Laminitis advice please

Hi
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It is difficult as my Farrier and Vet should have worked well together but the Farrier seemed to have different ideas .... they come from different angles
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After Motor had his shoes off after about 5 weeks, I refused to let him be shod 'normally' as I was so frightened he would be hurt more
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..... so I opted for stick on ones and then only when I knew he would be able to cope with them being nailed on (this was a long time after the initial attack and that was just the fronts and that time) I went back to his NB shoes, where he is today
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Mine is obviously a slightly different scenario tho
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Oh goodness I must go now as supposed to be at a BBQ, but may bore you with more later
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Hehe, you are not boring me.

Once my farrier explained to the vet his reasons, the vet agreed as long as we buted her up afterwards. The vet and farrier have worked on our horse for years and both know her well, and know each other well. The vet and we understood the reasons. We have a bad experience with the plastic ones as they messed up our friend's horse's feet. We have heard good things as well but our mare needed these heart bars on immediately to stabilise the pedal bone, particularly with her weight and we couldn't get over what the plastic ones did to Robert. She's had no shoes for 3-4 weeks so I can see that having shoes on now is a bit odd to her, and it will be sore for a bit, but I do believe that to stop further damage she does need them. I hope we have done the right thing. Can never be sure
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The other thing is, she doesn't seem to lie down at all! She hasn't had ACP for about 3 or 4 weeks, but even then she didn't lie down much. She must lie down when we aren't there, but we are there a lot lately and friends have also said she hasn't been lying down. She has a very thick bed as well. I'd feel happier if she'd lie down more really.
 
Thank you, Jakesmydog. I am only just finding my way round the site so seem to miss messages etc. This has made me feel a little better - it's just she is so so heavy and I know this is what has led to the rotation. I want her to put her feet up hehe.

Slowly we are coming to terms with the fact that she is not going to have a summer and the next time she's in the field there won't be any grass, anyway! Poor girl. She is so happy and perky and loving, so brave
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Hi how is she today?

Talking about lying down .... my old chap will not be caught lying down (I always liken it to not being caught with his trousers down and he is quite a private chap
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). However when he was suffering badly at the beginning then he was even seen to lay down next to me, even when I had friends there to come and see their 'special boy' .....

Just remembered .... Motor was having his feet trimmed every 2 weeks for months, as the heels go quicker than the toes and therefore shoes would have been a further hindrance
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Hi
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She seems better. She hasn't lay down all the way through really. Not while we have been there or friends/owner has been around. She prances round her stable like she's still a wee nipper when she's technically pushing a veteran with a severe case of laminitis!!!

When I think how proud I am of her it makes me well up!

The vet and farrier said about the heels growing out faster than the toe due to the separation etc. The farrier is back in 10 days. I just hope we have done the right thing - she was mashing up the frog supports because she is so so fat
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Thank you for caring! This is the friendliest horsey site I've ever used!
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Here she is. I can't get the image to upload to this forum so I have posted the thumbnail. That's on holiday at our friend's farm in Cornwall. This is about 2 years ago. We live in Somerset so it's not far, but it's blissfull there.
 
She's beautiful, and looks great in that photo
She looks like my pony, he's a Section D, 14.1h chestnut with flaxen mane and tail, four white socks
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You're very lucky having the moors on your doorstep!
 
Her father, Rhodri was chestnut and mum Rosie was Palomino. She's obviously palomino but Rhodri was gorgeous - chestnut with flaxen mane and tail, lovely example.

She is 14.3hh section d
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Sadly, the moors are only on our doorstep when we are away in Cornwall (a lot granted).

Thank you for saying that. I so want her to be ok.
 
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaw thanks for those pics ..

She is lovely and very unusual colouring (or have I been hiding under a rock
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She looks a little tucked up in that pic but otherwise nicely covered .... but as she had been out working all day, that would be expected
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You gelding looks really lovely as well
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My chap is 14.3 and I always think that this is an unusual height as everyone else says 14.2 or 15 hands
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Keep up updated please as we all care
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She got better. Monday night she was better than she's been for weeks, walking out (we have been told to walk her out every day now she has the shoes on). Then last night she was worse walking out and got there this morning and she was lying down, not wanting to get up, not great in the stable when she did get up. Have upped the bute again, but I am really worried about her
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Why is this happening? She got better and now she is much worse again. The farrier is coming first thing tomorrow morning.

He did say last week that if they need tightening up then she will get worse again, but she's only had them on for 6 days!
 
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She got better. Monday night she was better than she's been for weeks, walking out (we have been told to walk her out every day now she has the shoes on). Then last night she was worse walking out and got there this morning and she was lying down, not wanting to get up, not great in the stable when she did get up. Have upped the bute again, but I am really worried about her
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Why is this happening? She got better and now she is much worse again. The farrier is coming first thing tomorrow morning.

He did say last week that if they need tightening up then she will get worse again, but she's only had them on for 6 days!

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Oh <<< hugs >>> I know what you are going through
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Just from my own personal experience, I would not walk her out and I cannot see why your Vet has suggested it. The fact that she is lying down shows that she is uncomfortable and wants to ease the pain and she needs to be encouraged to lay down .... I cannot say any more
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She needs rest ........
 
We are resting her now. Until today we have never seen her lying down with this. The vet and the farrier both told us to walk her out once the heart bars settled, just for a few minutes. We won't be doing that now.
 
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