Paigeous
Well-Known Member
On Monday, I posted a thread asking for advice on suspected laminitis with my 11yo mare.. For those who are interested, here's the update..
The vet has been & examined her. She's told us she has acute laminitis rather than chronic.. So it's more painful now, but once she's better & with strict management, she'll be fine & shouldn't have any long-term damage. She gave us bute & an anti-inflammatory & will be x-raying her to check for any movement of the bone in a couple of weeks. Also, my mare now has lovely new frog supports. I talked through feeding with her & margins for turning out again etc. She's hopeful that we can get her working & fit ready for moving into 24 hour turnout next spring
She is looking slimmer already than when she first came in & much happier, too. She's moving more easily round the stable, despite not eating the feed containing her medication this morning. She looked fairly happy when we left her but when we got back to her after work, she'd not eaten her feed, or all of her hay & looked depressed. About two minutes after fetching my youngster back from the field, she looked happy again & started eating. Eventually, we worked out how to get her to eat her medication. We've resolved to keep my youngster in at night & turn her out in the day, to cut down on stress for them both, as my youngster was quite anxious out in the field without the 11yo. I don't want her to fret herself into illness, laminitis is enough on it's own. I think it's a good middle ground & they'll be settled into their new routine in a couple of days
I'm so glad my mare is looking better already & have had some valuable advice from members of this forum so a BIG THANKYOU to those who posted on my last thread
Just got to keep her going as she is & she should make a full recovery xxx
The vet has been & examined her. She's told us she has acute laminitis rather than chronic.. So it's more painful now, but once she's better & with strict management, she'll be fine & shouldn't have any long-term damage. She gave us bute & an anti-inflammatory & will be x-raying her to check for any movement of the bone in a couple of weeks. Also, my mare now has lovely new frog supports. I talked through feeding with her & margins for turning out again etc. She's hopeful that we can get her working & fit ready for moving into 24 hour turnout next spring
She is looking slimmer already than when she first came in & much happier, too. She's moving more easily round the stable, despite not eating the feed containing her medication this morning. She looked fairly happy when we left her but when we got back to her after work, she'd not eaten her feed, or all of her hay & looked depressed. About two minutes after fetching my youngster back from the field, she looked happy again & started eating. Eventually, we worked out how to get her to eat her medication. We've resolved to keep my youngster in at night & turn her out in the day, to cut down on stress for them both, as my youngster was quite anxious out in the field without the 11yo. I don't want her to fret herself into illness, laminitis is enough on it's own. I think it's a good middle ground & they'll be settled into their new routine in a couple of days
I'm so glad my mare is looking better already & have had some valuable advice from members of this forum so a BIG THANKYOU to those who posted on my last thread
Just got to keep her going as she is & she should make a full recovery
xxx
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