Laminitis, Cushings and digital pulses.

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Pebble101

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My lad has got laminitis and has been tested positive for Cushings. The vet wants to test again in a few weeks time as they think that pain can affect the results and she hopes that he will be over the laminitis by then. If still positive it will be onto Prascend - I do hope he will take it as he's a nightmare to take medication orally.

He has been stabled for 10 days now and Danilon reduced from 2 to 1 a day for the last 2 days. He seems comfortable in the stable, he is backing and turning OK. He is shifting his legs quite a lot during the day but the way he snatches them up most of the time suggests that it's those horrible biting flies - I have never known them so bad as they are at the moment. I can see him now from the house and the shifting at the moment is infrequent and probably normal. I haven't noticed before as he normally lives out and I have just put a chain across his door to try and get some more air flow in this weather. He is still footy on concrete but has never been good on this without shoes (he is retired and has been without for 5 years as fine in the field).

He normally has pulses that can be felt but they were strong and definitely bounding at the start of this attack. They have reduced but I am trying to decided if they are stronger than is normal for him or not - it's driving me mad and I keep feeling every time I go out there :) Sometimes I can feel a pulse, then it seems to disappear and then come back again - this is all at the same time of taking it! It also varies throughout the day but I know that temperature can cause a difference so I suppose that is to be expected particularly in this heat.

I am interested in how much variation your laminitic horses had in their pulses, I would appreciate your experiences.
 
Not sure re the pulses variation but I was told do not feel for the pulses with your thumb as that has its own pulse,sorry if that is some thing you already know.

There is a group you can join on facebook EQUINE CUSHINGS DISEASE I was reading on their page today ANIMED price for Precend is 99P some one said £1 60 from vet so that will save you some money,and you will find every one very helpful.
 
Have a look at the laminitis site, join the fb page on there and ask andrea to help, a font of knowledge and has hepled n awful lo of people with regards to cushings and laminitis
 
Hi,
If he is shifting his legs (without categorically being able to prove it is the horrid flies) I would xray his feet so you can have a starting point for where the pedal bones are from here on.
Re the pulse...you should barely be able to feel the digital pulse in his pastern....the only time it will get a bit stronger in a stabled horse (if not connected to Lami or abcesses in this case) is when a horse gets up after lying down, due to their legs being folded the blood then pumps a little stronger.
Hope your pony recovers quickly :)
Best of luck
Bryndu
 
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