Laminitis Misdiagnosis

[Goldenstar]

Not sure why OP is desperate to spend money on a second vet .
If the ponies fat it needs to on a diet a heathy 14.2 adult Connie on ad Lib forage in the field and stable is likely to be fat .
Its likely to struggle moving in a school and not want to go .

 

[brighteyes]

What was the outcome of this? I was late to the table and found it looking for something else but was there a follow up?

 

[Spacejet]

Pony never had laminitis, there's no rings on his feet which would suggest so nor was his behaviour like one.
He drastically improved with forage after a few weeks on a supplement to help with his guts. He's also on a supplement to help him process sugar properly and we've moved yards where he is on grass only as they actually have grass. As he's not lethargic hes alot fitter now as I ride him more. Basically he's doing great and I didn't starve him, much to alot of people's disappointment!
Paid vet bill in the end but not using that vets again.

I stopped reading this thread after awhile as I felt like trying to find out what was actually wrong with him as I didn't think it was Lami was absolutely disgraceful and I was a terrible owner for not starving him like a vet suggested..
Atleast my pony is now happy ?

 

[ITPersonnage]

Not saying this is you but there are a lot of people who cannot accept their horse is fat when he is. I will hold my hand up to that one as well. Thankfully this vet was wrong by the sounds of it but please keep his weight under control as I am sure you have done now. I actually can't find any of the posters who suggested that starving your horse was a good thing. A healthy diet is all that was proposed as far as I can see.

 

[Tiddlypom]

I actually can't find any of the posters who suggested that starving your horse was a good thing

That’s because none of us did . What the vet suggested was not starving a horse.

 

[brighteyes]

Pony never had laminitis, there's no rings on his feet which would suggest so nor was his behaviour like one.
He drastically improved with forage after a few weeks on a supplement to help with his guts. He's also on a supplement to help him process sugar properly and we've moved yards where he is on grass only as they actually have grass. As he's not lethargic hes alot fitter now as I ride him more. Basically he's doing great and I didn't starve him, much to alot of people's disappointment!
Paid vet bill in the end but not using that vets again.

I stopped reading this thread after awhile as I felt like trying to find out what was actually wrong with him as I didn't think it was Lami was absolutely disgraceful and I was a terrible owner for not starving him like a vet suggested..
Atleast my pony is now happy ?

Thank you for replying Really glad that whatever ailed him is now no longer an issue. You were well-advised to at least seek a second opinion and I didn't feel you were harshly treated - not by HHO standards in many cases!

The thing about laminitis is, if at all suspected, to follow the correct emergency procedures for treating it as such, will do no harm, short term, if it turns out not to be. Rather misdiagnosed than missed!

Sounds like he has benefitted from the change of yards and management. Well done.

 

[honetpot]

I think that with native breeds if they are at all reluctant to move, even though they do not have the classic clinical signs my first thought/ treatment would be laminitis, because of the lot of the signs are only happen when the damage has been done. I had one pony come off loan with it, and bought who has had it and neither have any external changes in the hooves, one is Connemara and the other NF. I think there may be a lot that just are uncomfortable, if they have full blown clinical signs the damage is being done.
Most natives carry too much weight in the late spring summer, and although it may look/feel as if you are starving them actually feeding the correct amount for their bodyweight, you are not actually doing that.
The reason my pony came off loan with laminitis, she was doing pony club and getting plenty of work, was she was just getting too much to eat, it took six months to get her down to her normal bodyweight, it took only six weeks to get her over weight.

 

[Mule]

I think that with native breeds if they are at all reluctant to move, even though they do not have the classic clinical signs my first thought/ treatment would be laminitis, because of the lot of the signs are only happen when the damage has been done. I had one pony come off loan with it, and bought who has had it and neither have any external changes in the hooves, one is Connemara and the other NF. I think there may be a lot that just are uncomfortable, if they have full blown clinical signs the damage is being done.
Most natives carry too much weight in the late spring summer, and although it may look/feel as if you are starving them actually feeding the correct amount for their bodyweight, you are not actually doing that.
The reason my pony came off loan with laminitis, she was doing pony club and getting plenty of work, was she was just getting too much to eat, it took six months to get her down to her normal bodyweight, it took only six weeks to get her over weight.

It's depressing how much easier it is to put on weight compared to losing it.