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Hi I am absolutely frantic my cob has never suffered from laminitis before but I got him in from field on thurs where the livery owner has put him out and left him ( he is on full livery due to my ill health) two weeks ago I had asked her to keep getting him in for a few hours a day but she poo pood me and said there was no need, I still said to do it but obviously she didn't and he came in on thurs looking ok at first then he couldn't turn a circle and he seems very sore on both front feet as he was shod the day before she said it was that,I had the farrier back out and he says it is very unlikely to be his shoes and to treat it as laminitis, I have kept him in since but he is still very sore she says dont call vet but I will on monday the worry is driving me mad, I have given him bute. I was just wondering what sort of feed to give him whilst stabled? I have had horses for twenty years and this has not happened whilst I was looking after them so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thankyou from one really worried owner.
 
If you think its laminitas then call the vet ASAP. It should be treated as an emergency, laminitas can cause life threating changes in the first 24hours. One call-out too often is far better than one too few
 
Get the vet NOW and bill the YO
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my shetland is on box rest with mild laminitis, although trotted up sound this morning, thankfully.

I was advised by vet to feed straw and hi fi lite,if feeding hay - soak for 12 hours to take goodness out, no carrots, no apples, no polos or anything sugary avoid cereal foods, like mix and keep to high fibre stuff.

Keep a really deep bed, if bad on feet then on shavings, vet really does need to be called in case the bone starts to move, vet will probably prescribe acp (to help open up blood vessels) and bute (to ease pain).
Vet also recommended supplements... Lamigard and v-biotic...

good luck with your cob x
 
Just read this post ..... so you may have already done so, but did you get the Vet?

Your horse must be on a thick deep shavings bed or the best alternative but thick .... feed hay that has been soaked for 12 hours so that the he can eat as much as he likes as the nutrients have been removed (the sugars etc!) .... the Vet will most probably prescribe ACP and Bute ......
 
This is a really bad spring for laminitis with wet followed by warm and the YO should really know better and not take such chances with someone elses horse, to think that a cob would not be prone is alarming!

I would call the vet asap, this is a very painful and potentially life threatening disease. You will need to be very careful and probably have the horse on restricted grazing in the spring summer and autumn from now on. Oat straw is great for bulking and pick last years late cut hay as it will be stalky with little sugar content and soak it all. Avoid all carbohydrate based feeds and look for the laminitis approved label on roughage feeds, and watch them as some have molasses which you will have to avoid. Basically no goodies from now on until you find out what it is for sure.
 
The vet will give you bute and tell you to feed the horse Hi-Fi Lite or Happy Hoof,and box rest on a soft and thick bed and if not improved at all within a couple of days they will xray the feet to see if pedal bone has rotated,our pony came in with laminitis last week and he has never had it,i treated with ACP and Bute and gave Hi-Fi Lite, I was in constant phone contact with my vet who informed me that I was giving the right treatment and pony was much better after 48 hours so decided to save myself a vet call out charge,pony is going out in a skinny paddock tonight and i now got to be very careful for the rest of the summer he got to come in during the day to stay off grass,i also contacted Global Herbs who advised me to introduce Lami Prone" and Bute X. http://www.globalherbs.co.uk/horse/2004_pages/jointmusclehoof_2.htm#laminitis
But people also do the mistake of starving the ponies too much and when they finally goes out the pony over eats and bang they are lame again,so pony will get ad-lib of hay today before being turned out..If laminitis is managed and treated properly they should not get it again.Good Luck and I hope that he gets better soon !
 
Oh no poor you, and how awful that you are ill yourself and now have to worry about a laminetic horse. How is he now? What did the vet do?

Cassandra
 
all that rain, then all that lovely sunshine has sent the grass wild. My ponies are on restricted grazing, but one was very laminitic friday morning. When I went to a local shop to buy hay for her at 10.30am, the lady in the shop said I was the third that morning with a laminitic horse or pony!!! damn global warming, i say! Actually, I joke but, a few years ago you used to be able to restrict their grazing in the spring and autumn, but they were ok in the summer. changes in the weather, and therefore the growing season, have meant that we now restrict ours from march to the end of october (ish - depending on the weather)
 
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