poor pony - laminitis

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Santa_Claus

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Pony at yard is currently on box rest with chronic laminitis. he has been fat all winter and summer and has been in a starvation paddock but left out 24h7 as cheaper for owner and add to that he is basically never ridden.

So sad and I knew it was a case of when not if. Couple weeks back he was tied up and I saw just fat he was and how huge his crest was (made Dan look postively slim!).

Owner knew he was fat, and that something needed to be done, but other than put in a starvation paddock which still had grass nothing was really done.

Now poor pony is chronically lame is having remedial shoeing and will be xrayed to check for bone rotation which is a strong possibility. Just think it is cruel and bl**dy irresponsible of the owner. I know having them in during the day is more expensive but I have had to do it with Dan all summer in order to keep his weight in check, and I have two horses to pay for not one.

Just hoping poor pony hasn't got any bone rotation and will come right but considering it can barely walk I suspect there will be at least some bone rotation at the very least
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Even putting the pony into a bald pocket handkerchief sized patch could have prevented this, and he would be more mobile than in a stable. Surely the YO could see what was happening?
 
Don't know to be honest but would have thought so as had similar problems with another pony over last few years and fought tooth and nail with that owner inorder to keep that pony on the right side of a fine line.

YO understandably will not start bringing a horse in if owner won't pay, will only strongly advise that in best interests that it should be in. Otherwise there would be a lot of liveries (40 strong yard) who would take advantage.... She probably had a fair bit to do with it being put in starvation paddock though.
And to think what they will have in vet fees will be far more than bringing him in at least 5 times a day for the last few months even if insurance (if covered) will pay out.
 
If they are that tight, couldn't they at least have bought a muzzle? Poor pony. I hope he recovers well.
 
true but either way bit late now. Least pony is receiving treatment just wait for the xrays now to see if there are changes.

must say most of the time YO is fantastic she may well have tried to take more action with this pony I just don't know, as well not really my place to be involved as not my pony and most of time when at yard in the evenings no one else is really around anyway.
 
Changes aren't the end of the world, when we took our pony back from the people who had her on loan (don't get me started on that one, neither they nor the YO thought to tell me when she had come in with lami 6 times that summer, just kept putting her back in the same paddock!) Anyway she had 8% rotation in her front feet and 4% in her hinds, took a year of remedial shoeing and 2 months box rest and she will never go out in anything but a starvation paddock again, but she has her own little field with her field shelter, and masses of hay, and is now totally sound on normal shoes on grass/surfaces, not keen on concrete but vet and farrier both think that is psychological.
So it is really all down to the management and ownership of a horse, maybe YO could section off a smaller area of the starvation paddock for the pony, or put something else in there for a day or two? Thats what I do, before putting Star in anywhere else I put the Hoovers (OH's mare and my older mare) in there first, they take anything too rich off it befroe she goes in there!
 
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