Lameness with Seedy Toe turns out to be Laminitis!

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I did a post regarding my horse having seedy toe a couple of weeks ago. After five weeks of being told maybe an abscess, could just be soreness from having more foot resectioned because of the seedy toe - I asked for a referral and it turns out the poor boy has laminitis! He has a 4 degree rotation of the pedal bone and obvious bubbling of the laminae shown up on the MRI. We are unsure of whether it is the seedy toe and resectioning work done that has caused this or whether it could be from the grass - he was moved into a new field two days before he went lame! Bearing in mind he is a 16.3hh Trakehner, but I realise they can all get it! He now has to be on box rest for two weeks on bute and sedalin gel and then see how he is! All experiences - advice welcome, I have never had to deal with laminitis before - thankfully!
 
In my experience, a horse wih laminitis as bad as yours ( mine never had pedal bone rotation) would need at least 6 weeks box rest. The Laminitis Trust would reccommend; box rest on deep shavings, don't even get them out .Bute for two weeks , then cut down to half sachet for approx a week. Then as long as they are sound on hard ground, a further 30 days box rest. Only then start to turn them out for 20 mins a day, building it up over a few weeks.

Its a long proccess but the slower their recovery the better they will be. My cob hasn't had it for three years now, with carefull management they can lead a very healthy active life.
 
I agree with jakesmydog, having looked into lami a lot since my friend's horse had a really bad attack a few weeks ago, and asked a lot of opinions on here, you should be looking at a lot longer than two weeks I'm afraid. I'm sure your vet will tell you this after then initial two weeks are over though. Kit has been on box rest for nearly three weeks now (it feels like a lifetime) and is nowhere near ready to come out - she was X-rayed and her pedal bone is fine so it's not as bad as your case.
You've really made me worry now though, my horse has gunk up her toes that I am cleaning out twice a week as per vet's instructions but I'm wondering now whether her low-grade lameness isn't her past tendon injury and is in fact lami
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It'd be just my luck that her pedal bone will have rotated... me thinks I am getting vet out again in a few weeks' time if she doesn't improve!
 
Silmarillion, its a pain up the butt! I took my pony to Oakham in the end so I could get a second opinion. Good luck, I have started to bring mine in again at night because of all the rain,
Rain and warm weather = grass growth!
 
seedy toe and lami go hand in hand.

The pedal bone rotates causing the laminae to stretch and tear at the white line. This gives the seedy toe appearance leaving openings tor abscesses to start.

I would be very upset if my vet and farrier had not made trhis connection.
 
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