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I put a post on here last week re my 23yr old cob poss having a foot abscess, vet that originally came out thought it was. Anyway she has now been diagnosed as having laminitis and is on thick shavings bed, bute, acp, soaked hay etc etc. Vet coming back out to see her monday/tues.

She has improved compared to what she was like (vet had told me to put back in field to help abscess burst) on thurs morning she couldn't move and had to have finadyne inj to bring in from field as she was so sore. She is still lame but is standing better and moving around more (obviously in stable). What do you think her prognosis is considering she wasn't diagnosed straight away!! Think she confused the vet cause she initially only had it in one leg xx
 
Her prognosis, from my experience is very good. There's no reason why she shouldn't go back to how she was before. But obviously you will have to manage her grass intake ( if it was grass induced) and keep her fit.
One thing that a lot of people make the mistake of doing is letting their pony/horse out far too soon. Just because they are moving around the stable well, doesn't mean they are sound.
They need; at least 6 weeks box rest if you can manage that ( really is for the best)
After they are sound without painkillers, then another 30 days before turnout. It sounds very harsh, but believe me the longer you can keep them in the better they will recover. Then you can start with turnouts starting with approx 20 mins and building it up.
Hope she is ok and good luck!
 
I thought it would be that long to be honest!! She has been on two bute twice a day since thurs evening and is now sound in stable so just waiting to speak to vet to see if i can reduce it to one twice a day xx
 
Blimey that a lot of bute! When my pony had it fairly bad he came off bute after 2 weeks, but was obviously still unsound on hard ground. Also, if you can muck out around her instead of getting her out of the stable, thats good
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She is a heavyweight cob, spoke to vet this am who said i could cut it down to one twice a day if she is still sound tonight but up it again if she goes lame again. I can only judge lameness in the stable as she's not allowed out at all. Lukily she's very good and i can muck her out while she's in there xx
 
X-rays of her foot (feet) would give you the best indicator of her prognosis. If her treatment is covered under your insurance, I would definitely ask your vet to perform X-rays.
 
My lad was shuffly one morning in the field, so I brought him in for the day and when he was not looking better I got the vet out in the evening. He had never had laminitis and it was his back legs that seem to indicate the pain. The vet came and seemed to think he had pulled something as he was tight and tense accross the back and down one hind leg. She told me to fence off a small area around his field stable and put him on hay and keep him in a small area but moving freely for 2 weeks on bute so he did not do more damage. This turned out to be a very lucky move because she turned out to be wrong! Some weeks later my farrier was due as normal and he was fine by then. When the shoes came off and were trimmed, it turned out he had had a small twinge of laminitis in his hind feet!
So it can happen unfortunately and I feel lucky with him that we had treated him for something else that was also the right treatment for laminitis too. He recovered fine and will not be getting it again as I am very careful and keep him well ridden, on little grass and lots of hay instead.
 
Can I recommend devils claw (no bute) my lammi mare has it and I was shocked at how quickly it worked

I used this as she had bute so many times over the years with lammi I didnt want to keep doing so
 
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