farrier been today

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The farrier has been today and trimmed Inky and Ty's feet. He has said it is apparent that Ty has had Laminitis in the past and it is only just coming out in the end of his toes

. He says by next time he has his feet done it will have grown out, but he is ok at the moment. He thinks its probably before i had him. Now the question is can ponies have Laminitis without any symptoms? ( am worried he has had it whilst i have had him and ive not noticed

) and is it always a foregone conclusion that once they have had Laminitis they will always get it again, even if all preventative measures are taken??? ( he is treated/fed always as if he is a laminitic anyway )

As if that wasnt enough ... Inky's front legs have started to deviate outwards ever so slightly from below the knee. After trimming it has straightened them alittle but im now worried he is going to grow up with wonky legs! He is a yearling so is this normal in youngsters of his age and will they straighten out as he gets older????

Am fed up today

 

[Blizzard]

Yes they can have lami symptoms without you knowing, our haylege was SO rich last year that most of the horses had rings on their hooves from when they were still getting haylege but the grass was frosty.

Only one of them showed any symptoms though and that was a native pony.

The rest only had the rings to show for it.
They say it takes a year for the rings to grow out totally.

Regarding Inkys legs, what did the farrier think about his legs?

 

[Tia]

Well it takes roughly a year for a whole new hoof to grow so not likely that Ty had laminitis whilst in your ownership - however the previous owners really should have told you about this.

Laminitis can and often, only hits once....however you must always be on your guard as it is well known to recur if management is not careful. My pony had a one-off with dreadful laminitis back in 2004 when we were away on vacation. We've owned her since 1997 and she had never had it in all those years; and she has never had it since.

Wonky legs can happen, generally the farrier spots this early on and deals with it throughout their early growing months. It wouldn't be something I would be necessarily concerned about right now, but I would make sure the farrier was correcting the imbalance each time.

 

[Tia]

Seaslug; those rings are more likely just diet changes and nothing to do with laminitis. They are common and perfectly normal for horses who change their diet over the year.

 

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Seaslug; those rings are more likely just diet changes and nothing to do with laminitis. They are common and perfectly normal for horses who change their diet over the year.

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really,phew! We just found it strange they all had them, and the native came down with severe lami at the same time and had to be PTS after lots of efforts to help her

they all got so fat, over winter!

 

[Bossanova]

He will always be more prone to lami but if you manage him carefully he'll hopefully never get it again. They can have very low-grade lami without many outward signs but anything more serious you'd have noticed.
Re Inky, I'd keep the weight off him, not give him anything too rich feed-wise and just keep up with the regular trims, they sraighten out more often than not.

 

[Tia]

You can generally tell a prior laminitic by the shape of the soles and lines on their feet underneath. Soles tend to drop out a little when they have laminitis and they never really fully recover, although amazingly Cloud's don't show at all - but she is the only pony I have seen who has had rotation with her soles falling out the bottom of her feet and giant stretched laminae, to now where you cannot see any alteration at all. I've looked at many horses who have had it where the sellers say no.....but they are lying! And they know that I know they are lying!

 

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Sea slug - Farrier said he has trimmed him to help sort the problem out but didnt seem overly concerned TBH.

Tia - Thanks for that. Ty has always had the rings but farrier said himself he thought they were "feed rings" but today he says they are definatley lami rings. Again he doesnt seem overly concerned its just me being a paniky mother!!!! Yes am slightly annoyed the previous owners have never said especially as i asked them about Laminitis. He was rather large when i bought him so it doesnt surprise me really. I have always treated Ty and Inky as if they have had laminitis as you cant be too careful!!