Please can everyone keep thier fingers and toes crossed for my boy...

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I have just got the most gorgeous heavyweight hunter about 5 weeks ago. He kicked up a strange lameness about 4 days ago which has moved on so fast it was scary. The vet saw him on the first day and thought as we did may be from an old abcess in the foot our farrier found earlier that morning. We than called the vet Sunday as he was massivly lame (could not move) and his legs were filled to his knees she quite obviously thought celulitis so we cold hosed like mad waited for pain killers to kick in and let him out in the field to get the legs down.

He was left out for the night next morning (yesterday) he is down in the field can't get up. No swellings in his legs just crippled lame. Emergency vet again to find he has a massive laminitis attack. We had to nerve block his feet to just get him out of the field and to take a step.

This poor boy is 18.3 built like a brick outhouse (not fat just huge) so the worst horse to have laminitis. He is now in his stable with frog supports and more drugs than I don't know what and still hopping lame so please all fingers and toes crossed for my big lad.

From a very sad Rushyj

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Oh dear, he looks lovely - huge - but lovely! I hope he makes a swift recovery so <<<<vibes>>>>> for him and a supportive ((((hug)))) for you.
 
I'm going through laminitis with my mare at the minute for the first time, horrible thing it is, good luck and hope he gets better soon!
 
What do they think triggered the lami? Do they think it was triggered by the stress from the abscess?

Did your farrier not notice anything on the first morning?

This is not a critical post just asking, it is scary to think that there was no signs one minute then he couldn’t get up the next.

Is there any pedal bone movement?

I am genuinely interested in the different causes of Lami, my mare had her feet cut back too much because my then farrier thought she had lami I got the vet out and she was x-rayed to fine no movement in the pedal bone and he didn’t think it was lami. My mare was crippled and wouldn’t walk so she had Styrofoam blocks on this then turned into Lami and she was x-rayed again and there was a slight distention in the pedal bone so she was then treated accordingly. This all took about 12 months to sort and the vet thinks that the trauma of her feet being cut back too much triggered the lami.
 
I know almost how you are feelling, got my mare 3rd May and within 9 weeks she was lame, although not crippled how you are explaining. We've had nerve blocks etc, and think we have found the problem, but the shoeing, injections etc. just take it out of you..... All the best wishes and vibes for your boy's recovery.
 
Thank you to you all. He has just had the vet (Toms dealer as he is now known!!!!) so he comfy again and he is having xrays and imprint shoes done later today. I will post all the results for interest puposes.

They don't really know what triggered the attack it is toxin based they know that much and could have been from the abcess as that was untreated but the abcess runs round the white line and there is a patch on the toe so could have been that he was prone or had an attack previously.

In his favour is the fact he has the pain thresh hold of a gerbil so it may not be as bad as it looks but I know that is clutching at straws.. will know more later when get his xrays back.
 
Hi, my mare has laminitis as a result of steroid injections given to her for lymphangitis from a fly bite! This is week 4 and shes still hopping lame, some days she starts to look better, she has a small amount of rotation in one pedal bone, I think this can be a slow process and the best you can do is a thick shavings bed, ive had styrofoam pads put on her and changed her to hay (from haylage) a lot of people Ive spoke to have said it can be a slow process and you have to be positive, shes on bute and sedaline, luckily shes been pretty quiet in her box as shes only 7. My vet said he recently treated successfully an 18hh shire cross so hopefully that will give you some hope for your big lad!v Would be interesting to know what they injected him with for the cellutis if it had any steriods in it - they can cause laminitis. Good luck, I hope he can recover, its very frustrating, my other mare had it last year and was right as rain after 2 weeks box rest - unfortunately this one doesnt seem to be picking up so quick
 
fingers, toes and hooves all crossed here for u, hope he makes a speedy recovery. He is one big handsome lad, absolutely stunning!! x
 
All fingers toes paws and hooves crossed for your lad. Hope he gets well quickly and you have no further episodes with him


He is gorgeous isn't he? Looks as though he's a gentle giant
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