laminitis

[charmaine]

Has anyone else had their horse or pony go down with laminitis already? Mine has and it seems really early on in the season.

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

It is not early - they are at risk from the moment the grass starts gorwing - it is growing but slowly at the moment and is frosty at night - both of which are risk factors for laminitis.

Hope yours get on ok.

 

[nativepony]

got one of the ponies at our yard in this evening and he had strong pulses in all four feet and was very lame. Certainly not too early so will be keeping a close eye on all of them from now on. The grass is coming through quickly and they are all heads down eating the new shoots as they come through. Not good. :0(

 

[MochaDun]

None at our yard...yet..fingers crossed it will stay that way. I still get a bit shocked by people's unawareness of what causes laminitis, while I know laminitis can be caused by other things beyond just being out on grass I heard today of someone who thought it only came about from horses being stabled eating haylage... I have a very good doer and am restricting him to 5-6 hrs on grass a day - yesterday he was out for about 10 hrs and that was way too much so won't be repeating that again until grass been eaten down a bit by his fieldmates. Hope your horse is OK and recovers well.

 

[Sparkles]

After our last year with Tommy? Absolutely not. Not giving any of ours the slightest chance of getting it as no way in hell I'm going through that again His was toxin induced, not even food related.

Nope it's not early, all this rain, frosted early mornings and then sunny skies? Prime risk time for it really sadly I should think.

Hope he recovers ok!

 

[brucea]

Sadly it is not just a springtime thing - horses are getting lami all year round.

Should never really let up on vigilance.