Rotated pedal bone

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Hi, wondered if anyone has any experiences to help me with the outlook for my mare, 7 year old tb x selle francais, had lympahngitis due to a fly bite a few weeks ago and was treated with 3 days of steriod injections, she then had acute laminitis as a reaction to the steriod (which is apparently very rare) shes been on box rest and bute for two weeks, started to look better then the last few days got a lot worse, vet scanned her today and found slight rotation of her front right foots pedal bone, hes said hes known of horses to come ok from this, as long as we prevent it rotating further, does anyone have any similar experiences and any recommendations to help, he has warned me if it gets any worse there may be nothing to do, shes on a deep shaving bed, and on bute and sedalin.
 
What has he proposed in order to help with the rotation.

My horse is experiencing a similar problem (although toes up, not down as with lami). He has been shod in heartbar shoes, and the improvement in terms of comfort was immediate.
 
Your vet should be liasing with your farrier now and letting him see the scans and xrays. Your horse could be shod with pads and heartbars to alleviate the problem but you will have to keep your fingers crossed.
 
A very useful site for your info...
http://www.laminitisclinic.org/

It sounds as though you are doing the right thing re box rest and bute/acp.
You will need to keep her on box rest until she has been sound for a month without painkillers to prevent the pedal bone rotating any further.
How is she shod (if at all?). I found Imprints very helpful for my boy although they are expensive
http://www.imprintshoes.co.uk/horse_alternative_farriery.htm

The important thing with laminitis is to keep them from moving around. The pain they are feeling is similar to you lifting your nail off your finger. It is due to the laminae being inflammed and too much movement while this is happening is what can cause the pedal bone to rotate.

My boy has severe rotation and was a day away from being pts before I got him and has now just started back into work...just so you know they can come through it
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. However, I don't know if laminitis due to steroids has a different outlook so obviously your vet is your best port of call.
If you PM CotswoldSJ...I'm pretty sure she had a horse in a similar situation and may be able to help.

Good luck
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Oh god, im so sorry. Laminitis is awful. I wish you all the very best with your GG, and hope she recovers, as many do. How about looking into the styrofoam pads

I lost my darling Lacey to lamintis last Sept, after recover from one bout in the spring, she had cushings, and became a sinker.

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Thanks for that,I spoke to the laminits people today who recommended frog supports in the first instance and also recommended not feeding haylage (which I was) and giving her hay - so will try anything that may help!
She has normal natural balance shoes on the front, been trying to get hold of my farrier the last few days but think he may be on hols, to discuss what he can do to help, she already has raised heels on her hind feet to help a previous tendon injury! I think I need to get her over this acute bit as she would struggle to be shod just yet. I have had a real run of bad luck with this mare, she had a tendon injury two years ago, then got her backed and she did three events in March all going clear, before getting a stress fracture on her cannnon bone in april, got her over that, rode her for barely a week before she got lymphangitis and then laminitis! But shes such a genuine mare I will try everything to get her right again. Many thanks
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ive gota old mare with severe laminitus which is linked to cushings and shes got 14 degree rotation in both front feet.well she did when she was last exrayed about a year ago.she has been really lame on and off for about 3 years but with a lot of work from my farrier and heart bars etc she is sound as a pound and pelting round the field.ive lost count of the times that ive had to contemplate letting her go or her giving up herself but all the heart ache and work seem to be paying off. to start with she had to have the heart bars re done every 4 weeks but were back to the normal 6/7 now. also i feed her the oldest hay i can get as it fills them up but hasnt got all the nutrients/sugars etc in....and my vet told me to stop using the speacial lami feeds as they are expensive and actually no good and to stick to plain chaff.and it seems to work as shes actually lived out most of the spring and summer but ive had to keep a really close eye on her. im sure your GG will be fine.
 
Thanks for your replys, nice to hear success stories, had farrier out on saturday and front shoes removed and Styro-pads (think thats what they called, foam things) put on with purpley gunkey stuff, vet wrap and duct tape holding them on, she seems alot more comfortable, vet back on wednesday to check her out but i feel abit more optimistic as she actually tried to escape her box (normal behaviour!) whereas last week she was reluctant to move one step
 
My little mare is in week 10 of boxrest/gentle walking, she had trauma induced lami, x-rays showed 10% rotation in one foot, farrier had shod her with heartbars and pullled the toes up, the change in her was immediate, she had just had her second shoeing and is coming along lovely, slowly but fingers crossed the right direction. You need to get either the vet to talk to your farrier or pass the x-rays on to him, he will then work from them to help your mare. Also don't rush things, she will have good and bad days, I can't tell you the amount of times I have been in tears because Millie was having a bad day. Good luck and keep us posted....
 
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