Putting a horse back in a field they got laminitis in??

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My mare had a mild case of laminitis in june and has fully recovered now and is a good weight again. She got the laminitis through a combination of putting on weight when i was ill and unable to lunge her and going into a new field (hardly any grass in it though :confused:) we think as it very suddenly came on a week or so after she moved into the new field. I then moved her back into the old field after her box rest and have had a friends horse eat down all the grass that had grown in the new field.
My mum now wants our ponies to go back into the new field and i cant really keep my mare seperate as she panics and either jumps the fencing to get in with my mums mare or stresses herself until she colics :(

Am i just being stupid in thinking its that particular field that "caused" the laminitis? I know in my head that it probably wasnt but i really dont want my mare back in that field :o
 
Unless she was v v overweight I would be looking into metabolic issues that might have bought the lammi on more easily. If a short grass paddock isn't ideal for her, can you muzzle her instead?
 
ThePony said:
Unless she was v v overweight I would be looking into metabolic issues that might have bought the lammi on more easily. If a short grass paddock isn't ideal for her, can you muzzle her instead?
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She wasnt massively overweight but she had lami with her old owners a few years back. Vet didnt think it was metabolic problem though. Cant muzzle her, she panics and tries to rip it off .. shes a bit of a pain in the **** really :D Good job i love her!
 
Nope, jumps/charges through/limbos under fence when on her own .. :o
Ive even tried putting her in her stable with other horses in next to her and if its not my other mare she panics and just canters round her stable bucking/rearing. :o

My other mare always seems happy to get away from her for 5 mins :p
 
Do you have a stable? If you do then I would suggest bringing her in first thing every morning until the afternoon to keep her away from the grass at it's most dangerous - if no stable then can you create a pen in one corner and feed her soaked hay in there from a small holed net hanging from the fance to keep her occupied for a few hours each day?
 
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