clydeviewequestrian
Active Member
Hi everyone,
My Welsh Sec A suffered laminitis around four years ago and recovered well, he was then diagnosed with cushings and we tried to treat him with prascend but he went very depressed and wouldn't eat so we had no option but to stop it and the vet agreed as he wasn't showing any other symptoms and he was doing well with the usual restricted diet.
Three months ago he suffered laminitis again, we did the blood tests and tried him again on the prascend and he had no issues with it this time and his levels came down considerably. My horses are in at night in winter and turned out on a hardstanding during the day, he was sound but looked uncomfortable being on the hard standing so I turned him out for an hour in his small paddock that has very little grass in it.
The next day he had laminitis so he is now back in 24/7 on a deep bed and danilon again. I have contacted my vet and she has suggested brining him in for x rays which I completely understand is a sensible thing to do but my worry is if we take him for x rays and work with the farrier until his feet have improved, won't he most likely just continually suffer laminitis anytime he gets a bit of grass if he can't even go out for an hour anymore? To me i don't mind restricting his diet and turnout but I don't think spending his life inside on pain killers is fair...
Sorry for rambling on but what would you do?
Paige
My Welsh Sec A suffered laminitis around four years ago and recovered well, he was then diagnosed with cushings and we tried to treat him with prascend but he went very depressed and wouldn't eat so we had no option but to stop it and the vet agreed as he wasn't showing any other symptoms and he was doing well with the usual restricted diet.
Three months ago he suffered laminitis again, we did the blood tests and tried him again on the prascend and he had no issues with it this time and his levels came down considerably. My horses are in at night in winter and turned out on a hardstanding during the day, he was sound but looked uncomfortable being on the hard standing so I turned him out for an hour in his small paddock that has very little grass in it.
The next day he had laminitis so he is now back in 24/7 on a deep bed and danilon again. I have contacted my vet and she has suggested brining him in for x rays which I completely understand is a sensible thing to do but my worry is if we take him for x rays and work with the farrier until his feet have improved, won't he most likely just continually suffer laminitis anytime he gets a bit of grass if he can't even go out for an hour anymore? To me i don't mind restricting his diet and turnout but I don't think spending his life inside on pain killers is fair...
Sorry for rambling on but what would you do?
Paige