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Also in vet but no answers in there yet so thought i'd get some more replies in here..

My welsh x has had laminitis in the past - once approximately 4 years ago, since then we have carefully managed him. He gets exercised nearly every day. He was also diagnosed with EMS (equine metabolic syndrome) last November and is now on 10 metaformin tablets a day. He isn't overweight either although I would like him abit thinner ideally.

He came in from the field today and didn't seem 100% right, trotted up and he is slightly lame on one of his front feet. I could also feel his pulse in his front legs but not his back. Put his muzzle on (much to his disgust!!!!) this afternoon and put him back out, his pulse seems slower this evening. Measured it at one pulse every 2 and half seconds. Is that normal? This morning he was also footy on the stones, he is slightly anyway as he is barefoot but seemed worse than normal.

Does this sound like the starting of laminitis to people? I think it does but not sure if i'm just being paranoid!!!

Thank you.
 
i would keep him off the grass in the day and just give him soaked hay and would turn out over night when the sugars in the grass are at there lowest. if it were me i would just give my farrier a ring and get him to get the hoof testers out. maybe speak to your vet and see if he would benefit from some pain relief for a day or two while the inflamation in the foot settles.
 
Hey thank you for the advice, will speak to my vet and farrier. :)

Unfortunately all the yard are on 24/7 now so he would be in the stable on the yard on his own and he is not happy about this!! So am trying my best to manage it outside, if need be will bring him in and he will just have to put up with it unfortunately.

I am going to section the field off so he only has a small patch but before this he has his muzzle on in the day and off at night. But he stands at the gate the whole time he has it on refusing to eat.. feel very guilty!!
 
Its not the timing of the pulse its the strength of it. A congested foot will have a bounding digital pulse. If you can find pulses easily and the horse is footsore I would suspect laminitis and I would not turn out at all. I would get urgent veterinary advice. The first 48 hours of a laminitis attack are critical and should be treated very seriously. Better safe than sorry.
 
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