laminitis dont think it cant ever happen

cassie summers

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to your horse... i have a shire x and on sunday i thought she looked a little short in her front left "shoulder" so the vet came out on tuesday and she has laminitis at the moment its quite low grade she isnt that overweight maybe a few kilos she trotted up sound in a straight line but on a small circle she was unsound in both fronts the problem is she is a big girl and the vet says if it gets worse she may never recover due to her size so i am now so worried i have had horses for 40 odd years and never experienced laminitis any advice would be appreciated thanks
 
I asked my farrier today about this subject and he tells me he is seeing horses that you would never expect, suffering a bout of lami for the first time in their lives this year.

As from tomorrow my 16h girl will be on the same regime as the little pony she shares her field with. I havn't been able to lunge or ride her for 9 days as she had lost a couple of shoes and my farrier was abroad on holiday. Even though I do bring them both in for a time during the day and that they are also on a small old orchard paddock which this time last year was dust, I can see she has gained weight in all the wrong places.

They'll be out at night and in during the day for starters.

I hope your mare recovers quickly, it does sound like you have caught it early, so well done you. Thanks or the heads up CS.
 
I had a similar case with my gelding. He was fit and healthy and probably an 'ideal' weight at the time however he started to look just a little 'off' we then moved yards and the vet thinks that with him being slightly lame and then the stress of moving it induced stress laminitis. He was put on immediate box rest with all hay/fed cut back to a minimal and given danilon and sedaline. I went from having a fit energetic horse to then keeping in 24/7 and cutting his feed back. My biggest tip is to stick to it strictly, for the first month he didnt step a foot out of his box, he was never given any extra hay (which i weighed) or not a pinch more chaff! the next month he was allowed out for minimal turnout and then the time slowly inscreased. X-rays were taken and corrective shoeing applied until after almost 3/4 months and he was back to 'normal'. I now keep him in a routine with feeding kept 'laminitic' friendly even though his was not weight related he is now more at risk. This was almost 4 years ago and he has never had another lame day! There is a way past laminitis and its by using a strict regime.
 
mturnbull said:
I had a similar case with my gelding. He was fit and healthy and probably an 'ideal' weight at the time however he started to look just a little 'off' we then moved yards and the vet thinks that with him being slightly lame and then the stress of moving it induced stress laminitis. He was put on immediate box rest with all hay/fed cut back to a minimal and given danilon and sedaline. I went from having a fit energetic horse to then keeping in 24/7 and cutting his feed back. My biggest tip is to stick to it strictly, for the first month he didnt step a foot out of his box, he was never given any extra hay (which i weighed) or not a pinch more chaff! the next month he was allowed out for minimal turnout and then the time slowly inscreased. X-rays were taken and corrective shoeing applied until after almost 3/4 months and he was back to 'normal'. I now keep him in a routine with feeding kept 'laminitic' friendly even though his was not weight related he is now more at risk. This was almost 4 years ago and he has never had another lame day! There is a way past laminitis and its by using a strict regime.
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AHHH you just may of solved why she got it we moved yards 2 weeks ago but she hated it so we came back to the old yard so it could be well stress induced as i am very strict on what i feed her and yes she is a little overweight but not obese i am weighing her hay and her chaff she hasnt been out of the stable at all have mucked out around her luckly she is a very clean girl oh well fingers crossed that she will be ok thankyou
 
There is so much about at the moment! My farrier has had 4 of his clients have horses pts in the last month alone - he has said that horses you wouldnt expect to ever have it are coming down with acute cases....

He also said that many owners are completely ignoring his warnings and are allowing their horses to become overweight and then ignoring his advice when they become laminitic!

It sounds as though you have caught it early and are doing exactly the right things for your girl though! So fingers crossed!! Have you got pads on her feet too? Good luck xx
 
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There is so much about at the moment! My farrier has had 4 of his clients have horses pts in the last month alone - he has said that horses you wouldnt expect to ever have it are coming down with acute cases....

He also said that many owners are completely ignoring his warnings and are allowing their horses to become overweight and then ignoring his advice when they become laminitic!

It sounds as though you have caught it early and are doing exactly the right things for your girl though! So fingers crossed!! Have you got pads on her feet too? Good luck xx
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Rosehip. It looks like we are in a bit of a Laminitis hotspot:(
 
Rosehip said:
There is so much about at the moment! My farrier has had 4 of his clients have horses pts in the last month alone - he has said that horses you wouldnt expect to ever have it are coming down with acute cases....

He also said that many owners are completely ignoring his warnings and are allowing their horses to become overweight and then ignoring his advice when they become laminitic!

It sounds as though you have caught it early and are doing exactly the right things for your girl though! So fingers crossed!! Have you got pads on her feet too? Good luck xx
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no pads yet but a deep bed vet coming out on friday to do 2 blood tests 2 hours apart to test for insulin so we will just have to play the waiting game
 
It would seem like that Elsbels! My little one came down with an attack on very very restricted grazing, its like the grass is growing as pure sugar, its awful!

Cassie, I really hope everything goes well for you :) xx
 
A friend just left a yard because the YO was insistent on 'saving the grass' (which was a foot high) and her Shire x mare was ballooning.

Before my mare left the yard she had a friendly chat with a new livery - who appeared to be a novice horse owner and mentioned that she may want to watch her horses (she had 4 :eek:) and especially the cobs.

The other livery's reply was, "Ponies get laminitis. Horses and cobs CAN'T get lami." :confused::confused::confused:

http://www.laminitis-risk.com/
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/grass-your-horse-and-managing-risks.html
http://www.safergrass.org/articles.html
http://www.talkaboutlaminitis.co.uk/
 
I hope all goes well on firday, I wont be only again until monday but keep us posted. Follow your vets advice but if your mare is in discomfort ask for the pads as I know it relieved my gelding quite a lot. I'm assuming they are doing the insulin tests to check for cushions and ems?
 
My friends horse come down with Lami this year. Not your typical lami at all and quite lean. He has had tests for cushing and they are normal, shes now waiting for Insulin levels.
I have recently moved my horse to this yard and was considering leaving him out 24/7 but after reading this Ive changed my mind... thanks for posting and Good Luck with your horse.
 
The reason there is so much of it is because of the weather - lots of wet, then a day of sunshine and the grass growth is going into overtime, so its very high sugar and there a hell of a lot of it :mad:

Ive got 2 on tracks, muzzled 24.7 since may and they havnt lost anything according to my weigh tape. Havnt put on either. Trimmer said if youve escaped laminitis this year you are doing well :rolleyes:
 
thank you everyone i will keep you up dated yep being checked for cush and insulin though only 9 years old her feet are cold at the moment and her pulse is normal i havnt taken her out of her box yet so wont know if still lame till vet comes tomorrow but on a slide of 0>10 she was only a 2 on one leg and 4 on the other so barley noticed its just that i knew that something wasnt right i also read that laminitis can be caused my hormones and she is a very hormonal mare so maybe it could be that but not going to speculate just wait for vet and the blood tests i wont be ariound now till tuesday so will update then as dont have pc at home as i cant afford one as i have a "bloody horse" lol
 
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