new pony, new member, laminitis.

One suggestion get a small holed haynet or double/Triple your hay net(one inside another etc). Make it slower for her to get her hay or she will stuff herself. Glad its gone well. I do agree with someone else I had nightmare pony who would not be stabled. We stuck them in menage to get off grass. I was advised not one blade of grass. Good luck she is very pretty too.
 
rema said:
She is quite cresty in that photo and has fat pads above her eyes..I would test for IR/EMS and Cushings..
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Second that. I was at a vet talk on Tuesday, and they were talking about research that showed that something like 80% of laminitis cases had either underlying Equine Metabolic Syndrome, Cushings/PPID or both :eek: The remaining causes were things like retained placentas, excess weight bearing due to injury of other leg and steroids. So, basically, almost every case of laminitis it's worth getting blood tests done.
 
Hope she gets well soon.
Mine had mild lami last spring and it's taken nearly a year to get him right. He had box rest for 3 weeks on shavings, then the vet let him out onto grass with a muzzle on. He had another 2 months before the farrier was happy to shoe him again. Tbh my farrier was FAR more helpful than my vet with laminitis, and was keen to offer much more practical advice.
He was fine but his hooves had suffered and kept losing shoes after his attack, his feet were really crumbly. He then relapsed very slightly in October when he moved yards and had 3 weeks on haylage instead of hay. He had frog supports over winter. I spent the winter slimming him down to very skinny, and so far this spring he's been living out in his muzzle and has been fine. You will just have to be vigilant and check for pulses daily once pony is sound again. Any sign of pulses and mine will be in straight away. I am also weigh-taping every 2 weeks to make sure he isn't gaining weight.
Some things that helped mine are Fast Fibre instead of chaff as it's really low calorie but has vits and mins included. He even ate this while he was on box rest as he wouldn't drink his water - you water fast fibre down to a slop to feed it. It's just a hay replacer really. Rosehips are much better than garlic at cleansing and also contain biotin for hoof growth as well as stuff to clear out toxins. My horse is on them permanently now and even my farrier agrees they HAVE made a difference to his hoof quality. Well worth spending £15 on every couple of months. I am currently giving him milk thistle (again, farrier recommended) as a preventative detox, just while the grass is growing fast to clear out toxins that cause laminitis. Feedwise he gets a handful of light chaff to carry his rosehips and milk thistle, with Equibites for further vits and mins. I thought about adding magnesium but so far haven't needed to.
Anyway that info may or may not help, but hope it's of some use! Laminitis is horrible and I am determined my horse will not get it again.
 
Hi, I'm not going to rush into those tests with the way she is recovering so far. She has only been in for 2 weeks so she is far from fully mended. Her weight is down by 15% on a tape, pulses and heat are gone in her feet and her stance is correct. These pics are an idea of what we have brought her down from so far.

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Thanks, lots of great advice form lots of posters and I'm using lots of it. I've got her farrier booked in for next week but whilst I was doing her feet today I was struck by the smell and the necrosis from her frogs. I gave them all a good clean and a spray with a purple disinfectent hoof spray, but is this part of the laminitis or is it more likely to be a secondary thrush infection?
 
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