LAME HORSE

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Hi every one, opinions needed. My mare is currently living out on very good grazing with a muzzle on. I noticed a couple of weeks ago when I checked her (I check on her twice a day) her near front hoof was warm, I brought her in for the night and in the morning it was the same to the touch as the other hoof so didn't think any more of it.

Brought her up to night as she is stopping in due to the weather she started to trot and she looked lame in trot, checked her hoofs again and she has slight heat in the near front again. Asked some one to trot her up and she defiantly isn't happy when turning. She doesn't have shoes on and hasn't had for a number of years due to not being ridden. I have left her in and check her in the morning.

Has anyone got any ideas?
 
This sounds just like my pony, except his problem is turning on his off-fore. The vet said it is mild laminitis caused by him getting his grazing muzzle off one day recently. He only goes out in it for 8 hours per day maximum, so it shows how lush the grass is this year. (plus we have more clover than usual.)
He is currently off the grass altogether, on Danilon, and I am getting X-rays done tomorrow. I would definitely consult your vet. Hope your mare is much better soon.
 
Hi thank you for your responses. As I put in my prevous post she stayed in last night and this morning both hooves felt the same and she troted up ok. She came in from her field and seemed ok and again both hooves felt the same. I have left her in again tonight and check her again in the morning, I am tending to think it is bruising due to the rough surface that they have to walk down (made of rubble from an old building) and as I said she doesn't have shoes on and it has happened in the past and within a couple of days she was fine.

I am going to speak to the yard manager regarding doing somthing with the field as there is to much grass and she is not going to live out from now on.
 
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