For those who have a chronic laminitic, your stories wanted

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Hey all

As some of you may well know, my mare was diagnosed with chronic laminitis recently, the pedal bone has rotated, and the tip of it has signs of bone re-absorption, said the vet, as it was no longer smooth and just looked rather ragged.
Now she has come sound, i have not yet trotted her up on concrete, but she is as comfortable as you like so it seems on grass/mud. She has even galloped around in her muzzle for her moments of freedom with no trouble, she is not on bute, and has open toe heartbars on just now.

I have had so many things going round my head, this is just horrible, and i do not suppose that anyone can tell me her fate.
I just wondered if you would share your chronic laminitic stories.
I just feel i will never be able to ride her again, and that has really started to get to me, i cannot afford a second horse, as that would be the ideal.
The vet said we were up against it and she may never come sound.
So if you have some stories to share, whereby your chronic laminitc with rotation, has come sound and you are riding gently again, it would be most welcome.
I am feeling so down about all of this, i never realised how much i rely on a plod in the country on my horse for my sanity!

Anyway, i know each case is different but i think i need to hear your experiences, good and bad, preferably good right now

Thanks in advance
Astra x
 
Take heart. my cob, 25, had a terrible time with it in 2004. Pedal rotation in both fronts. I had him wear muzzle for years and it happened again a couple of times. Now he is in a new home, away from fertilised grass, no muzzle and is ok at the moment( apart from windgalls). He is ridden most days and always has and recovered very quickly. I thought my world had ended when he got it but it seems a distant memory now. You learn to live with it. I guess I was lucky he survived although I know he could get it tomorrow and be gone.
 
He had those plastic ones put on when he first had it and since then he has had ordinary shoes. He had an attack this time last year, they x rayed his feet and said there had been no change in drop since 2004. His feet dropped by 9mm in 2004. Some do pull through, some dont. I was very very lucky.
 
Hi Puss-in-Boots,

Hoping wooleysmum has helped. x

May i add my experience also? Had old TB (about 27 when i lost him), had Cushing's for several years, started getting laminitis, + he started getting recurrent infections. My excellent farrier kept him going for years.

Heartbar shoes seem to still be the best method of support (please correct me, other forum friends, if i'm behind the times), but need to be fitted by an experienced farrier, and using x-rays, as they need to be in exactly the right place, otherwise they can make it worse.

I think that having a very good farrier is the answer. From what you say, you have one! Ask him, he's the expert when it comes to hoof biomechanics + remedial shoeing, + i'm sure your vet would agree.

With my every best wish for your lad, hope i have helped, BS x
 
I'm afraid I can't offer you much advice as I don't have first hand experience of laminitis so bad, although I have helped several people with horses during an attack. I can recomend heartbar shoes and good farriery is a must.

Also feeding nettles is supposed to be good for the feet.

As for the future, please try to remain positive. I used to share a mare who had previously suffered from pedal rotation and she could walk, trot and canter out hacking / in the school. we just had to be careful when the ground got hard and couldn't go faster than a walk on the road. jumping was also out of the question.

I know how hard these things can be having nursed my filly for a year, with no light at the end of the tunnel but positive thinking is a must otherwise you'll drive yourself into a state of despare.

chin up xx
 
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