your help.
Mandy

 

[pottamus]

As others have said, yes it can result in the horse having to be pts, sadly. I have had my lad back in work for 3/4 weeks gentle walking work following 8 months of up and down laminitis. This stemmed from him appearing to have an abscess that the vet and farrier were pretty convinced of but it was not appearing and could not be found by them either. 3 weeks of poulticing with nothing appearing resulted in me booking xrays in order to find out what was really going on and it was found he had laminitis with 12 degrees rotation in one foot!
Sadly this led to an ongoing battle to keep him sound over last winter that possibly could have been prevented if we had treated him for laminitis from the start and not allowed him to be wandering about in a small paddock with his poultice on (vets instructions)…hard lesson to learn but we have come to the other side of it now.

 

[FionaMc]

As others have said, yes it can result in the horse having to be pts, sadly. I have had my lad back in work for 3/4 weeks gentle walking work following 8 months of up and down laminitis. This stemmed from him appearing to have an abscess that the vet and farrier were pretty convinced of but it was not appearing and could not be found by them either. 3 weeks of poulticing with nothing appearing resulted in me booking xrays in order to find out what was really going on and it was found he had laminitis with 12 degrees rotation in one foot!
Sadly this led to an ongoing battle to keep him sound over last winter that possibly could have been prevented if we had treated him for laminitis from the start and not allowed him to be wandering about in a small paddock with his poultice on (vets instructions)…hard lesson to learn but we have come to the other side of it now.

Is he sound now? I like to know how other lami cases are doing - mine has 5 degrees rotation in all her feet from a bout about 6 months ago and is currently sound and in full work - I figure if she had another bout, that'd probably be it for normal work, so would be interesting to know the effect of a 12 degree rotation on yours?

 

[NOISYGIRL]

Posted about Lami signs this morning just v worried about my horses best mate as he is just the nicest little man! Does Lami kill horses?

Thanks

Liz

Yes unfortunately it can, which is why after my horse having it midly a few years back, he wears a muzzle most of the year, not sure if it was his age (28 ish at the time) or what really, wasn't overweight, ridden every day, 1 day off a week, suddenly came down with it, it had been a particulary wet summer and the vet said it was because the grass hadn't been scortched as you would expect in the summer from the sun, so it was continually growing like spring grass so ....

Best advice you can obtain is from the Laminitis Trust http://www.laminitis.org/

They have a phone line which was £1 a minute when I last rang them, but its well worth it as well as consulting with your vet of course.

People do not realise how much of an emergency it is and the pain the horse or pony can be in, if it is suspected, treat as an emergency, you have to cover the whole of the stable floor with lots of bedding 10 inches and usually box rested for a month as least, x-rays maybe to see if the pedal bone has rotated

 

[Nailed]

Laminitis does not directly kill the horse. It makes them weak and in a hell of a lot of pain, to the point where euthanasia is the ONLY option.

Lou x