Grumpymoo
Well-Known Member
Sorry for posting several threads about my horse getting laminitis but I just wanted people's opinions. 
My gelding came in from the field Wednesday evening hardly able to walk, there was no heat swelling etc but I could not tell if it was any particular leg/foot that was causing pain. I left him in a small bare patch of field (all the horses live out where I am) with some hay. I spoke to my farrier who advised where what to check etc and said it was probably an access and to see how he went overnight. The only things I noticed at this point was a bite on his bum (he spends most of him time playing with a 2 year old) and a nail out of his shoe which had moved ever so slightly.
When I arrived early the next morning, he was still sore but was moving a little better, I sent a video to my farrier who said it could be lami so call the vet.
The vet arrived at lunch time and at this point he was sound on the grass but struggled to walk up the driveway. The vet could find no heat but had a slightly raised pulse so diaganosed lami and gave us some bute and he has been on one bute a day since then. He has been kept on a bare patch with his shettie friend with soaked hay to eat and has been completely sound since Saturday in walk and trot on the hard and soft ground. When we tried to keep him in on the Thursday/Friday he jumped a five bar gate three times and two lots of electric fence (he is only 14.1 so quite impressive) so could not been feeling too bad!
On the vets advice I am halving the amount of bute from tomorrow.
Now he is has not been in a lot of work but have kept his weight down over the summer and only turned him out in the large paddock two weeks ago which has a lot of grass but it's really not rich and not good quality! He had put on a little weight but nothing I would consider bad!
Now I have no idea how he got lami or was it something else completely? Or could it have been brought on by hammering around the fields with his friends?
I am so paranoid now that he will keep getting it if he puts on a little weight :/
Any ideas anyone?
Thanks
My gelding came in from the field Wednesday evening hardly able to walk, there was no heat swelling etc but I could not tell if it was any particular leg/foot that was causing pain. I left him in a small bare patch of field (all the horses live out where I am) with some hay. I spoke to my farrier who advised where what to check etc and said it was probably an access and to see how he went overnight. The only things I noticed at this point was a bite on his bum (he spends most of him time playing with a 2 year old) and a nail out of his shoe which had moved ever so slightly.
When I arrived early the next morning, he was still sore but was moving a little better, I sent a video to my farrier who said it could be lami so call the vet.
The vet arrived at lunch time and at this point he was sound on the grass but struggled to walk up the driveway. The vet could find no heat but had a slightly raised pulse so diaganosed lami and gave us some bute and he has been on one bute a day since then. He has been kept on a bare patch with his shettie friend with soaked hay to eat and has been completely sound since Saturday in walk and trot on the hard and soft ground. When we tried to keep him in on the Thursday/Friday he jumped a five bar gate three times and two lots of electric fence (he is only 14.1 so quite impressive) so could not been feeling too bad!
On the vets advice I am halving the amount of bute from tomorrow.
Now he is has not been in a lot of work but have kept his weight down over the summer and only turned him out in the large paddock two weeks ago which has a lot of grass but it's really not rich and not good quality! He had put on a little weight but nothing I would consider bad!
Now I have no idea how he got lami or was it something else completely? Or could it have been brought on by hammering around the fields with his friends?
I am so paranoid now that he will keep getting it if he puts on a little weight :/
Any ideas anyone?
Thanks
