Footy

[respectedpony driver]

Hi,my moorland pony is footy for the first time in 15 years,she has only been on Croft and has hay,I have taken her off the Croft and put her in a stable and small bare area she has had 5 days of half a bute morning and evening, she wears boots in daytime but I am worried about thrush etc,has anyone any other suggestions for her.Thank you.

 

[Mudfukkle]

I'm in the same situation with mine, he has tested positive for Cushings, and seems to get footy on nothing, so I put hoof boots on which help to keep him comfortable. You will need to soak her hay, to remove the sugars, she needs hay to keep her gut moving and ensure she is getting enough fibre.
Regarding the boots, they will need to be removed daily, I spray mine with apple cider vinegar, but there are hoof products out there you can buy to keep the hoof thrush free.

 

[Birker2020]

Please get the ACTH and insulin resistance tests. You can get a voucher for the ACTH test so it will be free.

It sounds like she could have laminitis.

The vet needs to come out as first point of call.

 

[Widgeon]

This year has been dreadful for laminitis - two horses I know have just gone down with it, despite not being fat and never having had it before. I'd get the vet to take a look, and as Birker says, possibly worth insulin testing just to see what you're dealing with. Soaking hay definitely a good plan if you can do that without it overheating (it's too hot here to soak hay easily at the moment).

 

[Bobthecob15]

Mega high sugar levels, even in paddocks with barely any grass! I know lots that are suffering x

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Hi,my moorland pony is footy for the first time in 15 years,she has only been on Croft and has hay,I have taken her off the Croft and put her in a stable and small bare area she has had 5 days of half a bute morning and evening, she wears boots in daytime but I am worried about thrush etc,has anyone any other suggestions for her.Thank you.

I would be worried about laminitis

 

[SadKen]

You may want to feed salt and magnesium with very basic straw chaff which can help with lami. Calm healthy horses do a good supplement which is expensive but designed for horses in the crisis phase of lami. Just a thought. I too have seen lami symptoms a lot this year, the grass is incredibly rich. It’s now dry which will help in the short term but as soon as we have rain that grass is gonna flush. I’m worried about it.

Good luck - I hate lami.