Laminie damage

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3 years ago my arab suffered from concussion laminitis,it was quite bad and had months off work, he has been back in normal work for 2 years now, but at the front of his toe the hoof comes away from the laminie about 2" long 1" high, my blacksmith says it never will be normal again, and it will be a waist of time feeding him any thing to promote heathly laminie, has any one else had this, and will his hoof ever look normal again?
 
I suspect your pony has what is known as a lamellar wedge.

Without seeing the foot it is impossible to determine if it can be grown out.

But you should always aim to feed your horse/pony a diet that is suitable for them - it is never pointless.

The person who suggested this to you seems to be reflecting an ignorance of how a horse's digestive system is linked to their overall health and foot health in particular.
 
My mare had laminitis earlier this year and she has laminar wedges. My farrier said it was normal after the lami attack, he used a dremmel to take the worst away. I have antibac to put on her toes every other day.

It doesn't look nice at the moment but my farrier said it should grow out in about 5months.
 
Lotty said:
he used a dremmel to take the worst away.
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Ouch! Why do they do that? Completely unnecessary.

Diet is crucial and there is no such thing as healthy laminae becoming inflammed simply from concussion. Otherwise all my barefoot horses would have it from the amount of fast work they do on hard ground (in the summer) and roads (all year round). The laminae will already have been weakened - mostly likely by too much sugar in the diet (too much grass usually) - and then that weakened foot tipped over the edge into a full blown lami attack by concussion. So it is crucial you make sure his diet is as low in sugar and starch as possible to ensure another attack never happens. The laminaller wedge may grow out or may not, depends on the amount of damage but feeding a low sugar/starch diet and turning out on poor grazing will help a lot.
 
It was all going so well until they stuck a shoe back on it! And then you scroll down even further to see how they've butchered the foot by doing a full wall resecction. Frankly anyone who does that should be barred from ever going near a horse again. And what a surprise the horse dies at the end... makes me very angry. Completely unnecessary - they trimmed far too much off the heel in one go, then walloped a heart bar shoe on, then as that wasn't interfering enough did the wall ressection. Poor bloomin horse. All they needed to do was remove shoes, trim little and often to get heels down, encourage movement (using hoof boots if necessary), make sure diet is right (low sugar/starch), check for possible Cushings/IR if diet already low in sugar, and then give the feet time to grow and heel. Also scandalous is that some farrier somewhere allowed those feet to get in that state to start with...
 
That is barbaric I don't know how anyone can let that happen to their horse. As MrDarcy says totally unnecessary. Correct diet and regular appropriate trimming can sort out that sort of issue very nicely - and no drama.
 
mrdarcy - I know, I got quite a shock when I saw the photo's and read the article. I can assure you my farrier is a remedial farrier, he deals with laminitis alot and does lectures also my mare's feet are "nothing" like what is shown. I just looked for a link that discusses the use of a dremmel as I'm hopeless at explaining things, I deffinately picked the wrong link, sorry.

My mare's front feet have a small curve in the front, my farrier only took away small parts and gave me antibac to put on.
 
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