Laminitis again (sorry) advice please

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JessnGeorge

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Can it affect any horse of any age at any time? My boy has been out more than ever this year (which is good because he used to hate rain/midges etc) and he is looking at little porky to say the least. Exercise has been restriced as I had broken my elbow.

He is 25, TB gelding and not currently on any hard feed, when he is in he has as lib hay
 
If you can't exercise him, make his field so he has to walk a lot!! Make a 6m walk around your field, so he has to walk miles to eat. It makes a huge difference to how much exercise they do and will help him control his weight and laminitus.

If you look up Paddock Paradise for inspiration - not suggesting you go the whole hog, but it is thought provoking!
 
If you are able, try keeping him off the grass for a few hours each day. If not, consider muszzling him . I'm a novice at this, as my mare got winter laminitis last winter (frozen grass and too rich haylage) so what I'm tryig to find out is whether or not this has affected her tolerance to summer grass - I'd had her 6 years with no laminitic problems. Just doing as above has(SO FAR) worked really well. For what it's worth here is her current regime (she lives at home which does make life a lot easier):

8.15am Muzzle off

9.30am She and my livery fattie brought into stable yard, given tiny feed of Happy Hoof, cool mix and apple, and left with a cool stable to stand in if they want, a full water trough and some oat straw to grudgingly eat if they feel hear total starvation!

4pm Both liberated to graze

7pm Mine goes into her muzzle for the night, which will be on until 8.15am. Livery fattie just gets fat.

This is just one person's experiment. But at present she has a lovely figure, and no sign of lami (all fingers crossed*****). Their paddock is 4 acres of permanent pasterure sectioned off into 1 acre paddocks.

Hope this may beld.
 
I think if mine is anything to go by the answer is yes.

3YO TB filly, not fat at all. Only eating hay and a very, very small, think 12'x12', patch of grass. Laminitis in all four a month ago. Go figure (was stressed induced in her case mind you! she was on box rest and then in a pen in the field)

I like the idea of having a track round the field. I'm quite tempted to do my pair one even though they aren't particularly fat. Just seems kind of logical to me?
 
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